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CHANNEL CHIEF

AVEVA ’ s KARINE CALVET has found the energy sector inspiring and the transition to renewables and the variety of sources of energy leads to an amazing transformation journey for all stakeholders including channel partners .

dDescribe your current job role and summary of the business model of your organisation ?

Karine is currently Vice President in charge of Partners for AVEVA in the EMEA region . AVEVA ’ s partner network includes Schneider , distributors , system integrators , global system integrators , original equipment manufacturers , global cloud providers , and independent software vendors , all focused on optimising AVEVA ’ s platform for end customers .
AVEVA ’ s vision is to drive responsible use of the world ’ s resources . Concretely , we deliver best in class industrial software solutions in engineering , operations , data management and digital transformation . AVEVA connects industrial customers and their ecosystem with trusted information and insights that grow industrial intelligence and help create a more sustainable future .
during those 30 years empowers her to work on go-to-market strategies and leverage the capabilities of each type of partners to deliver best-in-class solutions to end customers . Undoubtedly , understanding the market and its variety of stakeholders is the main added value to this role .
Please describe the opportunities and challenges that exist for channel partners in your market ?
In a world dominated by crisis , war , energy , climate change , inflation , working with industries can be seen as both a
Karine Calvet , Vice President Partner Relations EMEA , AVEVA
What are your strengths and abilities that you bring to the above role ?
Karine spent 15 years of her career in SI companies , five in telcos , and eight in the software sector . All the knowledge acquired
Understanding the market and its variety of stakeholders is the main added value to this role . challenge and an opportunity . Indeed , AVEVA ’ s customers are all impacted by this geopolitical context and going through supply chain outages , energy dependency and price increase . Where AVEVA can support industrial companies and bring added value is in delivering solutions that enable to produce more with less .
From engineering to operations , AVEVA supports customers in designing , operating and visualising production , optimising the full process through digital twins . These capabilities generate cost savings and productivity improvement while contributing to reach neutral carbon target . Our channel partners are essential in implementing in a customised manner this type of solutions at our customers .
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