Banimo is built around experienced operators who have led partnerships, alliances, channels, commercial growth, and transformation inside complex, high-growth environments.
We bring executive-level experience across software, SaaS, AI, cloud, cybersecurity, advisory services, and venture-backed growth to help companies build stronger partner performance with greater speed, discipline, and confidence.
Banimo’s model is grounded in operator experience. Our team has built and scaled partner ecosystems, led revenue organizations, shaped go-to-market strategy, developed global alliances, driven corporate growth initiatives, and helped businesses perform across public, private equity-backed, and venture-backed environments.
That matters because partnerships do not improve through theory alone. They improve when experienced leaders understand how to connect strategy, execution, and commercial outcomes in the real operating environment.
Across Banimo, that experience includes:

Banimo brings together senior leaders with deep experience across partnerships, channels, alliances, GTM, and growth transformation. Each has operated inside high-growth or highly complex business environments and understands what it takes to turn partnerships into stronger business performance.

Chris Westfall, Banimo’s founder, is a revenue and GTM executive with deep experience in partnerships, channels, and ecosystem strategy across software, SaaS, AI and cloud. He has built and scaled partner models that drive double-digit percentage new revenue growth, strengthen go-to-market execution, and support growth across public, private equity-backed, and venture-backed companies worldwide, c

Vita Stramaglia is a results-driven leader with extensive experience in channel sales, strategic planning, alliances, and account management. She has held senior roles at KPMG, IBM, Oracle, and DOMO, where she drove significant growth across major accounts including Google, PayPal, Wipro, and BearingPoint. At Oracle, her leadership helped place her accounts among the company’s top five global mana

Marc Yasuda is a commercial executive with experience scaling go-to-market organizations at early stage (Ezra AI Labs, Bizo) growth stage (Headspace, Ginger), and public (LinkedIn) companies. Since leading sales at Bizo resulting in its acquisition by LinkedIn, his core focus has been building and leading Partnerships teams. He is known for building strategy, execution, and cross functional collab

Rob Vandenberg is a growth-focused SaaS executive and two-time venture-backed CEO with a track record of category creation, operational excellence, and scaling high-growth technology companies. He has served in CEO, CRO, founder, and channel leadership roles, building revenue from zero to more than $25 million, raising approximately $40 million in capital, and driving growth across enterprise soft

Emeka Obianwu is a partnerships and ecosystem executive with deep experience building alliances, channel programs, and corporate development initiatives for high-growth technology companies. He has held senior leadership roles at Testlio, SourceDay, Ping Identity, IBM, and others, helping companies unlock new revenue through ecosystem strategy and strategic partnerships. Emeka currently advises co

Sudhir Setty is a global technology and partnerships executive with more than 20 years of experience driving cloud growth, digital transformation, and enterprise innovation. As Worldwide ISV Partner Sales Leader at AWS, he helps ISVs and systems integrators accelerate growth through co-sell, Marketplace, and cloud go-to-market strategies. Across AWS, MST Solutions, Rezilyens, UST Global, and Intel

Sachin Menon is a global partnerships and channel leader with deep experience building revenue-generating alliances across enterprise software, cloud, and cybersecurity. He has led partner organizations at Cloudflare, Anomali, Zscaler, Citrix, GE Digital, Red Hat, and EMC, creating global ecosystems that expand market reach and drive growth. Sachin is known for aligning partner strategy to busines