Author: Wendy Stusrud

Wendy Stusrud is Vice President of Global Partner Sales at Pure Storage. She is a sales veteran with over 20 years of experience in commercial, enterprise and channel sales. Wendy joined Pure Storage in January 2015 to build out the channel in and around New York City. Most recently, Wendy served as the VP of Americas Partner Sales for North America and was responsible for establishing Partner-led pipeline growth strategies and increasing sales for the Partner community in Pure Storage’s channel ecosystem. She is a passionate supporter of the Women@Pure Employee Resource Group and a co-founder of the New York Chapter. Wendy has been named a CRN Channel Chief for the last four years and is included on the 2024 CRN Channel Power 100 list. She is also a recipient of the CRN Women of the Channel award. Prior to Pure Storage, Wendy supported partners at Juniper Networks and worked as a Global Account Manager at Avaya. She is a graduate of Indiana University, holding Bachelor of Arts degrees in Political Science and French.