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Munich, By, De

San Francisco, Ca, Us

FY23, 24: Helping grow the Microsoft Azure business at Databricks in ASEAN + India.FY25: Relocated to Munich to accelerate success with top emerging accounts in Central EMEA.

Los Angeles, California, Us

Hired the first sellers. Launched the first partnerships. Acquired the first customers.Brought the technology underlying TikTok's meteoric rise to lighthouse customers in the Asia-Pacific region:➊ Smart e-commerce: Machine learning recommendation engine, personalised shopping experience➋ User engagement: live streaming, video and broadcasting, computer vision, and machine translation ➌ Behavioural insights: mobile experience & user data analytics platform, A/B experimentation, APIs

Redmond, Washington, Us

Incubation sales leader for cloud marketing automation, personalization and customer data platform (Dynamics Customer Insights CDP) across Asia. Launching strategic partnership with Adobe.

Redmond, Washington, Us

Reporting to the COO, I led the team creating GTM strategies and operations for Dynamics 365. We transitioned the business from on-prem to cloud and moved to hyper-growth in customer acquisition, cloud revenue and market share.☛ Circle of Excellence Gold Club - July 2018☛ Microsoft4Afrika Volunteer Project in Namibia - May 2018

Minnesota, Us

Fulfilling a life-long dreamWhere? ➡ South America (mainly Brazil), Middle East and Africa, a bit of Europe, Thailand, and a couple Caribbean islandsWhy? ➡ Reconnect with friends and family, jump out of perfectly fine planes (became a certified skydiver), crash weddings I wasn't invited to, and find the World's best steak (It's in Argentina by the way. That's until you travel to Kobe, Japan.)

Redmond, Washington, Us

Team leader for marketing & audience manager team building strategy, partner marketing, integrated business planning and go-to-market execution for Business Applications (CRM and ERP) within Australia.➡ Achieved >$50m in sales and exceeded yearly quota➡ Beat market share metrics and all ROMI measurements ➡ Exceeded digital demand gen and awareness KPIs (web engagement, SEM, and organic traffic).☛ Formula One Lotus F1 Team Account-Based Marketing CEO Activation - March 2015

Redmond, Washington, Us

Product & partner marketing management, strategy and business development for all Microsoft ERP apps (Dynamics AX, Dynamics GP, Dynamics NAV and Dynamics SL) in Canada.➡ Drove large business app deals via targeted marketing, competitive response, strategy pitches➡ Planned and executed double-digit growth on $50m business (🇨🇦 #1 area within Microsoft)☛ Microsoft4Afrika Skills Transfer Project in Nairobi, Kenya - February 2014

Redmond, Washington, Us

Solution sales of Microsoft business apps (Microsoft Dynamics ERP) into Enterprise businesses directly and with strategic partners. ☛ Winner of 2011 Microsoft Circle of Excellence Gold Club ➡ Sold business solutions to C-level executives : qualified, accelerated and closed strategic ERP deals➡ Exceeded consistently growing sales quotas (>$2.5m) 3 years in a row with at least 136% attainment.Selected to be part of Microsoft's accelerated career development program for high potential university graduates. Included 18-month intensive on-the-job sales training in EMEA and at Microsoft Corp. in the USA. Focus on solution sales, business acumen, and team leadership.

Accra, Greater Accra, Gh

AIESEC talent opportunity: Start-up of first authorized VW dealership in West Africa from scratch. Responsible for acquisition of fleet and VIP customers (Government, NGOs, diplomats). Ordered, sold and delivered passenger vehicles. ➡ Led team of 5 experienced sales and marketing professionals➡ Covered 10% of vehicle market in Ghana within 6 months

Doctorandus, International Business

Study Abroad, Logistics (Transport Economics), African History, South African Wine Industry

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), European Studies