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Patrick Spence,
Research in Motion, Global Head of Sales and Head of EMEA
Patrick Spence is the Managing Director of Global Sales and Regional Marketing at Research In Motion (RIM). Patrick is responsible for RIM’s regional business operations around the world and the local execution of tailored business development, sales and marketing programmes to support the needs of RIM’s valued global operator and distribution partners.
Patrick has spent over ten years overseeing sales and country operations for RIM in various regions including North America, Asia Pacific and Europe Middle East and Africa most recently.
Patrick joined RIM in 1998 and was instrumental in launching RIM’s Inter@ctive Pager 950, which was the company’s first push into the messaging space and the precursor to the BlackBerry smartphone. Patrick led the efforts to develop relationships, and acquire as customers, virtually all large and medium size investment banking, brokerage, venture capitalist and corporate banking companies in North America, making this RIM’s largest single vertical market at the time.
Prior to joining RIM, Patrick worked in Sales & Marketing at IBM. He holds an Honors Degree in Business and Administration from the Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario in Canada.
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