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Jen Kalant

President & CPO, Sanguine Partnerships Solutions

Multiplies pipeline, revenue and retention through strategic and scalable partnerships and ecosystem program.

About Jen

Jen Kalant is President of Sanguine Partnership Solutions, where she leads the development and execution of strategic partnership programs for B2B companies. With over 20 years of experience in the partnerships ecosystem, Jen specializes in building scalable partner operations, from strategy and recruitment to enablement and activation.

Prior to joining Sanguine, Jen spent nearly two decades developing go-to-market partnership strategies and building high-performing partner programs. She has deep expertise across the full partnership lifecycle, including program design, partner recruitment and onboarding, co-marketing execution, and revenue optimization.

At Sanguine Partnership Solutions, Jen works with companies to transform referral activity into structured, revenue-generating partner channels. She has developed proprietary frameworks and tools for partnership assessment, ROI modeling, and partner tiering that help organizations scale their partnership operations efficiently. She is based in the Chicago area and is actively involved in the Sanguine Collective's mission to connect businesses with the right solutions through trusted relationships.

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WHAT CLIENTS SAY

Her deep expertise in GTM strategy, brand positioning, and growth planning had a huge influence on how we approached complex product launches.
 
— ANGELA MOORE
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