Carlos Gonzalez

Global Cyber Security Leader I Enterprise & Strategic Sales I Board Member

Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States

About

Results oriented Sales & Business Development professional with over 20 years of outstanding experience in creating, developing, and delivering via direct, partnerships and channels sales including: strategic alliances, OEM partners, and consulting sales arrangements. Proven ability to execute in sophisticated/competitive markets and sales models. Experience creating, growing and driving a sales organization from ground zero to world wide exposure. Diverse experience covering telecommunications, security software, enterprise software, networking equipment, and management solutions spanning the spectrum of company sizes and maturity from startup to some of the industry's largest companies. Specialties: Strategic sales planning functions. Sales forecasting, goal setting, performance standards & measurements utilizing sales tracking programs, modeling and forecasting tools. Set-up incentive compensation plans & metrics based on goals & strategies. Extensive experience in building organizational infrastructure to capitalize on large sales opportunities while facilitating productive relationships internally with marketing, engineering, and financial departments as well as partner organizations.

Experience

  • Trend Micro (11 yrs 1 mo)
    • Global VP Strategic Markets and GSI Sales
      Jan 2025 - Present · 1 yr 6 mos

      In my role as Global VP Strategic Markets and GSI Sales at Trend Micro, I am responsible for driving the global introduction of a next-generation AI cybersecurity platform to strategic markets and global systems integrators. By developing a specialized partner ecosystem, I am providing customers with advanced cybersecurity solutions, resulting in significant market penetration and revenue growth.

    • Vice President Global Hybrid Cloud Security
      Oct 2016 - Mar 2025 · 8 yrs 6 mos

      As a product sales leader, I have been tasked with the development and support of programs to accelerate the expansion and adoption of Trend Micro's Hybrid Security Cloud products. As part of my duties, I am responsible for providing sales motions, strategies and technical capabilities to the field; which will allow them to properly position and implement Hybrid Security Clouds products.

    • VP of Strategic Alliances
      Jun 2015 - Oct 2016 · 1 yr 5 mos

      With the objective of increasing customer exposure, strategic recruiting and brand recognition of Trend Micro's cloud and data center security solutions. My responsibilities includes driving relationship programs, GTM strategy implementation and delivery of results across all Strategic partnering segments.

  • Oracle (Miami, Florida)
    • Consulting Sales Director - SaaS & Oracle Direct Business Group
      Jun 2013 - May 2015 · 2 yrs

      Responsible for developing, managing and executing sales plans for Oracle Consulting "Software as a Service" business group in Latin America. Built and expand relationships with direct accounts and refining the programs that allows the cross selling of SaaS solutions, while creating strategies to facilitate my direct reports in the field to interface with license and industry business units executives to leverage Oracle Consulting capabilities in their geographies.

    • Consulting Solutions Director - Security, Portals and GRC
      Sep 2010 - Jun 2013 · 2 yrs 10 mos

  • Director at Accellion Inc.
    2009 - 2009 · Less than a year

  • VP of Sales - The Americas at Third Brigade
    Dec 2005 - Dec 2008 · 3 yrs 1 mo

    As a startup organization, I was challenged with the task to build and manage the day to day sales operations from ground zero, conceptualizing and realizing strategic sales plan that generated $6 million in software and professional services revenue within two years despite a fiercely competitive and declining economic markets. • Assisted in the implementation of sales forecasting tools (Salesforce.com) for real time forecast information that provided senior management up to the minute data on field activities. • Provide board members and investors with sales and field operations information as to the status of the company from the standpoint of revenue, resources and potential business partnerships (OEM, Channel and Strategic Alliances). • Primarily focus in providing security solutions (Intrusion Detection and Prevention) to the private, public and IT services sectors where regulations and compliance requirements were critical in the vendor selection process.

  • AVP US and GM for Latin America at Thor Technologies
    Mar 2005 - Dec 2005 · 10 mos

    Responsible for managing relationships with direct accounts and refining the relationship with global systems integrators by creating programs that allows the cross selling of Thor’s Identity and Access Management products with their core competencies in professional services and integration. Developed a plan to allow my direct reports in the field to interface partner’s direct sales executives and regional channel account managers to position their capabilities and create IDM opportunities in their geographies.