Instrumentum

Changing the surgical landscape by offering reliable and efficient offsite instrument sterilization to Ambulatory Surgery Centers and Hospitals.

Chief Operating/Growth Officer

Cruxible Partners

Finding talent is a full-time job.  The best candidates aren't looking, they're performing somewhere else.  We'll find them. We've never failed to fill a role.  Period.

Chief Executive Officer

www.eatingcrowpodcast.com

If you are a leader or an entrepreneur this podcast will speak to you (well, I guess that's the point). These are stories of amazing people with the courage to lead and often admit they were wrong and challenge long-held beliefs to make change. Many of these everyday heroes have evolved into leaders and entrepreneurs, and most of their stories have never been heard, until now. Pete Durand interviews people from all walks of life - the military, finance, business, sports, government and education. We learn from their challenges, pitfalls, lessons and how, by eating crow, they used an open mind to adjust their way of thinking and lead others, including their families.

Host of the Eating Crow Podcast

Saebo, Inc.

Saebo, Inc. is a medical device company primarily engaged in the discovery, development and commercialization of affordable and novel clinical solutions designed to improve mobility and function in individuals suffering from neurological and orthopedic conditions. With a vast network of Saebo-trained clinicians spanning six continents, Saebo has helped over 100,000 clients around the globe achieve a new level of independence.

Board Advisor

Netsertive

Chief Revenue Officer

RivalHealth

SaaS enterprise exercise and nutrition app.  Merged with gBehaivor to form www.gopivotsolutions.com

Integrian

Digital video solutions for public safety and transportation.  Sold to Catalyst Manufacturing

Entivity, Inc.

PC-based automation and control platform.  Sold to www. phoenixcontact.com

President and COO

Director of E-Business

ObjectAutomation

Director of Marketing

I'm fortunate to lead two great organizations.

After helping many companies scale with great talent, I've joined Instrumentum as their Chief Operating and Growth Officer, it was just too good to pass up.  My task?  Help the company scale profitably.  How?  People, Process, and Culture.  Fortunately, Cruxible Partners has provided the experience to do just that.

Instrumentum is doing great things - and Cruxible Partners is in the hands of an amazing team, so both are thriving.  Stay tuned as I share how Instrumentum is growing and changing the surgical landscape and how the leadership and talent lessons I've observed and shared over the last seven years at Cruxible are being applied.

Remember:

The average cost of hiring the wrong employee can go as high as $240,000, according to 2021 research from the U.S. Department of Labor.

Ouch.  Been there.

On the flip side, McKinsey & Co. states that hiring a ‘top performer’ over an ‘average performer’ yields up to 67% more productivity and profit.  

Been here too.  Much better place to be.

I've spent 30+ years in corporate America, worked at three startups, and founded two companies myself.  Building teams was and is the most challenging part of the job.

For the past five years I've been working with companies in the following areas:

-Product/market fit
-Marketing strategy and content
-Board advisory and consulting
-Attracting and retaining talent

If you'd like to learn more about how we can work together, please DM me or send me an email at

pdurand@cruxiblepartners.com

Pete Durand

Haven't posted in a while.  

Got me thinking:  "What am I doing here?"

I know many talented people who've used LinkedIn to build a brand or a business.  It didn't happen overnight.  They put in YEARs of work and tweaked their approach along the way.

To name a few:

Alex B Sheridan
Ravi Rajani
Darren McKee
Tom Simmons

I don't "do" business on LinkedIn, but I use it - to network, learn and when appropriate, offer insight into my POV and background, for those who care.

So why did I come back today?

The people I mentioned above keep putting out content I enjoy, learn from and find inspiring.  That simple.

I should do more here, and share what makes #Instrumentum such a great place to work.  I'm blessed - our team is incredible and we've built something special.  

Mishaps along the way, but that's the good stuff.  Mistakes, bad assumptions, pleasant surprises and lessons that help us steer the ship.

Hopefully your feed is full of smart people sharing their knowledge (and scars).

Check out Alex, Ravi, Darren and Tom; you will learn from them every day.

President, Instrumentum | Host of the Eating Crow Podcast | Chairman, Cruxible Partners

Dale Zwizinski

Revenue Reimagined

It’s not surprising that many startups struggle. With so many variables in play, it’s just a fact of doing business. Over 20% of startups fail in the first year, and only 50% make it past five. 

