Heidi Skupien Bretz

Heidi Skupien Bretz is an accomplished executive with extensive experience in strategic growth and business development across various industries. Currently serving as VP of Strategic Growth at Mission Cloud since November 2021, Bretz previously held key leadership roles at HERE Technologies as Head of Retail and Financial Services Partnerships and OpenStack as Head of Worldwide Business Development and Alliances. As a foundational member of the OpenStack executive team, Bretz played a significant role in building the OpenStack Foundation and ecosystem. Other notable positions include Senior Business Development Manager at Amazon Web Services, where strategic partnerships were developed to enhance revenue and customer adoption, and Senior Manager for Global Emerging Channel Strategy at Microsoft, where Bretz drove the channel strategy for cloud services. Early career milestones include roles at Guidewire Labs, Loyalty Lab, Red Herring, and Netscape Communications, where Bretz developed sales channels and managed global sales organizations.