ATLANTA, GA, September 28, 2026 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Tara Kallstrom has been included in Marquis Who's Who. As in all Marquis Who's Who biographical volumes, individuals profiled are selected on the basis of current reference value. Factors such as position, noteworthy accomplishments, visibility, and prominence in a field are all taken into account during the selection process.

Recognized as an expert in Information Technology, Mrs. Kallstrom has established herself as a distinguished technology leader whose career has been defined by business transformation, commercial innovation, and solution-led growth across the global technology industry. For more than three decades, she has helped organizations fundamentally transform the way they create value for customers by aligning sales go-to-market strategy, managed and professional services, partner ecosystems, and customer success around measurable business outcomes. Her ability to bridge business strategy with emerging technologies has earned the trust of executive leadership teams navigating changing markets, evolving customer expectations, and supported decades of technology innovation.

Unlike many technology executives whose careers are concentrated within a single discipline, Mrs. Kallstrom has built an uncommon breadth of leadership experience spanning product management, solution engineering, sales, business development, customer success, marketing, sales operations, professional services, strategic partnerships, executive leadership, and go-to-market strategy. This unique perspective has enabled her to help organizations through all stages of commercial transformation—from traditional infrastructure and enterprise hardware to cloud computing, hosted and managed services, professional services, recurring subscription business models, and Everything-as-a-Service (XaaS).

Throughout her career, organizations have brought Mrs. Kallstrom in to lead transformational initiatives during periods of growth, organizational change, acquisitions, global expansion, and evolving technology business models. She has consistently helped organizations move beyond transactional technology sales to consultative, solution-led businesses that integrate technology, services, and strategic partnerships into cohesive customer solutions. Her leadership has enabled organizations to modernize commercial operations, accelerate traditional resale and partner-led recurring revenue strategies, strengthen partner ecosystems, and deliver long-term customer value in increasingly complex technology markets and procurement options.

A defining characteristic of Mrs. Kallstrom's leadership has been her ability to bring together technology manufacturers, distributors, solution providers, professional sales and services organizations, executive stakeholders, and strategic partners around opportunities extending well beyond traditional bilateral relationships. By building collaborative ecosystems and supporting development of scalable co-sell, cross-sell, and solution strategies, she has consistently enabled organizations to solve larger business challenges while creating sustainable growth for customers, partners, and the businesses they serve. She is widely recognized for translating emerging technologies into practical business strategies that accelerate adoption, strengthen organizational alignment, and create measurable business outcomes.

Today, Mrs. Kallstrom serves leadership roles as Director of Cloud Channel Partnerships, including Channel Partner Services (CPS) and Solution Sales teams at PC Connection, Inc., (dba Connection) in the Technology Solutions and Services organization She drives the development, growth, and execution of strategic technology solutions, services, and channel partnerships which support Connection's customers and partners. She drives the organization's strategic business focused on expanding indirect referral services and solutions under the co-sell model for hosted and managed recurring subscription technology services. In this role, she is responsible for advancing this commercial strategy, business transformation, partner portfolio expansion expertise, solution-selling initiatives, executive alignment, sales enablement, and operational excellence across a diverse ecosystem of leading technology providers and service partners.

Working collaboratively across executive leadership, technical organizations, finance, operations, portfolio and offering management, sales and enablement, and strategic partner communities, Mrs. Kallstrom helps advanced technology solution sales organization's and their customers move beyond traditional resale toward comprehensive partner-led business solutions that integrate cloud, communications, cybersecurity, modern infrastructure, AI-powered technologies, and managed and professional services. Her work continues to strengthen Connection's ability to deliver outcome-based technology strategies while expanding recurring revenue opportunities and long-term customer success.

Recognizing that meaningful transformation extends beyond technology alone, she has also led the development of scalable sales enablement programs, partner engagement strategies, executive business planning, and cross-functional operating models that align internal organizations with evolving customer needs. Through these initiatives, she continues helping organizations embrace collaborative solution selling while expanding the role of strategic partnerships in delivering measurable business value.

Mrs. Kallstrom's leadership and contributions have been recognized throughout the technology industry. In 2025, she received the prestigious CRN Woman of the Year – Solution Provider Award, presented by The Channel Company, recognizing exceptional leadership and impact within the technology channel. She considers this distinction one of the most meaningful achievements of her career, reflecting not only her own leadership but also the collective success of the high-performing teams, colleagues, and strategic partners with whom she has collaborated throughout her professional journey.

She was subsequently recognized as a CRN Women of the Channel Honoree in 2026 and has also received Connection's Technology Solutions Circle of Excellence MVP Award in recognition of her leadership, innovation, and contributions to advancing commercial growth and strategic partner engagement.

These honors reflect a career dedicated not only to business performance, but to advancing the technology profession through collaboration, innovation, organizational transformation, and the development of future leaders.

