Preston Hurd Email & Phone Number

Columbus, OH, US

Connecting Independent Software Vendors with New Customers through CRM Integration Partners.

Columbus, Ohio, US

A Sales and Marketing Podcast with a Retail Spin.

Sunnyvale, CA, US

Advertising Solutions Consultant within the Yahoo Creative Studios team, which is focused on integrating new technologies and advancing emerging formats, while also working directly with clients & partners from pre-sales ideation to post-sales execution. Yahoo Creative Studios is a full-service team powering multi-screen digital experiences across Display.

San Francisco, California, US

Offering a Matrix of both Data and Software, MatrixPlace provides consulting services for leading brands who are looking to accelerate revenue. We implement a data-driven approach within a modern sales framework to introduce next generation ideas that are proven to drive growth.Industry-specific experience with growing businesses in the Retail and CPG.

San Francisco, California, US

Offering digital marketing insights to Fortune 500 clients.

San Francisco, California, US

• By providing 'Digital Maturity' scoring, BuzzBoard helps large, enterprise companies prioritize over 30M SMBs and target only the "handful" that matter.
• By providing digital marketing and advertising Signals (like SEO key words, Facebook and Google Ads, etc.), BuzzBoard helps to penetrate each micro-segment with omni-channel relevancy.

San Francisco, CA, US

• Selling Software as a Service (SaaS) to large, enterprise businesses who are targeting large, enterprise businesses requires a strategic approach. As a Senior Enterprise Account Executive I was responsible for.
• 2016 Top Performer award.
• Focused on six figure opportunities, with enterprise organization of 1,000+ employees
• Cover the West Coast territory, bringing in new logos in the technology, manufacturing and commerce verticals
• Coordinate projects with internal cross-functional teams to navigate complex sales cycles for both new customer acquisition and account expansion.
• Sell solutions to help brands reach out to their customers internationally, maximizing their existing technology stacks by providing API data integrations to drive connected commerce across all channels - online.

San Francisco, CA, US

• Supported the Enterprise Sales team to help generate new-logo revenue, helping win deals by using solutions-selling, with a consultative approach to align strategic initiatives with sales execution.
• 2014 Sales Accelerator award
• Promoted in 2015 to Sales Engineer and as a technical and enablement resource helped the sales team grow revenue 140%.
• Hired in 2013 as a Solutions Consultant to provide consulting services for integrations with cloud-based technologies, including Customer Relationship Management (Salesforce.com) and Marketing Automation (Marketo).
• Mentored, trained and helped ramp new Account Executives, Account Managers and Customer Success hires, providing a high-level understanding of the cloud, across infrastructure, platform and SaaS.
• Helped customers to maximize revenue with other complimentary sales and marketing technologies via API integration, including Microsoft Dynamics, Azure, Salesforce, SAP, NetSuite, Sugar, Oracle, Eloqua, Marketo, Amazon.

• Start-up experience, having had my own OEM product-line which I invented, and imported from China. Sold the Mini-Jack brand to Wal-Mart, and the Net-Jack brand to Target. Then the business was acquired by a wholesale.
• Sold the Mini-Jack and Net-Jack branded product lines to major US retailers nationwide, and then the company was acquired by a wholesale distributor.
• Invented, patented, trademarked, developed, imported and distributed a new telecommunications line of Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) branded internet phones
• As an entrepreneur, oversaw all aspects of product development, manufacturing, and the full sales cycle.
• Managed the design, engineering, packaging, production, sales, marketing and distribution.
• Implemented co-operative advertising with both in-store merchandising displays and online advertising, within brick and mortar retailers and e-tail accounts including Target, Wal-Mart, Best Buy, RadioShack, Fry’s.

Topeka, KS, US

• Ogden Publications licensed the Magazine, for a line of Eco-friendly Housewares under the Natural Home Brand
• The brand marketing team sold a $3M program to Target Corporation.
• Managed several co-marketing and digital advertising campaigns with Natural Home Magazine and Mother Earth News publications, to promote a green housewares line of products on Amazon. Target.com and to Whole Foods.
• Recruited and managed a network of Independent Sales Rep Agencies to sell green an environmentally friendly housewares line of eco-friendly home products
• Implemented channel strategy programs for brand marketing via co-operative advertising
• Managed promotional strategies for multiple distribution channels, including Grocery, Specialty, Department, Housewares, Hardware, Drug, Health and Beauty, Mass Market and On-line.

Calabasas, CA, US

Investment Real Estate Brokerage, Specializing in the Retail Shopping Center Division

US

• Started with Probus LLC, which was acquired by Impact Merchandising LLC, who licensed the First Alert brand from Sunbeam Products, which was then acquired by Jarden Consumer Solutions.
• Supported the growth of annual sales from $600K to $9M within a five-year period.
• Brand marketing for a consumer electronics products division, licensed by Impact Merchandising from Sunbeam / Jarden Holding Company
• As an international sales and marketing professional, had direct P&L responsibilities in global sourcing, product development, purchasing, importing and worldwide distribution within the consumer electronics industry.
• Managed product development for 3 product categories, including the factory negotiation of pricing to meet budgeted margins, and managed import/export financing and logistics.
• Gained experience within the sourcing and supply chain by manufacturing branded consumer electronics, and selling them into major US retailers including Target, Wal-Mart, Rite Aid, Walgreens, Home Depot, Lowe’s, and.