Lori Cornmesser has worked for years within the channel and has dedicated a great deal of time and energy to her work, which has undoubtedly paid off. She is currently the Vice President of Global Channel Sales at Ixia, which is a brand new position within the company which Cornmesser is the first to fill. She has been recognized for the past 5 years by CRN magazine as one of the top women in the Channel and she was the 2011 Woman to Watch in Diversity Journal. Outside the office, Cornmesser is the President of the Silicon Valley Diversity Council, a cause which, as a woman of a diverse background, is very important to her. She is married to Tony Ruiz and has two children.