Sara Steffen is the Senior Director of Customer Marketing at Nutanix. She shares her philosophy on building an open, honest, and supportive team culture, why content amplification is near and dear to her heart, the amplification checklist her team put together and why the Nutanix Select program is one of the most enjoyable projects she’s ever done.

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