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Cindy O'Connell

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Sr Director of Channel Sales & Alliances - Great Lakes and Midwest at TierPoint
📍 Greater Chicago Area, United States

Cindy OConnell is the Sr. Director of Channel Sales & Alliances for the Great Lakes & Midwest at TierPoint, specializing in IT solutions like cloud, data centers, and disaster recovery. An alumna of Purdue University, she was named to CRNs 2023 Women of the Channel list. Colleagues describe her as hardworking, passionate, and an exceptional leader.

Outside of work, Cindy is deeply involved in her community as a board member for The Lazy Volunteer and a co-moderator for the Alliance of Channel Womens Chicago chapter. She enjoys planning creative networking events and is a mother to two daughters.

Interesting fact: Cindy has a pet hamster affectionately named “Chicken Nugget”.

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Experience
23 Years
Current Role
Sr Director of Channel Sales & Alliances - Great Lakes and Midwest
Job Level
Senior
Location
Greater Chicago Area, United States
Personality Overview

How Cindy shows up

Friendly But Fast
Values Relationships
Assertive

They are more likely to be open to unproven but exciting technologies. They do not mind taking risks and can make hard decisions, if necessary. They respond better to a combination of speed and relationship.

Priorities

Topics Cindy cares about

Channel Partnerships
Her entire career and current role are centered on building and managing relationships within the channel ecosystem to deliver IT solutions.
Women in Tech
She co-chairs the Chicago chapter of the Alliance of Channel Women to help address the gender gap in the technology industry.
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Career

Work history

1-2025
Sr Director of Channel Sales & Alliances - Great Lakes and Midwest
TierPoint
7-2021 - 1-2025
Director of Channel Sales & Alliances - Great Lakes & Midwest
TierPoint
4-2020 - 7-2021
Sr Hybrid Commericial Sales
TierPoint
8-2018 - 3-2020
Director of Channel Sales - MW
QTS Data Centers
2-2016 - 8-2018
Commercial Sales Midwest - Market Development
QTS Data Centers
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Media appearances

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Education
1998 - 2002
BS
Purdue University
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

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Influence (I)

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