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Amy Truett’s first job was in sales for an IT staffing firm where she met a client, and now career-long mentor,who took an opportunity with oneof the top Hyperion, finance technology consultancies, Blue StoneInternational. “He introduced meto Blue Stone leadership includingCEO, Jay Laabs, and I was givenan opportunity to join shortly thereafter,” she says.
Fast forward many years and a
few companies later, and Truett says
she was fortunate to have the op-
portunity to work with Laabs again
at his second company, Spaulding
Ridge. “I’ve learned our industry is
a very tight knit one and investing
in my professional relationships has
been critical to my career,” she says.
“It’s safe to assume that your com-
petitors will become co-workers,
bosses will become clients, com-
panies will merge and maintaining
all those relationships along with a
strong personal brand is important.”
Today Truett is Vice President,
Global Alliances & Marketing
where she is responsible for iden-
tifying and growing strategic part-
nerships, driving direct sales, as
well as indirect revenue in new and
existing markets globally. She’s
focused on defining and growing
Spaulding Ridge’s brand identity
and cultivating go-to-market strate-
gies for the firm’s practices and new
offerings—partnering with clients
to improve their organizations and
their teams’ futures.
“As leader of Spaulding Ridge’s
strategic partnerships with soft-
ware companies like Salesforce,
Anaplan, DocuSign, MuleSoft,
NetSuite, OneStream and others,
I’m responsible for understanding
the key differentiators within the
products we work with as well as
the talents and unique knowledge
within our Spaulding Ridge team,
she says. “When we successfully
bring the two together to solve
business problems it’s like catching
lightning in a bottle. I love the crea-
tive process; getting in the same
room with our partners and build-
ing something new together.”
Like many, Truett says her
greatest personal achievement is
becoming a mother to her little
girl, Grace. “It’s the most chal-
lenging and rewarding experience
of my life,” she says.
Professionally, she considers her
greatest achievement to be help-
ing build Spaulding Ridge from in-
ception to the company it is today.
“We’ve been able to successfully
acquire two companies, grow from
0 to 165-plus employees, receive
multiple accolades and awards from
our partners, give back to the global
community and much more in two
short years,” Truett says. “I’m proud
of what we’ve built and excited
about what’s to come.”
As far as winning Consult-
ing’s Women Leaders in Technol-
ogy award, Truett says there are so
many women and men in this pro-
fession who inspire her daily, “so to
receive the nomination by my peers
and to be recognized with the award
feels extremely gratifying and hum-
bling,” she says.
AMY TRUETT
SPAULDING RIDGEEXCELLENCE INLEADERSHIP
Professionally, what are you most looking forward over the next 12 months?
TRUETT: “We are living in unprecedented times amid the Coronavirus pandemic.With its extreme challenges I believe it also brings opportunity to achieve outcomes with digital tools and solutions that must replace face-to-face interactionsfor the safety of our society. With necessity being the mother of invention, I lookforward to working with our technology partners to overcome a whole new set ofobstacles to connect people and redefine how they work together.” Q & A
