Dee Philippot Giovanni (Giovanni Di Filippo)

Dee Philippot Giovanni (Giovanni Di Filippo)

Biography

Giovanni lives in the city Zurich Switzerland.

Education

Giovanni has degrees of the bachelor and the master on different disciplines: banking, business administration, sales and marketing and also several diplomas in the field of maintaining and business development.

Career

Giovanni was engaged in management in Sun Microsystems and Compaq Computers and achieved sales growth in international markets.

Giovanni headed division of partners and global strategic alliances in emerging markets in Cisco Systems in the region including more than 40 countries – the Central Eastern Europe (CEE), the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and the Middle East. It worked with the partner community of a world class consisting from more than 2,500 participants and showed excellent results in the rating of assessment of customer satisfaction within two years in a row. During operation in Cisco Systems of Giovanni developed model of a partner magic quadrant and also methodology of improvement of quick operational sales (ROSE) for service providers and system integrators for the purpose of reduction of the period from production of products and services before their entry into the market and also time of return of investments.

Since 2012 worked in SAP where was the vice president of division of Global Strategic System Integrator (GSSI) and was responsible for vision, the purpose, the strategy of business of resellers and also for expansion of business of the largest global GSSI partner of SAP.

In April, 2016 Giovanny Di Philippot is appointed the vice president for work with partners in EMEA region in Riverbed Technology working in support areas and implementations of infrastructure of application performance management. Giovanny is responsible for the strategy of development for the partner channel, expansion of presence in the market, development of a partner ecosystem and sales growth. By 2016 Giovanny Di Philippot has more than 25 years' experience of the management on the highest positions in the field of global channel sales. Giovanny Di Philippot submits to Kristian Thyregod, the senior vice president in EMEA countries.

"As our model of sales depends on the huge value brought by our partners, Giovanni is the most suitable head for this direction — Kristian Thyregod, the senior vice president of Riverbed company in EMEA region comments. — It will play a key role in providing the innovative solutions to the companies which endure digital transformation and address software-defined networks of new generation for fast and flexible providing applications. Rich examination of Giovanni in the field of technologies, his business grasp in combination with understanding of the principles of operation of the international sales channels and creation of a system of interaction in interfunctional labor power do it by excellent addition of the managing Riverbed EMEA command".

"I am very glad to become a part of Riverbed at this important stage of growth of the company — Giovanny Di Philippot, the vice president for work with partners in the region of EMEA of Riverbed company comments. — Riverbed has exclusive opportunities for providing industry-leading solutions in the field of performance of applications and software-defined networks. Our task — to provide partners in all region of EMEA with means for implementation and use of chance which the new software-defined world gives, and to help them to solve problems of clients using a line of architectural concepts of Riverbed. I look forward to the beginning of close cooperation with our partners on this way".

2020: Appointment to the post of the president of Lenovo DCG in the countries of Europe, the Middle East and Africa

On February 7, 2020 it became known that the Lenovo company announced that Dee Philippot Giovanni (Giovanni Di Filippo) joined Lenovo Data Center Group (DCG).

Giovanni held a post of the president of Lenovo DCG in the countries of Europe, the Middle East and EMEA. He will build up partner relations and customers of DPC and to develop business of Lenovo DCG in EMEA region.

Giovanni worked with several European startups, advised them in the field of ensuring sustainable development and helped to create international departments of sales.

Giovanni is a supporter of reasonable models of the sales based on a partner ecosystem. One of the Giovanni's purposes — world-class team development which will even stronger strengthen partner relations and customers.

I believe that technologies can improve considerably life of modern digital society and help with the solution of global problems of mankind, marks out Dee Philippot of Giovanni, the president of Lenovo DCG in EMEA region

The command of Lenovo is glad that Giovanni joined division of DCG and wishes it warm welcome in family of Lenovo DCG.

Partners of Riverbed are included into Riverbed Performance Partner Network, a diversified ecosystem of 3,000 participants worldwide. Riverbed closely cooperates with all industry-leading resellers, distributors, service providers and system integrators.