Webinar: RSA Virtual Partner Kick-Off (Americas) by RSA

About This Webinar

Step into 2026 with the clarity, confidence, and advantage that only RSA can deliver. This year’s Virtual Partner Kickoff is an exclusive strategic briefing designed for partners who operate at the highest level. In this focused session, RSA leadership will unveil the vision, innovations, and priorities that define our next chapter: from a refined market mandate and breakthrough identity platform to a bold new messaging framework and a strengthened Microsoft‑powered growth engine. Register now as RSA leadership will unveil the priorities and initiatives that set the standard for the year ahead, including:

• Strategic Mandate/CEO Keynote: A clear, elevated view of RSA’s direction and the market advantage we intend to claim.
• Innovation Keynote: A refined look at our next-level identity platform: Passwordless everywhere, modern governance, high assurance, and AI-driven intelligence.
• New RSA Messaging & Growth Engine (Microsoft): A bold, unified market posture and a strengthened Microsoft alliance designed to amplify visibility, demand, and growth.
• Partner Program Priorities: A streamlined, performance-driven partner framework that enhances profitability, alignment, and execution across every motion.

Join us and begin 2026 aligned to the standard, the strategy, and the opportunity that will shape the market. Have a question for our speakers? Share it in the form below so we can address it during the webinar.

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Greg Nelson

Chief Executive Officer

As Chief Executive Officer, Greg Nelson leads RSA global Sales, Marketing, Support and Services organizations. In this role, he ensures an integrated go-to-market approach, delivering the identity and access management solutions that enable the world’s most security-sensitive organizations to stay ahead of cyber threats. Greg is a seasoned SaaS executive and brings more than 25 years of software, data, technology and private equity experience to his role. Prior to joining RSA, Greg served as the Chief Commercial Officer at Omnitracs, where he led all go-to-market functions globally. Previously, he served as the Senior Vice President of global sales at Masergy Communications and Chief Sales Officer at Forrester Research. Greg has also held various senior executive roles within the tech sector, including positions at Giga Information Group, Sterling Software and Texas Instruments Software.

Jim Taylor

President, Chief Product and Strategy Officer, RSA

As RSA President, Chief Product and Strategy Officer, Jim Taylor is responsible for the organization’s overall product strategy, delivery and development. In this role, Jim delivers the solutions and innovations that will ensure that RSA achieves its vision to be the trusted identity platform for the world’s most security-sensitive organizations by supporting hybrid workers, deploying modern authentication and accelerating businesses’ cloud strategies. Jim brings more than two decades of identity product strategy, cloud security, SaaS and enterprise software development to the role. Prior to joining RSA, Jim served as the Head of Product, Symantec/Broadcom. Previously, he ran product organizations at CA, Oracle, NetIQ and Novell. Jim also has experience leading startups in the identity and access management space: he founded Fortefi and served as its CEO and was a senior executive at PassGo Technologies. Throughout his career, Jim has helped organizations successfully secure and adapt to digital transformations and cultivated long-term relationships with leading global businesses.

Laura Marx

Chief Marketing and Growth Officer

As Chief Marketing and Growth Officer for RSA, Laura Marx is responsible for elevating the RSA brand, setting and executing marketing strategies, driving growth and communicating RSA’s unique value. She works in close collaboration with other members of the RSA leadership team to strengthen customer relationships and accelerate business growth by distinguishing RSA from the rest of the field. Laura brings more than 15 years of global go-to-market, alliance marketing and product marketing experience to her role. Prior to joining RSA, she served as VP of Global Product and Alliance Marketing at Poly, a company driving more than $1 billion in sales in the digital communications space. Before Poly, she served in leadership positions at Monster, where she led international expansion initiatives for the firm’s media alliances. Laura received an MBA from Boston University in Entrepreneurship and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Washington University in St. Louis.

John Bialas

Vice President, North America Sales

as Vice President of North America Sales at RSA Security, bringing over 20 years of experience in technology and cybersecurity sales across high-impact individual contributor and leadership roles. In his current capacity, he leads go-to-market strategy and revenue growth across the U.S. and Canada, with a deep passion for building high-performing teams and cultivating the connective tissue between his sales organization and the broader partner ecosystem. John is a strong advocate for the critical role Identity Security plays in modern enterprise defense — helping organizations verify trust, secure access, and reduce risk in an increasingly complex threat environment. His ability to align field teams and channel partners around a unified Identity-first strategy, combined with his track record of delivering measurable outcomes, makes him a trusted advisor to partners and customers alike.

Kate Wynne

Senior Manager, Sales Ops

Kevin Orr

President, Federal & Strategic Federal

Brian Breton