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Indianapolis, In, Us

München, Bayern, De

Leading sales for Proske's new business entity in North America

Chicago, Il, Us

Drove companies to produce greater ROI from in-person and virtual events through the use of technology enabling them to drive sales opportunities and long-term engagement with their stakeholders.Sold SaaS platform to new customers and managed key accounts across life sciences/pharmaceutical, healthcare, financial services, and tech industries with the intention of landing and expanding annual recurring revenue. Inked new partnerships, project managed complex enterprise implementations, and always willing to lend a hand e.g. for marketing initiatives.

Chicago, Il, Us

Led enterprise sales across Fortune 1,000 accounts including financial, technology, manufacturing, insurance, retail, agriculture, and automotive verticals. Drove multi-million dollar sales cycles bringing together teams of SMEs throughout the RFP and pitch process to grow business. Maintained and grew pipeline of new business opportunities.Sales lead for new proprietary SaaS products designed specifically for the procurement of meetings and management of T&E. Partnered with implementation team to design onboarding process and lead all client onboardings of respective solutions. Worked alongside product management to roll out and take the products to market.Developed and led sales of consulting services to assist corporations with building strategic meeting management programs across marketing, procurement, finance, legal, human resources divisions provide lines of sight for all business into meeting and event business.

Tysons Corner, Va, Us

Managed partnerships for a strategic portfolio of third party meeting & event planning agencies including many of the industry's largest and most important. Directed implementations & onboardings, grew adoption of all products, and accelerated sales by partnering with customers to sell new enterprise SaaS solutions across their base of end clients. Also served as a mentor to new members of the team to set them up for success and help them develop professionally.

Tysons Corner, Va, Us

Developed partnerships with over 50 third party meeting & event planning agencies by negotiating their use of SaaS solutions across the Cvent platform including Strategic Meetings Management, Event Management, Inquisium (Web Surveys), Supplier Network, Mobile Apps and Onsite Solutions. Helped Cvent become best in class amongst competition and establish itself as the most preferred SaaS vendor in the meeting & event industry by closing partnerships with 24 out of the top 25 meeting & event planning agencies.

Tysons Corner, Va, Us

First US-based employee to relocate and lead expansion of Cvent brand internationally by identifying and introducing over 500 new third party meeting & event planning agencies across EMEA and APAC to Cvent’s enterprise platform of SaaS solutions. Increased international adoption of Cvent solutions by inking partnerships with 100+ net new agencies across EMEA and APAC. Worked as a liaison with product management teams to provide product feedback from an international audience. Helped hire and lead a team of 10 direct/inside sales reps and 2 account managers while helping to develop strategy for continued growth and global expansion.

Tysons Corner, Va, Us

Sold a variety of digital marketing solutions to hotels on Cvent’s Supplier Network solution including SEO, pay per click, content marketing, and online marketing. Also sold enterprise software and analytics to C-Suite executives with hotel chains, hotel management companies and hotel affiliate companies

Tysons Corner, Va, Us

Hired as the 1st member of sales team responsible for creating the go-to-market strategy for a new solution, the Supplier Network. Utilized previous hotel sales experience to bring teams together across sales, marketing, client services and technology divisions to provide education on hotel sales SOPs and guide how to penetrate the hotel sales space. Worked with Cvent CEO and Senior Management daily to drive development of the product prior to launching in February 2008 and laid foundation for product adoption by getting hotel buy-in on a property and chain level to use product on Day 1.

Chicago, Il, Us

Sold sleeping rooms and meeting space to government and association markets hosting groups and/or meetings in the Washington, DC area. Developed marketing strategy for the property with Director of Sales & Marketing by determining appropriate channels and designing over 100 various marketing pieces to aid in the sales effort of the Sales & Marketing Office.

Chicago, Il, Us

Invited to join Hyatt Hotels & Resorts’ Corporate Management Training Program for select graduates of hospitality colleges to train and develop skills in all aspects of hotel operations.

Merrillville, In, Us

Sales manager for small to mid-size groups within the SMERF market for Midway Hotel Center which consisted of 7 full and limited service hotels. Conducted site visits, prospecting calls and drove awareness of group offerings at offsite event venues to drive weekend business.

Nanjing, Jng, Cn

Principal front office specialist for international guests of the hotel. In addition to responsibility of all front office tasks across all shifts, developed marketing strategy for C-Suite to drive awareness and revenue in hotel's 10+ food & beverage outlets. Assisted with VIP guests and developed guest programs for long-term stay and international guests.

Merrillville, In, Us

Completed White Lodging Services's 12 week summer housekeeping internship program. Learned all aspect of housekeeping department's operations.