For over 19 years, Mr. Maitland has been recognized for his ability to consistently increase profitability through business development that focuses on sales and marketing initiatives targeting the technology industry. He has held senior strategic sales and marketing positions at start-ups, as well as leading global software vendors, including at Bentley Systems – where he served as Marketing Director for Bentley DIRECT, North America. Mr. Maitland is a senior manager who has conceptualized, developed and executed market expansion programs that have resulted in YOY revenue growth in excess of 40% in some of the most challenging international markets.Mr. Maitland earned his Masters in Civil Engineering from Kobe University, Japan and speaks, writes and reads Japanese fluently.Specialties: • Leading competitive analysis and market research• Designing strategic solution-based marketing plans• Driving closed-loop lead generation programs• Developing data-driven proposals• Innovating using online technologies, incl. Web 2.0• Partnering and influencing in matrixed environment• Building and leading high-performance teams• Managing remote teams and resources• Forging collaborative marketing/sales relationships• Leveraging cultural and language skills