AbacusNext International LtdBusiness Development Manager
Sep. 2017 - Jun. 2019Edinburgh, United KingdomAbacusNext is a San Diego headquartered IT solutions provider, offering document automation, private cloud, practice management and CRM solutions primarily to the legal and accounting sectors.
I became part of the Abacus organisation through its acquisition of HotDocs - a market leading document automation solution used by circa 11,500 organisations across multiple industry verticals.
My role was primarily focused upon developing new business revenues across the globe from the HotDocs solution, dealing internationally with a range of blue-chip consulting, banking, insurance, manufacturing and legal organisations.
Successfully hit target and closed all opportunities provided in pipeline within 4 months of joining HotDocs. Sales wins include securing contracts with two of the top four, international consultancy organisations, as well as other multi-national manufacturing firms and a world leading professional services organisation. Handled new business opportunities and also developed new revenue streams within existing client accounts.
Abacus moved the engagement model from perpetual licence towards cloud-based SaaS licensing models. I successfully closed contracts for both licence models.
I was regularly selected to attend industry networking events and conferences in Europe and the US to promote Abacus' suite of solutions. I therefore developed my own pipeline, as well as handled incoming enquiries, taking engagements from inception through the whole sales lifecycle working with pre-sales and other consulting resources. I also successfully developed new business partner relationships as well as working successfully with existing business partners in multiple countries.