Show notes
The partnership ecosystem is no place for complacency. Companies face the pressing question of how can channel transformations achieve real, meaningful value, instead of being lost in execution challenges?
In this episode, Hitu Chawla, Global VP of Partner Go-To-Market Strategy at Splunk, reveals the strategies behind their remarkable growth and alignment efforts. Drawing from decades of experience, including her leadership at Microsoft, Hitu discusses how to create cohesive co-selling programs, enhance partner enablement, and leverage technical integrations for greater market acceleration. She explains how Splunk combines partner feedback with a unified sales playbook to design programs that ensure partner capacity is optimized, financial incentives are compelling, and joint offerings deliver unmatched value to end customers.
Listeners will gain insights into:
Here are some additional episodes featuring other ecosystem leaders that might interest you:
Links & Resources
In this episode, Hitu Chawla, Global VP of Partner Go-To-Market Strategy at Splunk, reveals the strategies behind their remarkable growth and alignment efforts. Drawing from decades of experience, including her leadership at Microsoft, Hitu discusses how to create cohesive co-selling programs, enhance partner enablement, and leverage technical integrations for greater market acceleration. She explains how Splunk combines partner feedback with a unified sales playbook to design programs that ensure partner capacity is optimized, financial incentives are compelling, and joint offerings deliver unmatched value to end customers.
Listeners will gain insights into:
- Designing co-selling strategies that reduce friction and enhance partner alignment.
- The role of renewal incentives in building customer and partner stickiness.
- Managing the technical and operational complexities of multi-tenant SaaS ecosystems.
- Building scalable joint offerings that leverage diverse partner types for competitive advantage.
- How over-communicating changes strengthens ecosystem trust and execution.
Here are some additional episodes featuring other ecosystem leaders that might interest you:
- #164 Jason Eichenholz: How Wipro Accelerated Revenue Growth with Their Ecosystem
- #156 Libby Greco: Get Out There and Break The Glass
- #154 Suresh Kumar Tulluri: Is Your Roadmap Future Proof?
- #152 David La Rose: Strengthening Partner Commitments In The Ecosystem Era
- #151 Mike Stocker: Close 40% More Deals with Partner Influence
Links & Resources
- Learn more about how WorkSpan helps customers accelerate their ecosystem flywheel through Co-selling, Co-innovating, Co-investing, and Co-marketing.
- Download The Ultimate Guide to Drive Co-sell Partnerships!
- Subscribe to the Ecosystem Aces Podcast on Apple Podcast, Spotify, Stitcher,

