Sumi Shukla is the Vice President of EMEA Marketing & Global Partner Marketing at Riverbed Technology, responsible for all aspects of marketing in EMEA including field, brand awareness, customer marketing, partner marketing, ABM and demand generation. Sumi delivers key strategic marketing initiatives across the region to drive continuous growth with customers, prospects and partners. In January 2022, Sumi took on an expanded role to lead Global Partner Marketing which involves leading a global team executing on best in class to, through and with programs with the Riverbed partner ecosystem. Sumi is a key member of the EMEA, and Global Partner leadership teams and the Worldwide marketing leadership team.

Sumi joined Riverbed in 2016 as the Head of Channel Marketing, EMEA, and has held several roles during her tenure with the company. Prior to Riverbed, Sumi spent nearly 11 years at Cisco, undertaking various roles in the EMEA organisation withing the Commercial and Partner marketing teams.