Pax8 Names Microsoft Veterans as VPs

Pax8 announced that Nikki Meyer has joined the company as Vice President of Global Vendor Alliances, and Caroline Goles as Vice President of Digital Sales Strategy. Meyer will report to Aaron Garza, SVP of Business Development, and Goles will report to David James, Chief Data Officer.

“Nikki and Caroline are highly recognized and respected leaders in the industry,” said Nick Heddy, chief revenue officer at Pax8. “With their vast experience in the worldwide channel, they provide critical insights into the complexities of operating a global organization, which is crucial as Pax8 scales. We are excited they are joining Pax8 to lead our vendor program and digital sales strategy.”

Meyer spent more than 15 years at Microsoft, building a channel career through various positions and capacities. She led teams focusing on partner marketing, product launches and incentive programs, gaining the knowledge necessary for creating a successful channel program.

Her work with the small-mid-sized business (SMB) market provided IT service providers with the knowledge, tools, and resources to grow their cloud practices significantly. Since 2018, Meyer has held a worldwide position, where she developed strategic initiatives to increase Microsoft’s worldwide presence and drive the adoption of its cloud solutions in the global channel.

Goles has more than 20 years of sales and marketing experience in the tech industry. She has led worldwide sales strategies for the SMB and Enterprise markets. Throughout her career, she developed go-to-market strategies that drove global scale while nurturing tailored local engagement. As Digital Sales Strategy Lead at Microsoft, Goles led the delivery of an AI-guided sales engine that harnessed marketing signals, industry data & machine learning, accelerating cloud adoption, revenue growth, and increasing sales efficiency.