AT&T Partner Solutions Taps New SVP

AT&T Partner Solutions has named a new senior vice president.

AT&T’s Sarita Rao

Sarita Rao, a 30-year veteran of the company, is taking the helm of AT&T Partner Solutions. The appointment places her in charge of the AT&T Wholesale and AT&T Partner Exchange organizations.

She most recently served as senior vice president of business marketing, analytics and alliances for AT&T Business. Prior to that position, she led sales and operations for AT&T’s in-building solutions and Wi-Fi. She also helped launch the AT&T Wholesale sales organization.

Rao has garnered numerous awards throughout her career, including the Stevie “Innovator of the Year” and Women of Color STEM “Technologist of the Year.”

Source: LinkedIn

Her predecessor, Stacey Marx, remains very much in the company and in the channel. Marx as of July has been serving as president of AT&T National Business and Channels. Marx served in the channel chief role for AT&T Partner Solutions during 2019 and 2020, having succeeded Zee Hussain. A spokesperson noted that she maintains responsibility for the AT&T Alliance Channel and ACC Business partner programs.

AT&T Partner Solutions this month hosted its Fusion event, which encompasses the Partner Exchange and Alliance Channel programs.

AT&T’s Stacey Marx

Experience #ATTFUSION 2020 in less than a minute! Here’s the recap: @TheAnneChow, @MoKatibeh @saritasayso @StaceyAMarx @jeffcivillico @Cisco @connected2fiber @CommScope @CoreSite @PaloAltoNtwks @ribboncomm @vXchnge @Equinix pic.twitter.com/0exo1dgtIR

— AT&T Partner Solutions (@ATTPartners) November 23, 2020

We recently caught up with Chris Jones, associate vice president of channel sales for AT&T National Business and Channels, who spoke about how AT&T is serving the agent channel.