Kristi Thiele

I ensure customers, partners and sellers are enabled to be successful.

Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex

About

For over 25 years, Kristi has been instrumental in helping customers evaluate security, networking, and cloud products so they can make informed buying decisions. Customers and business partners have come to rely on Kristi as a trusted adviser as they look to understand technology and solve their business and technology challenges.

Experience

  • Gigamon (4 yrs 6 mos)
    • Vice President, WW Sales Engineering, Solutions Center, and Enablement
      Jun 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 2 mos

      The buying journey continues to change and so must the way we approach selling. I lead the global teams responsible for providing the technical buyers with an easy experience as they learn the best way to solve their challenges in hybrid cloud security and monitoring. In addition, I am passionate about ensuring our sellers and partners are enabled for success. Finally, customer education is paramount for the buyer to become a long-time user and advocate for Gigamon.

    • VP, Worldwide Sales Engineering
      Feb 2023 - Jun 2024 · 1 yr 5 mos

    • Senior Director of WW Service Provider Sales Engineers
      Feb 2022 - Feb 2023 · 1 yr 1 mo

  • Sales Engineering (SE) Director for US Enterprise at Keysight Technologies
    Nov 2019 - Feb 2022 · 2 yrs 4 mos

    Keysight Technologies focuses on ensuring customers have the best technology so they can provide the best experience for their users. Keysight Technologies acquired Ixia in 2017 and continues to invest and innovate in the security test and network visibility solutions that over 75% of the Fortune 100 rely on every day. The 20+ skilled SEs in the US enterprise organization are passionate about solving problems and ensuring customer satisfaction. Leading a team of highly motivated and successful SEs is rewarding.

  • Ixia (4 yrs 8 mos)
    • Sales Engineering Manager, Central Enterprise
      Jan 2016 - Nov 2019 · 3 yrs 11 mos

      Keysight Ixia Solutions Group (ISG) provides testing, visibility and security solutions, strengthening applications across physical and virtual networks. The Central Enterprise team is laser focused on helping organizations solve problems that are affecting the performance of applications. The role of SE Manager allows for interactions with enterprises all over the territory. Channel relationships are key to the success at Ixia and as the SE Manager, Kristi plays a part in building and maintaining those relationships. ISG is a great place to work, especially when you have the best team at your side.

    • Team Lead, Systems Engineering
      Apr 2015 - Jan 2016 · 10 mos

  • Senior Sales Engineer at Resolution1 Security
    Dec 2014 - Mar 2015 · 4 mos

  • Sales Engineering Manager at 21CT
    Oct 2013 - Nov 2014 · 1 yr 2 mos

    As SE Manager at 21CT, Kristi has the unique opportunity to develop and support the technical aspect of the sales cycle. From technical qualification of opportunities to scoping and supporting on-site proof of concepts (PoC), to building the rock-star team that will transform the way visual data and security analytics are used in the future. The goal is to make sure every organization that has data to analyze can visualize it in a easy to use graph so they can become more responsive to the threats in their environment.