Chief Operating Officer
Dallas, Texas, Us
Spearhead sales strategy and manages product development operations for this technology startup, leading 150 direct and indirect reports in the United States and India. Designed and implemented corporate sales and marketing strategy creating a solution-focused sales process and inbound lead generation strategy. Hired and managed sales and technical pre-sales team, and assisted account executives to close late-stage, strategic opportunities. Implemented agile project management methodology and built development teams hiring developers, designers, architects, and QA engineers.KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS:• Grew annual revenue from $0 to $5M within first 4 years securing over 300 projects for clients such as Verizon, Ciena, eHarmony, The Honest Company, Aon Hewitt, Taco Bueno, Texas Instruments (TI), TIGI, and Westinghouse Electric• Doubled opportunity close rate and improved gross margin 50% on sales bookings by thoroughly qualifying prospects, quickly identifying customer needs, and presenting optimal solutions to decrease the average sales cycle• Achieved a 50% increase in new customers from the website and increased the average deal size over 200% by implementing an inbound, content marketing process using Hubspot and Salesforce.com to generate new leads• Accomplished featured product in CIO Magazine for project at Westinghouse Electric; served as executive sponsor• Managed development of a new Android application that allowed client’s customers to eliminate 30% of the cost in executing annual company-wide inventories at major big-box retail chains