Gerri Elliott
Gerri Elliott | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1956 |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | New York University (Bachelor's degree in political science) |
| Occupation(s) | Corporate executive, advisor |
| Known for | Senior Advisor at Boston Consulting Group; former Chief Customer & Partner Officer at Cisco; founder of Broadrooms.com; senior roles at IBM, Microsoft, Juniper Networks |
Gerri Elliott is a prominent American corporate leader.
Biography
Elliott earned a bachelor's degree in political science from New York University.
Presently, she serves as a Senior Advisor at Boston Consulting Group and previously held the position of Chief Customer & Partner Officer at Cisco. She is also the founder of Broadrooms.com, a platform dedicated to executive women aiming for corporate board appointments, providing insights, educational resources, events, news updates, and blogs focused on women's board participation.
Her career includes nearly 22 years at IBM, where she occupied senior roles across the United States and internationally, contributing to strategy formulation, services and consulting, product management, and sales leadership.
In 2001, Elliott joined Microsoft as Corporate Vice President of the Industry Solutions Group. In this role, she directed global sales and marketing teams across multiple industries such as Retail, Healthcare, Financial Services, Manufacturing, Media & Entertainment, Public Sector, and Communications. She co-led Microsoft’s North American division with revenues of $10 billion and crafted an exceptional sales strategy. Later, as Corporate Vice President of Worldwide Public Sector reporting directly to the COO, she managed over 2,000 sales and marketing professionals supporting government, education, and healthcare clients in more than 100 countries. During her tenure, the business expanded from $4.7 billion to $8 billion within three years. Elliott departed Microsoft as one of its highest-ranking female executives.
Elliott joined Juniper Networks in 2009 as Executive Vice President of Strategic Alliances. By July 2011, she advanced to EVP and Chief Sales Officer; in November 2012, her responsibilities extended to Services and Support; and in July 2013 she assumed leadership of Marketing. As EVP and Chief Customer Officer, she oversaw a worldwide organization exceeding 3,500 employees across sales, systems engineering, marketing, advanced technologies, channel partners, field operations, services, and support spanning 140 offices in over 40 countries. Although she retired in 2014, Elliott remained a strategic advisor to Juniper’s CEO for six months before fully stepping down.
In 2014, Elliott joined Whirlpool Corporation’s board of directors and contributed to the advisory board for the Center for Executive Women Senior Leadership Program at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management. That same year she became a board member of Charlotte Russe, a San Francisco-based apparel company. Her path to attaining board roles was featured by Fortune Magazine.
She has participated on advisory boards including Kellogg’s Executive Women Senior Leadership program and Catalyst, an organization dedicated to expanding business opportunities for women. Additionally, Elliott is a founding member of Fortune’s Most Powerful Women/US State Department Global Mentoring initiative and has been a frequent panelist at leadership events such as Fortune's Most Powerful Women Summit and Catalyst conferences.
In March 2018, Elliott rejoined Cisco as Executive Vice President and Chief Sales and Marketing Officer.
Honors
Elliott was honored with the 2013 YWCA Silicon Valley Tribute to Women (TWIN) award for outstanding leadership among executive women. Her recognitions also include being named to the 2012 Profiles in Diversity Journal Women Worth Watching list.