Jen Allen-Knuth

Founder, DemandJen | Sales Trainer & SKO Keynote Speaker | Dog Rescue Advocate

I help B2B revenue teams stop losing pipeline to buyer status quo. I'm a former Enterprise seller who carried quota for 18 years, closing 7-figure deals with Fortune 500 brands. Now, I run DemandJen, a sales-training firm trusted by Autodesk, GE, G2, IBM, Bloomberg, Instructure, Sprout Social, and more.

From conference stages to company Sales kickoffs, I'm known for:

- Buyer-Centric Frameworks – Practical playbooks for defeating buyer status quo in outbound pipeline generation, running executive-level discovery, building a point of view on cost of inaction (COI), and gaining consensus with larger Enterprise buying groups. 

- Story-First Messaging – Techniques that replace product pitches with problem-centric narratives that buyers remember.

- Engaging Delivery – A direct, humorous style that keeps even your most tenured reps taking notes.

Featured in Forbes, Sales Hacker, and 200+ podcasts, I combine real-world stories with data-driven insight to move audiences from inspiration to application. When I'm not on the road, you’ll find me in the Chicago suburbs chasing my 4 rescue dogs and 4 step-kids.

Head of DemandJen

Delivering SKO keynotes & virtual workshops that won't put your teams to sleep.

B2B Sales & Marketing teams have tried to earn buyer time and attention with a strategy of "more". 

More dials.
More emails.
More content.
More "value" and ROI.

But, 2023 showed us "more" is expensive and no competition against today's risk-averse B2B buying teams.

Instead of motivating the team to do “more”, I help empower teams to defeat customer status
quo and to make their sales conversations a competitive advantage.

Meet Elsie ❤️

This 5 year old sweetheart LOVES every human and dog she meets. 

At 5 years old, she’s past all that puppy mischief, but still has plenty of joy and tail wags to share. 

She’s gentle, loving, and ready for a home with someone who will love her as much as she loves them. 

Not sure if you’re ready to adopt? Foster her! It’s completely free. 

Photo credit: Nicholas I. Knuth 📸 

Available at Many Paws Global Rescue in Palatine, IL.

(PS - if you’re looking for Saturday plans, I’ll be at Buffalo Creek Brewery in Long Grove, IL for a Many Paws adoption event today from noon-3. Come meet your future sidekick ❤️)

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Egnyte

VP of Sales, EMEA

The Saus Podcast

Podcast Co-Host

Highspot

Sr Director, Sales Northern Europe

Glassdoor

Head of UK and Ireland

Senior Director of Sales

Director of Sales

Sales Manager

Glassdoor is the largest site in the world offering a free inside look at jobs and companies – company salaries, reviews, interview questions, workplace photos, and more. Every month, millions of job seekers visit our company profiles to learn more about their current or future employers

Senior Account Executive

Glassdoor is the largest site in the world offering a free inside look at jobs and companies – company salaries, reviews, interview questions, workplace photos, and more. Every month, millions of job seekers visit our company profiles to learn more about their current or future employers.

Account Executive

Aerotek

Aerotek is a leading staffing provider throughout the United States. Aerotek specializes in contract, contract to hire and full time staffing placements. We work with many industries including, manufacturing, mortgage, DOD, Healthcare, Medical Device, and Scientific. We work closely with our clients to make sure all needs and questions are addressed. 

While in the Account Manager role, I specialized in helping my clients staff for any needs in their professional services areas. My team and I helped staff everything from administrative, HR, finance and accounting, mortgage, and customer service personnel.
          *Maintained relationships with current clients.
          *Prospected new business through cold calling and networking events
          *Helped companies with needs of 15 personnel at a time
          *Worked closely with team of recruiters to make sure they were knowledgeable with clients needs and specific requests.

Account Manager, Professional Services

During my time as a recruiter, I specialized in both Commercial and Professional Services recruiting. As a recruiter, I was responsible seeing that the full cycle recruiting. I would find the candidate, meet with them, review their qualifications and submit them to the job. 
       *Handled full cycle recruiting
       *Sourced candidates from Linkedin, referrals, and internal database
       *Skill sets: Administrative, accounting/finance, customer service, mortgage, healthcare admin, HR professionals. Commercial: machinists, welders, shipyard trades, QC Inspectors, manufacturing and warehouse personnel
       *Spoke with clients to ensure we were meeting their needs and they were satisfied with our services

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