Zoom’s Todd Surdey

Todd Surdey
Head of Global Channels & Business Development
Zoom

“I think [this honor] is an amazing testament to the Zoom channel team, the Zoom company,” Surdey said. “I’ve now been an ambassador and taking [the channel program] on and forward. I’d be remiss if I didn’t put my arms around everybody that’s here at Zoom. A huge thank you to all of you for representing what this team has done.”

Surdey said influence is a combination of a few things: the ability to lead and get people motivated, and innovation. “You’ve got to really earn people’s trust and you got to be committed to them,” he said.

When it comes to his work philosophy, Surdey said he “never wants to leave a person behind, no matter how high I get up in any organization or how big my organization is.”

He asks some basic questions of his employees: How do we move forward? How do we get better at this? How does he get the best out of people, improving maybe where there are gaps?

“I always think of it as how to support people who are trying to advance where they are,” he said.