Olanda Sharp-Buckley Vice President Dell Technologies

Olanda Sharp-Buckley is the Vice President of Dell Learning, a Profit & Loss Organization with 500+ team members in over 30 countries. Olanda leads a team responsible for delivering 6 million hours of high-end technical training to Customers and Partners in over 186 countries, contributing profitably to Dell’s bottom line. With over 20 years of experience leading global organizations, Olanda has consistently transformed core business functions, including Product Engineering, Sales, Field Deployment, Finance, Services and Learning & Development, driving innovation and productivity to improve organizational function and output. Olanda’s passion for developing talent extends beyond her professional role and shines in her far-reaching community involvement. Olanda believes in empowering and serving others and gives back extensively to communities. She sponsors and leads development programs to increase access to technology in diverse communities around the world. One such program Olanda leads is Develop with Dell, a community and college level program focused on up-skilling and enabling individuals to be better positioned in IT & Technology. Several thousand candidates from over 50 colleges and universities have trained through the program with future opportunities for hiring in Dell. The program offers professional development and networking opportunities during their first year of employment with Dell. There is a community focus with the program, where Olanda regularly engages with high schools and communities to increase awareness of jobs and skills of the future. In 2021, Olanda successfully completed a long-term expatriate assignment in Penang, Malaysia, where she focused on building global Engineering organizations. During Olanda’s 4 years in Penang, she was asked to partner with International Community Groups to educate and build the next set of Women leaders in technology. Olanda’s motto has always been: When your purpose and passion meet anything is possible! Olanda is unapologetic about her customer-first approach. It is at the heart of how she leads teams and has become a brand that she is well known by. This has been a defining focus throughout her journey from an individual contributor to the Executive Suite.