Cloud Girls is honored to have amazingly accomplished, professional women in tech as our members. We take every opportunity to showcase their expertise and accomplishments – promotions, speaking engagements, publications and more. Now, we are excited to shine a spotlight on one of our members each month.
Our Cloud Expert of the Month is Andrea Blubaugh.
Andrea has more than 15 years of experience facilitating the design, implementation and ongoing management of data center, cloud and WAN solutions. Her reputation for architecting solutions for organizations of all sizes and verticals – from Fortune 100 to SMBs – earned her numerous awards and honors. With a specific focus on the mid to enterprise space, Andrea works closely with IT teams as a true client advocate, consistently meeting, and often exceeding expectations. As a result, she maintains strong client and provider relationships spanning the length of her career.
When did you join Cloud Girls and why?
Wow, it’s been a long time! I believe it was 2014 or 2015 when i joined Cloud Girls. I had come to know Manon through work and was impressed by her and excited to join a group of women in the technology space.
What do you value about being a Cloud Girl?
Getting to know and develop friendships with the fellow Cloud Girls over the years has been a real joy. It’s been a great platform for learning on both a professional and personal level.
What advice would you give to your younger self at the start of your career?
I would reassure my younger self in her decisions and to encourage her to keep taking risks. I would also tell her to not sweat the losses so much. They tend to fade pretty quickly.
What’s your favorite inspirational quote?
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do, so throw off the bowlines, sail away from safe harbor, catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore, Dream, Discover.” –Mark Twain
What one piece of advice would you share with young women to encourage them to take a seat at the table?
I was very fortunate early on in my career to work for a startup whose leadership saw promise in my abilities that I didn’t yet see myself. I struggled with the decision to take a leadership role as I didn’t feel “ready” or that I had the right or enough experience. I received some good advice that I had to do what ultimately felt right to me, but that turning down an opportunity based on a fear of failure wouldn’t ensure there would be another one when I felt the time was right. My advice is if you’re offered that seat, and you want that seat, take it.
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ROLE DESCRIPTION
We are looking for a Membership Manager to join the company and take on one of the most opportunistic roles the industry has to offer. This is a role that allows for you to create and develop relationships with leading solution providers in the enterprise technology space. Through extensive research and conversation you will learn the goals and priorities of IT & IT Security Executives and collaborate with companies that have the solutions they are looking for. This role requires professionalism, drive, desire to learn, enthusiasm, energy and positivity.
Role Requirements:
Role Responsibilities:
Apex offers our team:
Entry level salary with competitive Commission & Bonus opportunities
Apex offers the ability to make a strong impact on our products and growing portfolio.
Three months of hands on training and commitment to teach you the industry and develop invaluable sales and relationship skills.
Opportunity to grow into leadership role and build a team
Extra vacation day for your birthday when it falls on a weekday
All major American holidays off
10 paid vacation days after training period
5 paid sick days
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