InPlayerSenior Vice President of Global Sales and Partnerships
Jan. 2017 - Oct. 2022Phoenix, Arizona Area · RemoteRecruited to build the North American sales strategy as initial and sole North American employee for startup digital media/FinTech payments and subscription management platform. This “Player/Coach” role included identification of key vertical markets and accounts, segmentation, recruitment, closure and enablement of strategic go-to-market partnerships, ownership of entire sales process and customer experience from prospecting to closure through deployment and support, as well as management of Strategic Partnerships and OEM relationships with an emphasis on investment/acquisition. Promoted to Senior Vice President of Global Sales and Partnerships due to achievement, responsible for steering direct and indirect sales team through hyper-growth.- Consistently achieved top sales performance from 2017 to 2022, excelling as both an individual contributor and SVP/VP of Global Sales and Partnerships.
- Generated >80% revenue as Ind. Contributor
-Demonstrated impressive closure rate of approximately 75% for prospects at the top of the sales funnel.
- Team expansion of 5x
- Secured deals with the top 10 revenue generating direct clients
- Pioneered the creation of a comprehensive sales process, facilitating accurate performance reporting
- Formed a significant OEM partnership with an online video platform provider, resulting in an immediate influx of 186 revenue generating clients.
- Identified, Closed, Managed lucrative OEM partnerships with leading OTT application providers, OVPs, and other streaming/player technologies and platforms (THEOPlayer, Brightcove, Applicaster, JWPlayer, Kaltura, Wowza, BitMovin, VIMEO, etc.)
- Oversaw a global sales and sales engineering team, ensuring unified and high-performing operations across all regions.
- Established collaborative collateral materials and an engaging C-Suite to individual seller engagement model through key GTM partnerships
-Drove co-sell efforts with partners, from identification to qualification to closure and deployment