Michelle Ragusa-McBain is a highly visible thought leader in the global technology channel and serves as Global Chief at SonicWall. Entrepreneur Magazine named her as one of the top 4 people to inspire women to pursue a career in Tech and was recognized by SMB Magazine as one of the 150 most influential people in the global IT Business Community. She has keynoted at the four largest and most influential technology conferences globally including: Channel Partners, CRN, CompTIA, and IT Nation. She was recently recognized as 2021 Leader for Advancing Women in Technology by CompTIA and serves as Florida Leader for Alliance of Channel Women and sat on the board of CRN Women of the Channel.
Prior to her current role Michelle was Global SMB MSP Leader at Cisco. Previously, VP of Global Channel and Digital Strategy for JS Group where she worked to help Vendors, Distributors and Partners reimagine and perfect their channel strategies.she was Senior Director of Technology & Business Sales and Marketing Services at Office Depot. Michelle skillfully provided strategic communications guidance to leadership, cross-functional vendors, partners, agencies, consultants, distributors and drove company-leading results. Creating an SMB partner program, GTM strategy, and new offerings in Software as a Service (SaaS), Managed Services Providers (MSP), Devices as a Service (DaaS), and other technology subscription services through their omni-channel.
Michelle serves as Chair Emeritus of Advancing Women in Technology for CompTIA, and Co-Founder of Tech Worlds Half non-profit. She is also a longstanding member of the National Women in Technology Group, where she gives speeches for young women and diversity in technology - most recently at NC State & Hofstra University. She is a passionate advocate for Women Diversity and Inclusion in Technology and Business through blogging, keynotes, panels, and social media.
As a social media maven, Michelle is a highly visible member of the Global IT community and acts as a connector. In her free time, she loves traveling the world with her husband and daughters (85 countries and all 7 continents!). Graduated magna cum laude from Manhattan College with an MBA and B.S. in Global Business & Marketing where she was awarded the Presidential Scholarship.
