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Eugene, OR, US

Santa Clara, California, US

Expanded on responsibilities of global role above to lead team driving sales enablement operations and programs for global team of 1,200 sellers. Implement technology to modernize the enablement experience. Connect corporate launches and initiatives with geo requirements and enablement delivery.

Santa Clara, California, US

Recognized with two CEO Awards (2017 & 2020). Owned successful delivery of annual sales kickoffs, both in person and virtual. Built, trained and delivered Veritas Sales Professional program. Created, maintained and delivered SKO “BeEffective” TTT program. Emceed kickoffs and facilitated trainings in Singapore, Tokyo, Macau, Sydney, Melbourne, Phnom Penh.

Santa Clara, California, US

Understand needs, coordinate, build, and deliver technical sales enablement tailored to a team of ~600 technical sales & service professionals. Co-developed the Veritas Presale Professional program and delivered to over 300 SEs around the world.

Montclair, NJ, US

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When I have time, I help organizations and non-profits with improving their team dynamics as well as the effectiveness of their communication and facilitation. This work is done both through workshops as well as one-on-one coaching.

San Jose, California, US

• Build and deliver sales transformation programs focusing on skill development, solution knowledge, productivity and planning.Overall responsibility for all training, course design, and delivery for Symantec's global.
• Design all renewal sales enablement strategies through delivery
• Develop and implement curriculum for all renewal roles
• Align Selling Strategy Programs, Tactics, and Plays to curriculum and role development to implement a global value selling methodology and culture
• Design competency assessments and certification programs for all levels across all renewal roles

San Jose, California, US

Led teams of 12 to 45 inside sales engineers. Used principles of team work, life-long learning, and a focus on delivering confidence to create a game-changing, technical-selling engine serving all market segments in Symantec's Americas Sales organization. Our scalable and effective approach to pre-sales engineering enabled growth in peer organizations as.

San Jose, California, US

Led a diverse team of 10+ inside SEs spread out amongst 5 locations in the US. Built and maintained tight sense of common purpose and team work.

San Jose, California, US

Led seven supervisors managing an ~80-person team serving three primary functions providing:1. Interface between global Support organization and Engineering (aka back line support)2.Symantec's highest level of support targeted at fortune 1,000 customers3. Escalation Management for enterprise customers

Montclair, NJ, US

Own the Room improves a person's speaking ability quickly through their innovative and interactive teaching methodology. Own the room revolutionize my definition of an effective training. I'm proud to be a guest coach/instructor with the Own the Room team. I do occasional training work at Own the Room's public-speaking/leadership-development seminars.