89 – Spotlight on Transformation, RingCentral Capabilities, and Partners – Phil Sorgen.

For this episode of the podcast, I am pleased to welcome Phil Sorgen, the Chief Revenue Officer of Ring Central and a former Microsoft Corporate Vice President to Ultimate Guide to Partnering. In this episode, we discuss the Transformation, RingCentral's Capabilities, and Partners.

As RingCentral’s Chief Revenue Officer, Phil Sorgen leads global sales including all direct, service provider, channel, and strategic partners.

Sorgen is a 30-year industry veteran and spent the last 20+ years at Microsoft in a variety of leadership roles and that's how I met him. Prior to joining RingCentral, Sorgen was responsible for Microsoft’s US Enterprise Commercial Group, an organization responsible for helping the company’s largest commercial customers in the US navigate digital transformation. In this role, Sorgen led US enterprise sales and customer success teams including national, industry, and technical teams.

Prior to that, Sorgen served as the Corporate Vice President of the Worldwide Partner Group and was responsible for setting the channel strategy for a broad network of diverse partner companies worldwide.

I've known Phil for many years and it was great to have him as a guest as partners have played a critical role throughout his career including his role as Microsoft's Channel Chief.

In this episode you'll learn more about RingCentral's capabilities and value, their role in the rapid transformation we are seeing since the pandemic, the role of partners in their business and why customers and partners chose Ring Central.

I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I enjoyed spending time with Phil Sorgen.

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Vince Menzione 0:30Welcome, or welcome back to The Ultimate Guide to Partnering. I'm Vince Menzione, your host, and for this episode of the podcast, I was pleased to welcome Phil Sorgen, the Chief Revenue Officer of RingCentral, and a former Microsoft corporate vice president. I've known Phil for many years, and it was great to have him as a guest to learn more about RingCentral. And partners have played a critical role throughout his career, including his role as Microsoft's channel chief. In this episode, you'll learn more about RingCentral's value, the role they play in the rapid transformation, we are seeing the role of partners in their business, and why customers and partners choose RingCentral. I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I enjoyed spending time with Phil's origin. Phil, welcome to the podcast.

Phil Sorgen 1:23Thanks, Vince. It's great to be here.

Vince Menzione 1:25It is really great to have you as a guest on Ultimate Guide to Partnering you and I had the opportunity to work together when you lead SMSP. And that seemed like 100 years ago, and you served as Channel Chief at Microsoft, you joined RingCentral in mid-2020. And your organization has a great value proposition. I'm looking forward to this discussion today. So welcome.

Phil Sorgen 1:46Thank you. It's a it's great to connect again. And it does seem like so long ago, but hey, time flies when you're having fun, right?