Throughout her career, Mrs. Kallstrom has consistently been drawn to organizations navigating periods of significant growth, organizational change, evolving business models, and technology disruption. Rather than following a traditional career path within a single discipline, she intentionally built expertise across virtually every commercial function of the technology business—including sales, solution engineering, product management, customer experience, business development, operations, marketing, professional services, strategic partnerships, and executive leadership. This broad perspective has enabled her to understand not only how technology is developed and sold, but how organizations must evolve to deliver lasting customer value in rapidly changing markets.

Mrs. Kallstrom began her professional journey in 1994 building foundational experience in sales and customer engagement before advancing into increasingly strategic leadership roles supporting some of the world's most recognized technology organizations. Early in her career, she distinguished herself through her ability to bridge technical expertise with business strategy, earning opportunities that expanded beyond traditional sales leadership into solution engineering, customer success, operational transformation, and executive business development.

As Vice President of Sales and General Manager of e-Technology Corporation – now EMTEC - she assumed responsibility for a encompassing inside and field sales, customer support, managed services, professional services, marketing, and operational leadership pre-acquisition. Guiding multidisciplinary teams through periods of complete reorganization, she helped the organization's position by aligning new technical capabilities and services with expanded customer business objectives and building scalable playbooks under enhanced operating models that could improve execution and revenue growth acceleration across the business.

Her experience expanded further through executive leadership positions focused on customer experience transformation, enterprise consulting, and operational excellence. While leading customer care operations for Recall, North America — now Iron Mountain Incorporated —, Mrs. Kallstrom directed six customer contact centers serving enterprise customers across the United States and Canada. She championed initiatives that modernized customer engagement, improved operational performance, and elevated the overall customer experience through technology-enabled process improvements and organizational alignment.

Mrs. Kallstrom also broadened her strategic perspective through consulting engagements with KPMG, where she advised organizations on enterprise transformation initiatives, operational improvements, and merger and acquisition risk management. Supporting clients including BMW Manufacturing, she gained valuable experience helping executive leadership teams navigate complex organizational change while aligning technology investments with long-term business objectives.

Her international experience continued to expand through leadership roles supporting organizations across Europe, North America, and Asia-Pacific. Working with United Parcel Service, she contributed to sales operational and commercial initiatives throughout Europe, while subsequent management positions with Eyeota, EnVeritas Group — now EVG Media—, ScanSource, Intelisys, and CareAR— now ResolveGrid — further strengthened her expertise in global business development, cloud transformation, strategic partnerships, sales enablement, artificial intelligence, and recurring revenue business models.

Across each of these organizations, a consistent pattern emerged. Rather than simply leading teams or delivering revenue growth, Mrs. Kallstrom became known for helping organizations rethink how they engaged customers, enabled sales organizations, developed strategic partnerships, and brought increasingly complex technology solutions to market. She repeatedly helped shift businesses from transactional product sales toward consultative, outcome-focused engagement models that integrated technology, services, and long-term customer success.

This progression ultimately positioned Mrs. Kallstrom to become a recognized leader in commercial transformation, helping organizations navigate some of the technology industry's most significant shifts—from infrastructure and hardware to cloud services, managed and professional services solutions, and subscription business models, with comprehensive Everything-as-a-Service (XaaS) strategies. Each chapter of her career built upon the last, creating a uniquely broad executive perspective that continues to distinguish her leadership today.

Throughout more than three decades of leadership, Mrs. Kallstrom has earned a reputation as a technology leader who sees opportunities beyond conventional organizational boundaries. While many technology leaders excel within a single discipline, she has become known for connecting business strategy, advanced technology solution sales, services, partner ecosystems, and executive leadership into unified commercial strategies that create measurable value for customers and sustainable growth for organizations.

As the technology industry evolved from hardware-centric business models to cloud computing, managed services, artificial intelligence, and recurring subscription offerings, Mrs. Kallstrom consistently remained at the forefront of that transformation. She has helped organizations modernize their go-to-market strategies by shifting customer conversations away from products alone and toward broader business outcomes—enabling sales organizations to address operational efficiency, workforce productivity, digital transformation, cybersecurity, customer experience, and long-term technology roadmaps.

A defining characteristic of her leadership has been the ability to unite diverse stakeholders around shared objectives. Throughout her career, she has successfully brought together technology manufacturers, distributors, cloud providers, solution providers, consultants, executive sponsors, technical specialists, and customer leadership teams to develop solutions that no single organization could deliver independently. Her collaborative approach has helped organizations expand strategic partnerships, accelerate solution adoption, and create new opportunities that extend well beyond traditional supplier relationships.

Mrs. Kallstrom has become particularly recognized for helping sales organizations embrace consultative, solution-oriented and co-sell engagement models. Rather than focusing solely on individual technologies or transactional sales, she champions comprehensive customer discovery, cross-functional collaboration, and business outcome alignment. By integrating professional services, recurring technology solutions, strategic partnerships, and technical expertise into cohesive customer strategies, she has consistently helped organizations increase customer value while strengthening long-term relationships and commercial performance.

