Gerri Elliott is the Executive Vice President of Strategic Alliances. She joined Juniper Networks from Microsoft, where she was corporate vice president, Worldwide Public Sector organization, leading a team of more than 2000 sales and marketing professionals serving government, education and healthcare customers in more than 100 countries. At Microsoft, Ms. Elliott was also co-head of the company's North American subsidiary where she developed and implemented a global strategy to establish Microsoft's first industry vertical sectors including telecommunication, financial services, public sector, retail, manufacturing, healthcare, professional services, and media and entertainment. Prior to Microsoft, Ms. Elliott spent 22 years at IBM, where she held several senior executive positions in the U.S. and internationally.