Rich Preece

Partner @ EY - Snowflake GTM lead

Germany2.4k followers
EYex-Accentureex-debis Systemhaus (now T-Systems)

IT Ecosystems (aka Alliances) scrum-half. Recognized value creator founded on hands-on, rainmaker approach, fusing world's best advisory/services of EY with world's best technology, fueling the 1 + 1 > 2 of business partnerships for long-term value creation with our clients.

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Thrilled to be joining a brilliant EY and Snowflake partnership team as of Feb 2024, while proud of last 7 years at EY building a thriving $MMM alliance business with IBM. One Snowflake. An avalanche of opportunity! Specialties: WW Sales, Negotiation, Snr. Executive-level interaction, Relationship management, Alliance Best Practices, People Development, Coaching, Educating, Mentoring. Languages English & German.

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  1. EYJOB
    1. Partner, Snowflake GTM lead
      2Y 8M
    2. Partner, Global IBM GTM lead
      7Y 2M
  2. ACCENTUREJOB
    1. Partner, Global SAP Market…
      1Y
    2. Partner, Global IBM-Techno…
      5Y 1M
    3. Partner, Accenture Technol…
      1Y 11M
    4. Snr. Mgr. EMEA Alliances l…
      2Y 10M
    5. Snr. Mgr., Consulting Deli…
      2Y 2M
    6. Senior Mgr, Delivery Lead
      3Y 5M
  3. DEBIS SYSTEMHAUS (NOW T-SYSTEMS)JOB
    1. Delivery Dir
      8Y 11M
  4. HI-COMPJOB
    1. Pre-Sales Support Lead
      2Y 11M

Time in market 37Y 9MOpen 3Closed 9Stints 12

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  1. Job: Accenture — Snr. Mgr. EMEA Alliances lead · 2005-10 – 2008-08 · 2y 10mo — EMEA Alliances lead for IBM and EMC. More than tripled size of mutual business in 2 year period with IBM becoming one of the largest Alliances in the industry, measured in terms of Accenture services revenue and related IBM product revenue. Evolved strong network of Snr. Executive sales relationships across IBM and EMC.
  2. Job: Accenture — Senior Manager, Delivery Lead · 2000-01 – 2003-06 · 3y 5mo — Experienced hire into Accenture (then Andersen Consulting) to build a new technical delivery workforce from scratch. Hired 50+ technical experts within a year, and led the Hamburg delivery center ensuring maximium utilization of resources on Accenture projects across Germany.
  3. Job: EY — Partner, Snowflake GTM lead · 2024-02 – present · 2y 6mo — Thrilled to be joining a brilliant EY and Snowflake partnership team as of Feb 2024. One Snowflake. An avalanche of opportunity driving long-term value creation for our mutual clients.
  4. Job: Accenture — Partner, Accenture Technology Consulting, Global Alliance Lead · 2008-09 – 2010-08 · 1y 11mo — Led a WW team managing the entire portfolio of Alliances relevant to Accenture's Technology Consutling Practice. Tech areas include Infrastructure Consulting, Security, Workplace. Evolved strong Snr. Executive network across Accenture and numerous Business Partners, notably across the sales organizations. Worked with global leadership and led plan/build/run of new Sales Model tied to selected business partner solutions. Quadrupled overall Alliance business to north of $400M in Alliance Impacted sales in 2 years. Made Partner in September 2008.
  5. Job: Accenture — Partner, Global IBM-Technology Business Partner Lead · 2010-09 – 2015-10 · 5y 1mo — Led a WW team accountable for all innovation and mutual business growth with IBM Technology across all business units. Architected global investment agreements (first in the industry), enabling significant business growth of the partnership since execution began in CY 2011, evolving to a $2Bn+ Accenture services/IBM product relationship. Extremely well connected with IBM WW leadership at General Manager and Senior VP level across all areas of business.
  6. Job: Accenture — Partner, Global SAP Market Dev lead · 2015-11 – 2016-11 · 1y — Global lead, SAP Market Dev
  7. Job: debis Systemhaus (now T-Systems) — Delivery Director · 1991 – 1999 · 8y — Joined as pre-sales support specialist for SW development tools (CASE and 4GL). Evolved through delivering on 4GL projects to become Managing Director of a new business unit "Internet Business Solutions" in 1996. Key win was selling then leading delivery on the German-wide real-estate portal for Germany's largest association of estate-agents. System, known today as Immonet, has become one of Europe's largest real-estate portals.
  8. Job: Accenture — Snr. Mgr., Consulting Delivery Lead · 2003-07 – 2005-09 · 2y 2mo — German Delivery lead for WW contract with EMC, building out a storage consulting practice. Worked with EMC country and EALA sales leadership, while leading the Accenture-staffed delivery team.
  9. Job: HI-COMP — Pre-Sales Support Lead · 1989 – 1991 · 2y — Backup/Recovery and Archiving Software.
  10. Job: EY — Partner, Global IBM GTM lead · 2016-12 – 2024-02 · 7y 2mo
  11. School: Staffordshire University — Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.), Mechanical Engineering
  12. School: Maidstone Grammar School — A-levels, Mathematics

Skills

Pre-salesStrategic AlliancesBusiness AlliancesIT StrategyRelationship ManagementCloud ComputingNew Business DevelopmentProgram ManagementBusiness DevelopmentManagementNegotiationSalesChange ManagementLeadership

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