Equally important has been her commitment to building scalable organizations. Throughout her career, she has designed and led initiatives that improve operational alignment, strengthen executive governance, enhance sales enablement, and create repeatable frameworks that allow organizations to sustain growth long after individual initiatives have concluded. Her leadership reflects a belief that lasting success is achieved not through isolated accomplishments, but through creating systems, processes, and cultures that enable others to succeed.

Her experience spans both established global enterprises and rapidly growing technology companies, providing her with a unique perspective on organizational leadership across varying stages of business maturity. Whether supporting multinational corporations through enterprise transformation, helping emerging technology companies scale commercial operations, or leading strategic initiatives within complex partner ecosystems, Mrs. Kallstrom has consistently demonstrated an ability to translate innovation into practical business execution.

Beyond organizational leadership, Mrs. Kallstrom is widely respected as a mentor, collaborator, and advocate for professional development within the technology community. She has invested significant time developing future leaders, coaching sales professionals, enabling technical organizations, and fostering collaborative environments where individuals are empowered to grow both personally and professionally. Her leadership philosophy emphasizes accountability, continuous learning, intellectual curiosity, and the belief that the strongest organizations are built by developing people as intentionally as they develop business strategies.

Throughout her career, colleagues have frequently sought her guidance not only for her commercial expertise but also for her ability to navigate organizational complexity, build consensus among diverse stakeholders, and identify creative approaches to solving business challenges. Her thoughtful, relationship-centered leadership style has earned the trust of executive leadership teams, strategic partners, customers, and peers across the technology industry.

Mrs. Kallstrom's influence extends beyond individual business results. Her work has contributed to the broader evolution of how technology organizations engage customers, develop partnerships, and create long-term value through collaborative solution delivery. As emerging technologies continue reshaping the industry, she remains committed to helping organizations embrace innovation while maintaining a steadfast focus on the people, partnerships, and business outcomes that ultimately define sustainable success.

Throughout her career, Mrs. Kallstrom has believed that the greatest competitive advantage any organization possesses is its people. While technology continually evolves, she maintains that lasting success is built by developing leaders, fostering collaboration, embracing continuous learning, and creating environments where individuals are empowered to innovate, solve complex problems, and achieve shared goals. This philosophy has guided her leadership across every stage of her career and continues to shape the teams and organizations she serves today.

An active advocate for professional development, Mrs. Kallstrom has devoted significant time to mentoring emerging leaders, coaching sales and technical professionals, and advancing solution-oriented selling throughout the technology industry. She has designed executive workshops, sales enablement programs, certification initiatives, and strategic learning experiences that help organizations strengthen technical expertise while improving collaboration across business, sales, engineering, and partner communities. She believes that sustainable business transformation occurs when organizations invest as intentionally in developing people as they do in adopting new technologies.

Mrs. Kallstrom has also been an advocate for expanding opportunities for women in technology and leadership. Throughout her career, she has supported initiatives that encourage professional growth, mentorship, and greater representation within the technology industry. She has participated in organizations including the Alliance of Channel Women and has consistently championed inclusive leadership, believing that diverse perspectives strengthen innovation, improve decision-making, and produce better outcomes for customers and organizations alike.

Her contributions have earned recognition from both her peers and the industry. Beyond receiving the CRN Woman of the Year – Solution Provider Award and being named a CRN Women of the Channel honoree, she has been recognized internally for leadership excellence and has been a multiple-time recipient of President's Club honors throughout her career. While she values these achievements, Mrs. Kallstrom considers the development of future leaders, the success of the teams she has led, and the enduring partnerships she has built to be the most meaningful measures of professional accomplishment.

Over more than three decades, Mrs. Kallstrom has built a career defined not by individual technologies, but by helping organizations successfully navigate change. She has led through successive waves of transformation—including enterprise infrastructure, networking, cloud computing, managed services, customer experience modernization, artificial intelligence, recurring revenue business models, and strategic partner ecosystems—while maintaining a consistent focus on delivering meaningful business outcomes. Her broad executive perspective, combined with a collaborative leadership style and a passion for innovation, has established her as a trusted advisor to executive leaders, strategic partners, customers, and colleagues across the technology industry.

Looking ahead, Mrs. Kallstrom remains committed to helping organizations embrace emerging technologies while ensuring innovation is guided by sound business strategy, strong partnerships, and exceptional customer experiences. She believes technology creates its greatest value when it enables people to work more effectively, organizations to compete more successfully, and partnerships to accomplish what no single company could achieve independently.

Outside of her professional career, Mrs. Kallstrom enjoys travel, outdoor recreation, photography, golf, and exploring diverse cultures through both business and personal experiences. She values spending time with family and friends and believes that curiosity, lifelong learning, and meaningful relationships enrich both personal and professional life.

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