Revenue Reimagined is a full-cycle Go-To-Market (GTM) agency helping founders & revenue leaders transition from founder-led sales to product-market fit (PMF). All while scaling responsibly. 

Gut-feeling, trial & error, or advice from those who haven’t successfully built from the ground up before isn’t the way to play & WIN the game. Lots of “consultants” promise “tons of leads” or “expert training” to fix your underperforming revenue. The fact is, one size... doesn't fit all. 

Having partnered with dozens of clients, and driven hundreds of millions in revenue, we’ve realized that every client is different. 

Our data-centered proprietary ALIGN process and GTM data analysis is unique and customizable. Not the “cookie cutter” playbook you see repeatedly online. We help build out proven systems to predictably grow revenue across MARKETING, SALES, CUSTOMER SUCCESS, and REVENUE OPERATIONS (RevOps) as one collaborative revenue function because working in silos doesn't lead to growth.

Revenue Reimagined By The Numbers:

✅ Over $425MM+ in revenue generated 
✅ $64.5M funding secured 
✅ $3.6M+ in operational expense (OpEx) savings
✅ 25+ different startups across 6 different countries 
✅ SMB to F500 sales
✅ Led teams from 2-150 with over 143 promotions influenced

WELCOME TO COLLABORATION

Co-founder & GTM Officer

Revenue Reimagined is a podcast designed for founders and revenue leaders looking to uncomplicate their revenue engines. Hosted by Adam Jay and Dale Zwizinski, two personalities with distinct styles/approaches but a shared vision - driving growth without complication.

Each episode features interviews with leaders from Sales, Marketing, Customer Success, and RevOps along with some of today’s most respected founders. Those you’ve come to know and love and those so deeply engaged in shaping their companies, they've remained unknown to the masses.

Guests share valuable insights aimed at helping you transform your revenue outcomes and achieve consistent upward growth by challenging the way you think about revenue today.

Embracing a “Give > Get” mindset, guests provide our audience with exclusive weekly giveaways. We’re not talking the mediocre leftover swag from the closet here. Think: free coaching, no-charge product subscriptions, free exclusive community memberships, and more. 

Register for our newsletter at https://revenue-reimagined.com for actionable go-to-market strategies, show notes, and your chance to win the giveaway.

Founder and Co-Host

Sendoso

Sendfluencer

The Sales Change Agent

Overview:  After 20+ years of being in the sales profession and 10+ years in sales leadership there have been patterns that have emerged which have been proven to drive and scale revenue within organizations.  I work with C-level executives and founders to understand their "real" current state and map out an iterative process to scale the sales organization based on agreed-upon goals.  Here are 4 high-level pillars we work on to scale the sales organizations (these pillars build on each other):

1. Setting Expectations: This first item is the most important item - if unrealistic expectations are being set with either the sales team or the executive team it will be almost impossible to hit your goals.
 ✔ Including hiring and on-boarding of your sales team

2. Data-Driven Decision:  It is surprising how many organizations are managing the company by "gut" feel.  I recommend that you get a handle on the following data points:
 💲 Close Rate
 💲 Deal Velocity
 💲 Average Deal Size
 💲 Churn Rate

3. Sales Pipeline:  This is not just a pure numbers game, we are talking about a "real" pipeline - the health of your organization will be based on your pipeline
 ✔Example - If your close rate is 25% then you will need at least 4 times your revenue target as pipeline

4. Aligning to the Buying Process:  This is where many organizations struggle, they are so focused on their sales process and the features/functionality of their product they forget the customer
 ✔Additionally, this is not a one-time process, this pillar needs to be revisited often as an organization scales and markets shift.

Additional items I work on with companies:
✔ Build a culture based on servant leadership
✔ Compensation review and plan designs
✔ Hiring and interviewing candidates
✔ Technology stack analysis
 
Summary:  Sales executives are expensive - Design and build a foundation for your sales organization so that you know when you scale the team they will be able to execute effectively and efficiently.

Founder

Revenue in a Box

GTM Partners

GTM Ambassador

UpdateAI

Collaborating with the CEO on all thing revenue, including:
✅ Go to Market
✅ Aligning to the Buyers Journey
✅ Pricing Strategies
✅ Sales Pipeline Growth

Our mission is to empower Customer Success teams to build great relationships with their customers.

