Kovrr
SVP, Cybersecurity GTM & Partner Ecosystem Cyber Risk
My Experience
Omer Qureshi — a career in motion.
From Wall Street to the cloud, from Redmond to emerging markets — every role built on the last.
Career timeline
Americans 4 Equality
CEO & Co-Founder Non-Profit
Optimus
Executive Advisor & Principal Consultant Advisory
Noventiq
VP, Global Strategic Partnerships & Alliances
Avaya
General Manager, Cloud Sales & Partnerships
Microsoft
Director, Partner Ecosystems & Global Alliances
VMware
Regional Sales Director, Enterprise & Cloud
Microsoft
Managing Director, Enterprise Sales
Bank of America
Vice President, Data Centers & Trading Operations
American Express
Internship Early Career
Experience
Roles & engagements.
Strategic engagements that moved markets, opened territories, and changed lives.
Cybersecurity · Cyber Risk
Kovrr — SVP, Cybersecurity GTM & Partner Ecosystem
Architecting a multi-tier partner model across distributors, LARs, VARs, MSSPs and GSIs for AI-powered cyber risk quantification, with public sector and FedRAMP readiness.
Channel Leadership · Keynotes
Hyperscalers, MSPs & the Global Channel
The art of selling and partnerships — thousands of customers and partners met across 38+ countries, 100+ keynotes and executive sessions delivered, and $1.5B+ managed business at 30% YoY growth. “People buy from people.”
Non-Profit Leadership
Americans 4 Equality — CEO & Co-Founder
CEO & Co-Founder of Americans 4 Equality, a Washington and Oregon 501(c)(3) providing 1,139+ people with tech training, certification, and career placement — 88% completion, 60% job placement (as of June 2026). Supported by a $2.23M federal appropriation secured through Rep. Adam Smith, 55% women, and recognized by Senator Patty Murray.
Cloud Alliance
$300M+ Cloud Partnership
Largest negotiated cloud alliance — projected $300M impact across multi-year, multi-geography commitments.
M&A · Global GTM
Noventiq — VP, Global Strategic Partnerships & Alliances
Led global M&A and partnership strategy across developed and emerging markets — 38+ countries activated.
Founder · Advisory
Optimus — Executive Advisor & Principal Consultant
Executive advisory practice guiding hyperscaler partnerships, channel strategy, M&A integration, and AI-led services growth for enterprise clients.
Channel · Sales
Avaya — General Manager, Cloud Sales & Partnerships
Owned sales and channel strategy across multi-region GMs — exceeding aggressive growth targets in cloud communications.
Partner Ecosystems · Global Alliances
Microsoft — Director, Partner Ecosystems & Global Alliances
Built and scaled the global alliance ecosystem across GSIs, telcos, MSPs, LARs and VARs — an $11.7M P&L, 21 alliance professionals across 24 countries, generating $100M+ in partner-sourced ARR.
Enterprise Sales · Partnerships
VMware — Regional Sales Director, Enterprise & Cloud
Rebuilt the Pacific Northwest territory into a top-performing region through the period when server virtualization was being adopted widely across enterprise data centers.
Enterprise Sales · Leadership
Microsoft — Managing Director, Enterprise Sales
Led enterprise sales for data center, cloud and application solutions across North America and Europe — a $100M+ ARR business, 200+ cloud customer wins, and Manager of the Year recognition.
Strategy · Infrastructure
Bank of America — VP, Data Centers & Trading Operations
Enterprise data center operations and mission-critical trading infrastructure for one of the world’s largest financial institutions, where the career began.
Recommendations & Endorsements
What industry leaders say.
236 LinkedIn recommendations across two decades and 38+ countries — from hyperscaler executives, GSI leaders, and CEOs at Microsoft, AWS, Google, Capgemini, Infosys, Pax8, KPMG, Cognizant, and more.
My Certifications
Credentials & continued learning.
Industry-recognized certifications spanning project management, cloud, security, and enterprise systems.
PMP
Project Management Professional · 382152
MCSE
Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer · 857066
VSP
VMware Certified Sales Professional · CAA-81811
CCDA
Cisco Certified Design Associate · CSC010661334
Oracle (BEA)
WebLogic System Administrator · 3F3E2C
CompTIA Security+
Security Administrator · COMP1002602918
Partner ecosystems I’ve built across
