Michelle Ragusa-McBain

Michelle Ragusa-McBain is the Provider Elevate, Leader of the Global Partner Organization at Cisco and is a highly visible 17-year veteran and proven leader in the global technology channel. Her mission is to lead the Provider Elevate Team to drive strategy and execution for community, programs, engagement and acceleration for small- mid size MSP’s around the world to elevate with Cisco. Named as Entrepreneur Magazine’s Top 4 people to inspire women to pursue a career in Tech, Top 50 most influential global channel influencers by Channel Partners Magazine, recipient of the prestigious “Cisco World Wide Innovation and Growth Award”, Channel Futures DE&I 101, and CompTIA's 2021 leader for Advancing Women in Technology. Michelle is a keynote speaker at major industry events and board member across leading channel associations and media companies. Chairman Emeritus of Advancing Women in Technology at CompTIA, Independent Board Member of CRN Women in the Channel and a long-standing member of the National Women in Technology Group. In her free time, she loves traveling the world with her husband Jay McBain and daughters Brooklyn and Cali (85 countries and 6 continents to date), or spending time volunteering in the community, or with her fur kids- Husky Auggie Doggy and Calico Kitten Luna Meow.