Patrick O'Donnell

Chief Revenue Officer, SonicWall

New York City Metropolitan Area

About

A passion for building high performance, high integrity sales teams to deliver growth and customer value in the Software/SaaS segment. Eminent communicator managing vision and purpose. Have held both Chief Sales Officer and CMO roles throughout my professional career. Experienced sales leader with broad range of of tech/SaaS roles at large and medium sized companies, including domestic (U.S.) and international assignments (Japan/China) with deep and proven experience executing go-to-market strategies with effective collaboration with marketing and sales/business development. Extensive experience leading large global sales team at IBM, GE and Datto in multiple markets (US, Canada, Latam, Asia and Europe). Strong multi-disciplined leader with bachelor's degree in economics from Marist College and Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Vanderbilt University. Specialties: Inside Sales, Enterprise Sales, sales development, marketing, digital commerce, digital strategy, inside sales thought leadership, public speaking

Experience

  • Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) at SonicWall
    Jan 2026 - Present · 7 mos

  • Senior Vice President Worldwide Sales at Barracuda
    Nov 2023 - Dec 2025 · 2 yrs 2 mos

  • Board Advisor at Cork
    Feb 2023 - Jul 2023 · 6 mos

    Senior Advisor to CEO and Board of Cork, Inc., a cybersecurity company offering monitoring and cyber warranty solutions to the Managed Service Provider market providing cost-effective and comprehensive protection against cyber threats.

  • Vice President, Sales, North America at Datto, Inc.
    Oct 2019 - Oct 2022 · 3 yrs 1 mo

    Datto, a leading cybersecurity company, offers SaaS based business continuity and disaster recovery, networking, business management, and file backup and sync solutions, and has created a one-of-a-kind ecosystem of partners that provide Datto solutions to half a million businesses across more than 130 countries. Since its founding in 2007, Datto has earned hundreds of awards for its rapid growth, product excellence, superior technical support, and for fostering an outstanding workplace. With global headquarters in Norwalk, Connecticut, Datto has international offices in the United Kingdom, Netherlands, Denmark, Germany, Canada, Australia, China, and Singapore.

  • Vice President, Sales at 1010data
    Apr 2018 - Oct 2019 · 1 yr 7 mos

    1010data transforms Big Data into smart insights to create the high-definition enterprise that can anticipate and respond to change. Our modern cloud-based operational performance, consumer intelligence and alternative data solutions enable over 900 clients to achieve improved business outcomes quicker, with less risk. The world’s foremost companies, including Dollar General, Sam’s Club, Procter & Gamble, Coca Cola, GSK, 3M, Bank of America and JP Morgan, consider 1010data the partner of choice for optimizing company health, mastering consumer touchpoints and digitally renovating operations. We’ve been recognized as a Challenger in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Data Analytics Solutions, named a Leader in the Forrester Wave for Cloud Business Intelligence Platforms and honored as a Big Data Analytics Player by Information Week.