Climbing Mt Sinai; exploring the Great Wall of China; building homes with Habitat for Humanity in Hungary; living as an expatriate in France; Fortune 50 senior executive and GM; start-up CEO; and award-winning “channel maven.” These are just a few of the adventures and accolades that have defined Donna Troy’s business and personal life over the last three decades. Donna is the former EVP and corporate officer at Epicor Software, an innovative SaaS based ERP company in manufacturing and distribution. She currently serves as an independent director and audit committee chair on the board of Pivot 3; a visionary technology company in hyper-converged infrastructure, advisory board member at Kony; a leader in cloud based mobility solutions and technology advisory board member at Riverside Partners. Donna has held a series of CEO and global General Management jobs with increasing responsibility and scope, and has managed P&L’s from 1 M to 8 Billion dollars at some of the most iconic companies in the technology industry: IBM, Tivoli, Partnerware, McAfee, SAP, Dell and Epicor. She has over 20 years of global operations leadership across the Americas, Asia, Europe and Africa. Donna is a channel and business transformation expert. She has consistently scaled operations, driven growth and improved profitability by adapting new business models rapidly and effectively at key inflection points in a company’s lifecycle. Examples of key transitions include: • Enterprise software to SaaS at Epicor• Services delivery expansion and scale through Systems Integrator Alliances: Tivoli• Large enterprise to SMB market expansion through channels: SAP, McAfee• Direct sales to multi route sales; web, channel, inside sales: IBM, SAP• Commodity hardware to solutions based products and services: Dell • Rebranding the AS/400 to a client server solution: IBM Merger and acquisition targets have been core to achieving growth strategies. Donna has identified and integrated over 11 companies resulting in increased revenue, profit and talent retention. A technologist by education, Donna has unique knowledge and skills across all facets of technology. She has expertise in cybersecurity, SaaS, Cloud, business process software, hardware and services. She has received numerous awards for her groundbreaking work, including 2006 CRN Top Channel Chief, 2006 VAR business Top 50 Most Powerful Women of the Channel, 2006 Stevie Award, Best Woman Executive over 2500 employees, and 2011 Fortune’s Most Powerful Women Summit. Donna is a National Association of Corporate Directors Governance Fellow and has served on the following boards: Partnerware Software, The American Red Cross of Central Texas, Austin Chamber of Commerce, Tenenbaum Institute at Georgia Tech, and the North Carolina State University, Computer Science industry board. She is a passionate advocate for the advancement of women and has been the co-chair of the Dell Women’s in Search of Excellence employee resource group and is a member of the Committee of 200. Donna earned her Bachelor of Science degree, summa cum laude, in computer science from North Carolina State University.