Indianapolis, July 6th, 2023 — Torchlite Technologies, Inc. (TORCHLITE), a Partner Relationship Management platform that helps companies scale partner programs, has announced that Kelly Schwedland will join TORCHLITE as Chief Executive Officer.
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Recruited by Founder Susan Marshall, who, moving forward, will serve on the board of advisors, Kelly Schwedland is a highly regarded serial entrepreneur and an expert at identifying and maximizing growth levers and driving revenue. Most notably, Kelly served as an Entrepreneur in Residence with Elevate Ventures for 7 years. He mentored numerous startups through the early phases of the company growth and funding before serving 4 years as President of Openinsights, an AI platform for delivering predictive insights to retailers. Kelly has had the experience of building growth through partnerships at several of the companies he has worked on over the years and he brings that experience to Torchlite clients. Kelly is a graduate of Both Indiana University Kelley School and University of Chicago Booth School of Business
“Torchlite is uniquely positioned to deliver meaningful and measurable results for our clients,” said Schwedland. “Partner-sourced close rates are nearly 3x that of direct outbound activities, and deal sizes are nearly 1.5x as large. Growing partner programs have become a must for forward-thinking technology companies, and Torchlite is the perfect platform for making that happen.”‘
According to Scott McCorkle, CEO at MetaCX and TORCHLITE Board Chair, “Kelly’s strong company building skills, energy, expertise, and proven ability to lead teams make him the ideal candidate to lead TORCHLITE’s next phase of growth. His strategic mindset and background will be invaluable as we continue to expand our market presence.”
Today, Partner Relationship Management (PRM) has become a necessity, much like Customer Relationship Management (CRM) was two decades ago. PRM sits between partners and CRM integrations, enabling partner teams to automate workflows and replace spreadsheets, ultimately allowing partner teams to scale revenue growth and become a single point of truth for partner management teams.
“TORCHLITE is at a pivotal moment of growth and market opportunity. I am honored to build upon the exceptional foundation that Susan, an industry visionary, has created.” said Mr. Schwedland.
About TORCHLITE:
TORCHLITE is a Partner Relationship Management (PRM) platform designed to help companies scale their partner programs in innovative ways. TORCHLITE’s tools, including onboarding and certification, affiliate and deal registration, internal and external partner portals, account mapping with CrossBeam, and co-marketing and co-selling, allow companies to scale quantity, types, tiers, or simply accelerate partner performance.
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