Las Vegas, Nevada
Juniper Networks first in-person annual Sales Kick-Off (SKO) since before covid. Now that Tony's career has moved from sales into sales enablement, this was his first time to attend SKO NOT as a seller.
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turning on main stage and sneaking up to pretend like I am standing in front of 2,000 attendees :) |
one of MANY |
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SKO was in Las Vegas at the Wynn & Encore Hotel and Casino |
and what an amazing casino it is |
INSIDE The Venetian (yes, there is an indoor canal and the sky is fake... welcome to Vegas) |
photos from The Strip |
The Eiffel tower is 1/4 the size of the real tower in Paris |
one of many sales enablement team huddles during the week |
all of my favorite colleagues (Thorsten, Ted, me, Sheryl, and Bob) |
The Sphere -- the newest attraction on The Strip |
Caesars Palace hotel and casino |
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Didn't have to travel for this one, but Tony set up a very important onboarding program for new hires all over Europe at the Amsterdam office.
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Europe Regionals
(52 second SIZZLE REEL) |
Thorsten, Tony, Leila, and Doug |
Tony the Trainer |
Doug and Tony at our team building "cook your own meal" dinner event |
4-slide executive summary deck... |
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Durham, North Carolina
Next stop -- SPRING TRAINING in North Carolina. Durham is a tech hub on the East coast in the USA. The last time Tony was here was 7 years ago when he worked for Align Technology and was responsible for building out the Inside Sales team in Europe. |
catching (or being gifted) a game ball from a Durham Bulls baseball game |
it was perfect weather that evening |
with one of my favorite stakeholders, Carmen (also travelled from Amsterdam for the event) |
Doug, Tony, and Dave |
Sunnyvale, California
Tony was one of 3 of the key program managers to re-introduce in-person onboarding for new hires at our Juniper Networks headquarters at Sunnyvale, California after Covid. He still travels out once a year to support and present
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too many team members to name |
Day 1 - to make a good first impression |
Day 3 - when you are getting a bit tired and need comfort... you see the trend |
Tony the Trainer |
Top Golf! (Tony was on the golf team in high school) |
Woodland, California
First stop, Woodland California. BBQ at Grammy and Pampas home and picking garden veggies at the Bringhurst home. Everyone also goes to the county fair and more.
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Mom... always picks me up and drops me off at the airport <3... this time I got a flight to Sacramento instead of San Fransisco |
first stop... pizza with the fam! |
California poppies in the back yard <3 |
cute little Charlotte |
Tom introducing me to a super cool new game... Pax Pamir |
getting some use out of the BBQ on my trip |
Betty <3 |
with Char in front of Curt and Steph's house in Woodland |
night life in Woodland on a weekend |
out bar hopping with Steph, Curt, Tom, Ted, and Lissy |
later the same night playing pool |
drinks with Tom and Curt at Morgan's Mill |
Tony with his future NBA nephew, Zech |
playing bbal with the bros in Roseville (Jake with ball and Sam with pink smileyface) |
used books and Trader Joe's spices are Sarah's love language |
watching Eurovision live at Lissy's house with Nick, Tom, and Curt |
getting a nice hot sauce on a trip for Raj and I to share has kindof become a tradition |
packing up all the goodies to take home to the Amsterdam-fam |