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Danielle Simon

Danielle Simon

Danielle Simon is Senior Director of Strategic Partnerships at Actian, with 15+ years in partnerships and alliances across data, AI governance, and cloud.

Sep 29, 2026

MichelHOST
1:24
So what do you like most about being a builder in that partnership space?
1:29
Well, I think most of my experience has been with startups and scale-ups, right? And so when you are in companies that are that level of maturity versus a very large technology company, you're very often building from scratch, right? You're building that ecosystem.
1:47
And sometimes it's also a new space, right? A new, a new, a completely new product and innovation.
1:53
And this is a different skillset than when you're working with, you know, a massive partner ecosystem that's well-established with, you know, demand is in place.
2:00
All the, all the partners are functional.
2:02
You have your value prop.
2:03
There's still a lot of challenge with that.

9 MINS LATER

MichelHOST
11:05
So what's the most interesting opportunity that this shift has opened up for strategic partners specifically?

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