Partnership Development Plan

A partnership with [Partner Name], built with purpose from day one.

The strongest partnerships aren't built in a single meeting — they're built deliberately, over the first 90 days and every quarter after. This is how we propose we build ours.

500,000+
Workloads migrated
100,000+
Hours saved for customers
60%
Faster migrations
6
Target verticals mapped
What we're building together

One platform. A repeatable practice. Not a single transaction.

RiverMeadow's Workload Mobility Platform gives [Partner Name]'s team a single, proven engine for migration, optimization, and modernization — something you can standardize on across engagements rather than re-solving for every customer.

Our goal isn't a one-off deal. It's a repeatable practice we build together, with clear roles, shared pipeline, and outcomes we can both point to.

  • Near-zero downtime migrations at rapid scale
  • Automated OS & SQL Server upgrades, OS hardening to CIS benchmarks
  • Eliminates technical debt and extended security update (ESU) costs
  • Runs across AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Red Hat OpenShift & HPE Morpheus
Proof it works at scale

Mitel migrated 1,000 workloads to Google Cloud — in under 90 days.

The same 90-day discipline we're proposing for this partnership is the one that got a global communications leader fully migrated, 60% faster than the industry norm, with near-zero downtime along the way.

1,000Workloads migrated
<90 daysTotal timeline
60%Faster than baseline
Market opportunity

More deals. Bigger deals. Better outcomes.

[Partner Name] already has the customers. Here's how adding RiverMeadow changes the shape of every deal you run.

Where you already have the relationships

Tap the verticals where your team has the strongest customer trust and delivery reach:

🎯

More Deals

Near-zero-downtime migration removes the #1 objection in a competitive deal. Partners who lead with a proven, lower-risk platform close more of what's already in their funnel.

  • 500,000+ workloads migrated, near-zero downtime
  • Removes the risk objection that stalls competitive deals
🧩

Bigger Deals

Every customer on an aging OS or SQL Server needs modernization eventually. Attach it to engagements you've already sold, and grow the size of every deal.

  • A natural add-on, not a hard sell
  • Automated OS & SQL Server upgrades, ESU cost elimination
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Better Outcomes

RiverMeadow automation frees up delivery time, so every engagement gets more attention, not less — happier customers, and a relationship that compounds.

  • 100,000+ hours already saved for partner teams
  • 60% faster migrations, measured across real engagements

We'll define the real numbers together.

This page shows the shape of the opportunity, not a projection. Once we've mapped your accounts in the first 30 days, we'll set specific, mutually-agreed targets — not a guess dressed up as a forecast.

The path to success

The First 90 Days

Nothing here is fixed — it's a starting point for how we work best together. Click a phase to see what happens, and what we'll have in hand by the end of it.

Foundation & Alignment

  • Executive introduction session — leadership from both sides align on shared goals and sponsorship
  • Joint account mapping — identify overlapping and target accounts across Healthcare & Life Sciences, Financial Services, State & Local Government, Manufacturing, Higher Education, and Telecom
  • Define roles — who leads the sales conversation, who owns delivery, who owns the customer relationship
  • Set up deal registration and shared pipeline visibility
  • Establish a working cadence — confirmed points of contact and a standing pipeline sync
By the end of this phase

A documented account map, agreed roles, and a standing meeting cadence.

Enablement & Pipeline

  • Sales and technical enablement — platform demo, positioning, and access to RiverMeadow's Partner Portal (collateral, battlecards, case studies)
  • Identify 2–3 priority opportunities to co-develop as early proof points
  • RiverMeadow pre-sales support engaged for joint customer conversations
  • Explore co-marketing & co-selling — a joint webinar, case study, or event
By the end of this phase

At least one active joint opportunity in motion, and both teams enabled to sell and speak to the platform with confidence.

Prove & Formalize

  • First Quarterly Business Review — pipeline, wins, and what's working
  • Formalize a joint business plan — shared targets and growth priorities for the next two quarters
  • Expand account mapping to the next tier of target accounts
  • Confirm executive sponsorship on key opportunities going forward
By the end of this phase

A joint business plan in writing, live pipeline, and a QBR cadence in place.

Beyond 90 days

A partnership holds its shape through rhythm, not effort in bursts

Here's the cadence we'd propose to keep both teams accountable to the outcomes we're chasing.

2W
Account & sales teams

Pipeline Sync

Bi-weekly. Deal status, blockers, and next steps on every active opportunity.

Q
Sales & practice leadership

Quarterly Business Review

Pipeline health, wins and losses, account plan updates, and what to adjust.

Y
Executive sponsors, both sides

Annual Joint Business Review

Set the year's goals, review growth, and align go-to-market priorities.

What success looks like

We'll set specific targets together — here's what we'll track

🤝

Top-to-Top

Executive alignment, kept current every quarter

📈

Joint Pipeline

Pipeline generated together, tracked in the open

✅

Deals Closed

Closed and delivered together, or stand-alone

🏢

Net-New Logos

New wins landed in target accounts

⭐

Customer Outcomes

The real measure of whether this is working

How we work together

Clarity on roles is what lets deals move fast

We'll agree it deal-by-deal, but the principle stays constant: we win by being clear about who's doing what — not by being territorial about the customer.

RiverMeadow brings
  • The Workload Mobility Platform — proven across 500,000+ workloads
  • The outcome engine: automation, near-zero downtime, OS hardening
  • Pre-sales support for joint customer conversations
  • Partner Portal — collateral, battlecards, case studies
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[Partner Name] brings
  • Customer trust, already earned
  • Delivery scale across your existing engagements
  • Account access in your strongest verticals
  • A team ready to stand behind the outcome

Neither of us is the whole story alone.

Contacts

Who's in the room

Fill in your team below — this is the roster we'll keep current as the partnership grows.

RoleRiverMeadow[Partner Name]
Executive SponsorTad Chance, SVP of Sales
Partner Executive Sponsor
Partner Leader
Day-to-Day Contact

Captures your team roster above and the full 90-day plan, personalized to what you've entered on this page.

Your next step

Step into the RiverMeadow Partner Onboarding Journey

This plan is the strategy. The Partner Journey is where it becomes real — a guided, interactive path through onboarding, enablement, and your Partner Portal access.

  • 1 Confirm executive sponsorship & sign your partner agreement
  • 2 Get enabled — demos, battlecards, case studies, deal registration
  • 3 Register your first opportunities and get RiverMeadow pre-sales involved

RiverMeadow Partner Onboarding Journey

Your guided path from signed partner to first joint deal.

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“Great partnerships aren't found. They're built — deliberately, quarter after quarter. We've laid out exactly how we get there. Let's go win together.”
Tad Chance SVP of Sales, RiverMeadow Software Inc.
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