Global Operations Director, Software Sales Division
Sun Microsystems Inc
Led the Sales Operations team for Sun's Global Software division, which included system and application software, cloud computing, and software embedded in partners' hardware and software products. Responsibilities included sales and profit forecasting, sales compensation, sales enablement, customer relationship management, resource planning and modeling, and directing a team of 14 professionals. Acted as financial and business advisor on a daily basis to the Senior Vice President of Software Sales, participating in sales and business strategy, planning and review meetings. Additionally, acted as Project Lead for the Sales Operations team responsible for transitioning several acquisitions into Sun (e.g., SeeBeyond, MySQL & Vaau). Instituted a sales productivity framework, incorporating Metrics & Reporting, Sales Enablement, Sales Methodology, Talent Management and Sales Management.