Director Of Sales & Business Development
New York, Ny, Us
Director, Sales(April 2009 - April 2012) in Austin, TXSales and Business Development of SAAS applications to Fortune 1000 and ad agencies. I sold $1M+ each of the last several years at the same company I had started with back when there was $0 revenue and almost no customers. In this process I've experienced growing from a small VC-backed startup building out a BD and sales group to a successful company generating signficant revenues. I built our relationships and closed deals with Dr. Pepper, Dell, Toyota, Microsoft, Alcatel, Thomson-Reuters, Shape Magazine, US Dept Health & Human Resources, Sally Beauty, World Wildlife Fund, Smithsonian, 7-11, St. Louis Rams, Pampered Chef, ASCD, Children International, Teton Gravity Research, Dow Jones Local Media, Illy Cafe, KaBOOM, ASCAP, QWEST, Latina Magazine.Partnered and closed deals through Leo Burnett, GSD&M, Saatchi & Saatchi, Integer, Omnicom's Red Urban, CP+B, and many more.Manager, Inside Sales(May 2007 – June 2009) in NYCWorking with companies to implement online customer communities, fan communities, lifestyle communities, and collaborative communities. Evangelizing the benefits of social media to bring people together in online communities around lifestyles, brands, and organizations. I handled accounts directly and managed a 5-person inside sales and lead gen team.