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Advising portfolio of early stage startups on anything from business strategy, go-to-market, early customer acquisition, enterprise negotiations, and fundraising.

Assisting select b2b technical enterprise software teams [all venture backed, pre series B] take their first methodical and quantitative approach to architecting their own repeatable, high-velocity, sustainable revenue growth by selling in mid-size and enterprise markets. i.e. Their first "Sales Rep Playbook"Ngrok [scaled from $1 to ~$5m in ARR] Ngrok raised $50M led by Lightspeed in 2021Tulip [scaled from 1 to 20 sales reps; ~$5m in ARR]Angelcam [scaled from 0 - $1.5m ARR]Qordoba [helped scale to first $1.5m in ARR]Wake [scaled to $1.5m ARR] Wake was acquired by InVisionCitus Data [scaled to $1.5M ARR] Citus was acquired by MSFT Zenmarketing [scaled to < $ 1m]Before I worked w/ VC backed startups, I built successful sales teams ($3M and then $10M ARR) at a rapidly growing highly profitable business in the Energy Services business. I help multiple pre seed A startups change trajectory to hit key targets needed to achieve their next stage with a very healthy valuation.

Spearheaded key transition of Ngrok's sales model, transitioning from a self-serve developer tool priced at $5/month to an enterprise-grade solution with an Contract Values ranging from $120k to $2.7M. This pivotal shift in demonstrable success in enterprise sales was significant in securing Ngrok's $50M Series A funding round led by Lightspeed Ventures.I was Alan's (solo technical founder)'s first business hire, entrusted with the responsibility of establishing and scaling the enterprise and mid-market sales channels and driving the offering up-market by hand-to-hand combat in deals.Managed a pipeline of deals, ensuring a consistent and profitable revenue stream. Successfully altered the perception of Ngrok among key decision-makers like CISOs, CTOs, and VPs. Transitioned the brand image from being viewed as a "developer's tool" and "hacker's utility" to a reliable, battle-tested enterprise solution.Led the negotiation and closure of contracts across various financial tiers and use-cases, including four, five, six, and seven-figure annual deals. Clients ranged from fast-growing startups to established, publicly-traded enterprises.Acted as a liaison between the enterprise clients and the product team (initially just Alan), funneling critical product feedback that influenced feature development and improvements, thereby increasing ACV, customer success, and retention.

-Hired by Head of Growth and Cofounders to refine and scale sales process and infrastructure scaling from 2-25 sales reps with aggressive growth targets. -Supported the recruiting, hiring, training, management, and coaching of two regional inbound sales teams of 10-12 reps- Helped implement buying journey and sales infrastructure such as customized development on main application for inbound customer traffic, lead capture into sales rep workflow in Salesforce / Talkdesk.

sales mentorship to TechStars startups in Kansas City and Berlin Germany

- Hired by solo founder (Chris Kalani), early designer at FB who helped Zuck build Graph Search. - Spearheaded Wake's enterprise sales motion, creating compelling narrative to challenge design teams to work more collaboratively and in real-time. Wake was inspired by design process at Facebook.- Ran process and pipeline of all inbound sales activity driven by growth marketing, negotiated and accelerated closing of five and six figure deals. - Closed key contracts w top Silicon Valley product design teams including Airbnb- Wake was acquired by Invision in 2018

- Spearheaded Citus' Enterprise Sales motion for it's scaleable Postgres database offering, including outbound sales to early customers in Silicon Valley- Worked with founders and GTM team to distill our unique value proposition and circumstances inside of a company that might compel an organization to consider implementing and purchasing our tech- Ran point on negotiation and closing of six figure deals with local companiesCitus Data was acquired by Microsoft

Building a sales machine at Keen IO from the ground up.Connecting the business of analytics to the most versatile and developer friendly analytics platform available. Keen helps app developers build custom analytics & data science features directly into their mobile apps and web dashboards. We provide the infrastructure and APIs to collect data and build analytics into your business.

Product/market fit work around commercializing anti-corrosion HVAC coil coatings as an energy efficiency technologyBuilt some market demand and brand presence through social media campaigns and content marketing. Pivoted business model 6 months in to focus on single market segment with highest demand.

Developing relationships and identifying energy efficiency opportunities for corporations with facilities nationwide.

-Managing the implementation of the ConEdison and Orange & Rockland Small Business Direct Install Energy Efficiency Programs-Developing regional office to implement program opportunities as well as regional project procurement and support-Developing opportunities for Commercial and Industrial Energy Efficiency through lighting

Project management of energy efficiency retrofit projects performed by Energy Services Division Development, Design and Implementation of $10MM High Efficiency Lighting project for public municipalities with New York Power Authority