Brian Gahan
@briangahan
I build global technology partnerships and enterprise sales organizations that drive billion-dollar growth.
What I'm looking for
Brian is a seasoned technology executive with a distinguished career spanning sales leadership, channel and alliance management, business development, and direct enterprise sales across Fortune 500 organizations in North America and international markets. He brings a proven track record of driving transformational growth, exceeding revenue objectives, and developing innovative go-to-market strategies that accelerate business performance and market expansion.
Throughout his career, Brian has successfully built and led high-performing sales, partner, and services organizations responsible for generating more than $1 billion in annual revenue. His expertise includes ecosystem development, global strategic partnerships, enterprise sales, channel strategy, and digital transformation initiatives that create measurable business outcomes for customers and partners alike.
His leadership experience includes key roles with industry-leading organizations such as Wipro, Palo Alto Networks, Accenture, Cisco, Dell, Hewlett-Packard, and Apple. Across these organizations, Brian has consistently demonstrated the ability to lead complex global initiatives, build strategic alliances, and deliver sustained business growth in highly competitive markets.
Known for his collaborative leadership style and customer-centric approach, Brian combines strategic vision with operational excellence to help organizations accelerate innovation, strengthen partner ecosystems, and achieve ambitious growth objectives.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Vice President, Partnerships, Global System Integrators
Nov 2025 - Jun 2026 (7 months)
Led the Global System Integrator (GSI) partner strategy at OpenText, shaping and executing global engagement with 15 strategic GSI partners. Drove joint go-to-market execution and long-term development across the enterprise partner portfolio.
Led Wipro's global strategic partnerships across Cloud & Infrastructure, Security, and Digital Operations, overseeing $1.5B in partner-influenced order bookings. Managed a 30-member global team and drove growth initiatives across three business divisions.
Chief Revenue Lead for global sales and go-to-market execution for NTT, Palo Alto Networks' largest Global Systems Integrator partner, overseeing $200M in annual revenue. Led a distributed team of five Partner Business Managers across multiple regions.
Director and West Market Lead for Ecosystem/Partners, Sales, and Sourcing, accountable for $2.0B in services revenue through key partnerships. Led a team of client ecosystem professionals and managed executive relationships with top ecosystem partners.
Responsible for go-to-market strategy, sales, execution, and delivery of a $367M P&L in Microsoft consulting services across North America. Led development of growth strategy, pipeline expansion, and executive client engagement.
Responsible for overall strategy and sales execution of Cisco's data center solutions within the Global Enterprise Market across the Western United States, Latin America, and Mexico. Led go-to-market and sales efforts for compute infrastructure, data center networking, storage, and cloud software.
Field Sales Lead- Cloud Client Computing VDI Solutions
Feb 2013 - Sep 2014 (1 year 7 months)
Responsible for strategy and sales execution of Dell's cloud computing portfolio, including consulting, architecture, and delivery of cloud data center and VDI solutions. Served K-12, higher education, corporate, government, healthcare, and reseller markets across Arizona and New Mexico.
National Account Manager, Arizona/Southern California K-12 Education
Nov 2011 - Feb 2013 (1 year 3 months)
Responsible for sales and marketing of K12's online course offerings across the K-12 education community in Arizona and Southern California. Delivered product presentations, corporate seminars, marketing events, and professional training sessions.
Account Executive covering the K-12 education market across Arizona and New Mexico. Consistently exceeded revenue targets while expanding the customer base within the K-12 education sector.
West Region Field Sales Manager, Enterprise Accounts
Aug 2003 - Jan 2005 (1 year 5 months)
Sales Leader for the Western Region field sales organization, managing a team of eight Account Managers and 12 Inside Sales Representatives. Consistently exceeded revenue and profitability targets while expanding market share.
Account Manager-Territory and Enterprise
Jan 1998 - May 2003 (5 years 4 months)
Account Executive responsible for corporate accounts in Arizona, consistently exceeding revenue and market-share objectives while expanding the territory into strategic enterprise accounts. Managed end-to-end customer relationships and overall client experience.
Account Manager- Named Enterprise Accounts
Aug 1996 - Nov 1997 (1 year 3 months)
Account Manager covering Arizona and Nevada, responsible for sales, project management, account coordination, customer satisfaction, acquisition, and retention. Consistently exceeded revenue and market-share objectives while driving account growth.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
Grand Canyon University
Doctor of Philosophy, Leadership and Organizational Development
Doctorate in Leadership and Organizational Development from Grand Canyon University.
University of Notre Dame
Master Certificate, Leadership and Management
Master Certificate in Leadership and Management from the University of Notre Dame.
University of Phoenix
Master of Business Administration, Business Administration
Master of Business Administration from the University of Phoenix.
Western Illinois University
Bachelor of Arts, Public Communication and Human Relations
Bachelor of Arts in Public Communication and Human Relations with a minor in Marketing from Western Illinois University.
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