Marita Roebkes

Current

• Social Media Manager, Co-Founder at Social Media Academy
• Alliance and Social Media Manager, Co-Founder at Xeequa Corp

Past

• Channel Consultants at BlueRoads Corp
• Channel Sales Manager, at Infinigate AG

Education

• Social Media Academy

Recommended

7 people have recommended Marita

Connections

275 connections

Industry

Internet

Websites

• My Company
• My Company
• My Website

Marita Roebkes’s Summary

Social Media Academy co-founder, Marita Roebkes is involved in Social media since 2003 and has a deep understanding of the social web, its dynamics and tools.

Marita Roebkes is responsible for all Academy administration, backend systems, finance and operations.

While managing the Social Media Academy operations, Marita is also co-founder and manager at Xeequa where she supports online community clients and business partners.

Marita has over 15 years of experience in channels.. Marita was a founding member of BlueRoads, where she also served as a Channel Consultant, helping large enterprise customers manage their global channels effectively. BlueRoads' impressive client roster includes enterprises such as Avaya, Hitachi, HP, Juniper Networks, Nortel, Sun Microsystems and others.

Prior to BlueRoads, Marita was a founding member of Internet2000/Infinigate, a leading Value Added Distributor (VAD) of IT security solutions in Europe. During her tenure, Infinigate grew its channel to over 4,000 partners in more than 20 countries.

Marita's early career included various sales, marketing and operations roles in the Hotel, Travel & Tourism industry in Europe.

You will find all about Marita, her social networks and communities on http://XeeSM.com/MaritaR

Marita Roebkes’s Experience

• Social Media Manager, Co-Founder

  Social Media Academy

  (Education Management industry)

  January 2009 — Present (11 months)

  The social media Academy focuses on the business side of social media. We help business leaders, managers and consultants to understand and leverage the potential social media provides to create a better business experience for all constituencies of a given eco-system.

• Alliance and Social Media Manager, Co-Founder

  Xeequa Corp

  (Internet industry)

  January 2007 — Present (2 years 11 months)

  Xeequa’s "Social Business Suite" helps companies create a better business experience for customers, alliances, channels and suppliers, by developing a trusted and loyal business community resulting in more market acceptance and eventually market leadership.

• Channel Consultants

  BlueRoads Corp

  (Computer Software industry)

  August 2001 — October 2006 (5 years 3 months)

  BlueRoads Corporation delivers proven Enterprise Channel Management solutions that help organizations with complex, multi-dimensional channels market and sell more effectively.

• Channel Sales Manager,

  Infinigate AG

  (Computer & Network Security industry)

  April 1996 — December 2001 (5 years 9 months)

  (Former Internet2000) Germany based company - public but not traded at a stock exchange. Cofounder - Infinigate grew from $150k in the first year to $20 Million four years later.
  Infinigate grew its channel to about 4,000 partners in more than 20 countries. An internal development sparked the product which was sold by BlueRoads later.

Marita Roebkes’s Education

• Social Media Academy

  The Social Media Academy is an education and research institute providing education for business professionals from all industries on how to best apply social media to their respective businesses. Business managers and consultant get a comprehensive education on Social Media, including strategy development, planning, execution, tools, resources ways to report and analyze development and success and help understand the evolutionary changes in our society.
  
  The main course is the institute’s leadership class which focuses on how to plan, implement and engage with social media in all business areas including marketing, sales, product development, service & support, logistics, administration and engineering.
  
  The Social Media Academy is based in Palo Alto, California. All classes are help online to allow location independent education.
  http://www.socialmedia-academy.com

Additional Information

Marita Roebkes’s Websites:

• My Company
• My Company
• My Website

Marita Roebkes’s Interests:

open business, Social Media, all around Channels, Sailing, good glass of wine, cooking - perfect day would be Sailing with business friends, customers and partners, discussing Social Media with a nice glass of wine and having a great dinner together.

Marita Roebkes’s Groups:

Social Media Academy Member

•    Integrated Alliances
•    280 Group: Product Management & Product Marketing
•    Society for New Communications Research
•    ! Sales Best Practices
•    Front End of Innovation
•    Australian IT Industry
•    Social Media Software Group
•    New Media, Social Media, and Social Networking Participants
•    Social Media Marketing
•    Worldwide Contact Center Professionals - Largest Network for Call Center Professionals
•    The Customer Collective
•    Sales/Marketing VP's & Directors - Software & Technology
•    The IT Sales Global Community
•    CustomerThink
•    Sailing network
•    Knowledge Managers
•    Tweeters
•    Channel Management Experts
•    twitter innovators Innovation & Creativity Network of Tweeters
•    Online Events Academy
•    Future Social Media
•    edu1world - Education Enterprise Social Media
•    VARs / Resellers / Distributors
•    Social Media Analytics
•    Masters of Customer Engagement
•    Social Media Academy
•    Channels of the Future
•    Career Change Central
•    HR Watercooler
•    Trusted Business Advisor (VAR)
•    Social Networking ROI
•    BASE (BAY AREA SALES EXECUTIVES)
•    Social Media Caffé
•    Social Media and HR (SMandHR)
•    Anthill Online
•    Linked Local Belmont, CA
•    Web 2.0 Expo
•    Purple Cow Training
•    VoiceAmerica Talk Radio Network
•    Social Relationship Management
•    Group Manager Group