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Paris, Fr

Amsterdam, North Holland, Nl

Clients include Google, OVHcloud, BioLizard, Alan Mutuelle. Delivering trainings in French and in English on key skills like Impact Questioning, Objection Handling, Storytelling, Client Mapping and Negotiations in half-day, full-day and week-long formats. Also provide coaching to start-up founders on their own selling capabilities and how to prepare for their first Sales hire.

Mountain View, Ca, Us

Was in charge of onboarding and training for all 4,000+ Advertising Sales Googlers in EMEA. Led efforts to create a culture of learning among sales directors and VPs. Leveraged a mix of online product trainings and in-person skills trainings to deliver a significant lift in seller confidence.As a "20% Project," conceived and hosted an innovative approach to a bi-weekly office-wide all-hands called "The TGIF Show" for the Google Paris office. Modeled on American late-night TV talk shows, it became the epicenter of culture in the 1,000-person office.

Self-initiated a move from NYC to Paris. During the transition, I worked for companies in SaaS (Yext, NYC), Grocery e-commerce (mySupermarket, London) and Education (Laureate, Paris). In each case, I was responsible for delivering agressive sales targets and, in the case of Laureate, managed a team of 10 French-speaking Inside Sales reps.

Context Optional was the greatest startup you've never heard of. It was a leading provider of social marketing software and services to global brands and advertising agencies. The company provided marketers with comprehensive solutions to build, manage, monitor and measure brand presence across the social web.I founded the company's NYC office, and grew it to 10 people as the SF-based start-up grew from 15 to 100 people. My direct reports and I grew East and Midwest revenue 14x. I sold directly to LG, Allstate, General Mills, Kohl's, Hyatt, Toys R Us, CVS, Dunkin Donuts and Darden Restaurants as well as agencies like Digitas, Arnold, Weber-Shandwick and Razorfish.I also managed our mission-critical relationships with the Facebook Sales teams in NYC, Chicago and Atlanta. We were the content and apps yin to their advertising yang.Acquired by Adobe Systems in 2011, Context Optional's technology now serves as the backbone to the Adobe Social Marketing Suite.

Mountain View, Ca, Us

Sold advertising to companies like Unilever, Coca-Cola, Kraft Foods, Mars, Campbell's and Hershey and their agencies, including Mindshare, MediaVest, Digitas, MEC, BBDO, BBH, Razorfish and Ogilvy. Deals ranged from complex multi-platform Branded Entertainment partnerships to simple Search buys.Was part of a group of 20 Google salespeople to volunteer to be the first YouTube advertising salespeople after the acquisition in 2007.Was an early advocate of advertising clients leveraging the rising fame of YouTube stars to reach target audiences in an authentic, powerful way. H/T to Nalts, LisaNova, FRED, Smosh and Tay Zonday.First year at Google was spent in a strategy and marketing role, helping the sales team position Google AdWords in the Consumer Packaged Goods marketing landscape. To drive more spend from CPG brands, worked with Nielsen HomeScan to prove the impact of Paid Search on offline sales of Unilever's Dove Deodorant. Built a model comparing the reach and effectiveness of online video views vs. Network TV Gross Rating Points (GRPs).

Greater Chicago Area, Il, Us

Assignments included New Product Development, Growth Channel Marketing (i.e. Wal-Mart, Costco, Walgreen's) and General Brand Management (i.e. P&L Management, Advertising, Analysis, Market Research, Consumer Insights, Manufacturing and Packaging).Brand assignments included Post Shredded Wheat, Balance Bar, Honey Bunches of Oats and Kraft Beverages (i.e. Kool-Aid, Capri-Sun and Crystal Light). Interfaced with partner agencies like Digitas, MediaVest and Ogilvy.These were highly-formative years which instilled in me a keen sense for how to anticipate consumer needs as well as how to glean actionable insights from reams of sales and market research data.Took two-year sponsored hiatus to pursue MBA full-time.

Austin, Tx, Us

Created internal communications program when company doubled in size almost overnight. Got my first delicious taste of start-up life, but headed "back to school" at Kraft Foods to build my marketing and general management skill set.

Mba, Business Administration And Management, General

Stand-Up Comedy Writing

Ba, Bs, French, Marketing