Hired by Carlos Delatorre (CRO) at Series E ($5B) to launch the DACH business from scratch - 1st on ground in DACH to help scale growth plans for the largest market economy in EMEA.
Recruited & developed the very first sales teams in region
FY23 achievement against team quota: 177% | largest EMEA deal & first DAX40 logos closed. Won >13 new logos. Presidents Club incl. all ramped AEs
From 0 to multimillion $ recurring revenues within 18 months
>10x AEs & 2x Leaders from
Regional Director, Central & South EMEA
Kong Inc.
Frankfurt am Main
01.2021 - 09.2021
Joined at ≈160 employees (Series C), hired by Augusto Marietti (Founder & CEO)
1st on ground in DACH to help build core parts of EMEA from scratch. Hired & developed the first Enterprise AEs.
Supported growing NACV in EMEA 240% YoY to become the biggest revenue engine in the company.
Made DACH a 7-digit ARR region within 8 months & won the most respected logos within 1st year in region.
Won >17 new logos. Contributed to increase company valuation from $440M to $1.4B (Series D).
Senior Enterprise Account Executive
MongoDB
Frankfurt am Main
11.2015 - 12.2019
Joined at ≈350 employees ($1.6B, Series F) - hired by Joe Morrissey (GVP EMEA, currently Partner @16z)
1st cohort of hires, built Central Europe from scratch with most won new logos
>40 new logos, multiple 6-7 digit ARR accounts, self-sourced
1% of most tenured sales reps in company’s history globally at exit
experienced life-changing IPO (Oct. 2017)
Sales Director Enterprise, DACH & Eastern Europe
Bazaarvoice
Munich
03.2015 - 10.2015
Recruited by Thibaut Ceyrolle (GVP EMEA, former VP EMEA Snowflake)
Highly respected 5x new logo wins & quota overachievement while still ramping (500k).
Left for accelerated learning curve & life-changing career opportunity with MongoDB
Territory & Enterprise Account Executive
BMC Software
Frankfurt am Main
04.2013 - 03.2015
As Enterprise AE:
$3.76M in new business
Largest Cloud/ITSM Deal EMEA with major Telco
Winner EMEA PG Championship Challenge FY15 (received from Jason Andrew, GVP)
As Territory AE:
100% greenfield territory
respected PG machine during first full year as AE
Won >4 new logos
Associate Account Executive
BMC Software
London
10.2012 - 03.2013
Recruited amongst >1.100 applicants from Tier 1 UK business schools for the elite EMEA Post-Graduate Sales Program to form a handful number of future sales superstars, led by Andy Sadler.
Trained on sales fundamentals by UK-based ex PTC & BladeLogic leaders. Survived!
Award received from Area Director "EMEA Best Business Opportunity Created" Q3FY13
Education
Master of Science - Law & Accounting
London School of Economics & Political Science
London, United Kingdom
09.2011 - 08.2012
Bachelor of Arts - International Business Administration
Hochschule Heilbronn - University of Applied Scien
Heilbronn, Germany
03.2008 - 06.2011
Skills
Sales Enablement
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Timeline
Vice President Sales, DACH
Navan Inc.
09.2021 - Current
Regional Director, Central & South EMEA
Kong Inc.
01.2021 - 09.2021
Senior Enterprise Account Executive
MongoDB
11.2015 - 12.2019
Sales Director Enterprise, DACH & Eastern Europe
Bazaarvoice
03.2015 - 10.2015
Territory & Enterprise Account Executive
BMC Software
04.2013 - 03.2015
Associate Account Executive
BMC Software
10.2012 - 03.2013
Master of Science - Law & Accounting
London School of Economics & Political Science
09.2011 - 08.2012
Bachelor of Arts - International Business Administration
Hochschule Heilbronn - University of Applied Scien