We work with early and growth stage B2B SaaS companies to help them scale Customer Success outcomes.  Everything we do is devoted to removing the overwhelm of back-to-back customer meetings so that CSMs can focus on the bigger picture: building relationships.

UpdateAI is the first meeting assistant built specifically for CS.

Strategic Sales Advisor

RevRoom

RevRoom is a trusted space where curious revenue leaders are collaborating on the future of b2b go to market.

Founding Member

RevGenius

Brand Ambassador

Curious - click here: https://vrlps.co/2k9FP56/cp

RevGenius Ambassador

Peak Community

Peak Community is an invite-only private community of the best marketers and marketing leaders to connect learn and get 1% better each week.

Member

S44 is a global digital experience company servicing the mobility, energy, and automotive sectors through SaaS products and custom electromobility digital solutions.

We collaborate with Automobile OEMs and dealer groups to prove a great user experience when you are looking to purchase a vehicle.  Many people want recommendations based on their preferences, we are providing this type of experience when you are purchasing a vehicle.

Head of Sales

🤝 Chief GTM Officer | YOUR GTM Special Ops Team | Founder enabled GTM Strategy -> Data vs. Gut | Give > Receive | Recovering Coder | Extending Runways for Founders | Must haves 💪 Grind 🧠 Integrity 🎯 Coachability

An energetic, top performing sales professional, leader, and coach who is passionate about the Cloud based technologies.  More than 20 yrs experience with enterprise sales and known for my ability to grow and enhance businesses.   Working with innovative technologies and platforms to make customer successful wakes me up in the morning!
 
A self-starter who is happiest when helping customers enhance their business with innovative technologies.  It is important to stay ahead of trends and looking for ways to help a customer grow their business and improve their products/services.  The sales environment has changed dramatically over the last 5 years, the next 5 years will be a monumental shift --> Sales, Marketing and Service are on a collision course.

The pursuit of sales and maintaining customer satisfaction has taken me around the globe.  Establishing contacts and a track record of success in the financial service market throughout China, Asia, Mexico, and the United Kingdom, just to name a few.  Every sales person should be well versed in cultural differences and knows that paying attention to such details can make or break a sale.

SALES is changing and utilizing every available channel is important - if you are reading this you know what I am talking about!  To understand more about the sales evolution come read and listen to content here: www.thesaleschangeagent.com
 
Entrepreneurship and education is a deeply ingrained with a MBA from the Olin Graduate School of Business at Babson College.  and an undergraduate degree (with a double major in Management and Finance) at Merrimack College. Living in Lakewood Ranch, Florida (outside of Tampa), with my wife and 2 children.   For fun I enjoy traveling with his family, play/coach soccer, workout, ski, and golf.

Dale Zwizinski
Mobile: 401.952.9231
Email: dzwizinski@gmail.com

The count down to Leslie Venetz book event, looking forward to connecting today in Tampa!!

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Congratulations, Leslie Venetz, on publishing your book!

I highly recommend Profit Generating Pipeline, one of the biggest challenges all customers are struggling with, the PIPELINE., This book will point you in the right direction.

B2B companies are jumping into AI fast.

The smart ones are doing something the rest aren’t: starting with a charter.

I’ve seen this across startups and global enterprises. 

Teams rush to test AI, but without governance or alignment, things break down:
1️⃣ Marketing pushes out GenAI content.
2️⃣ Sales pilots lead scoring.
3️⃣ Ops automates workflows.

Great experiments. Terrible coordination.

And when those efforts aren’t tied to revenue, customer value, or a long-term business strategy, they stall or die quietly.

An AI Charter changes that.

It defines why your company is investing in AI, what outcomes matter most, who governs which initiatives, and how success will be measured.

It ensures your AI isn’t just innovative. It’s accountable and strategic.

Do you have a charter in place? Or are you still managing pilot chaos?

Here’s the problem with most AI efforts: they stay small.

You don’t win in B2B by testing AI. 

You win by scaling it.

An AI Charter gives you the alignment. 

But the next challenge is execution.

This is where most companies get stuck. They launch a few use cases. Results are mixed. 

Teams lose momentum.

To scale with impact, you need to:

Focus on AI use cases tied to pipeline velocity, customer experience, or account expansion.

Use shared business KPIs, not isolated data metrics.
Integrate AI tools into how GTM teams already work.
Govern consistently, with clear roles and recurring reviews.

If your AI efforts aren’t producing real commercial outcomes, it’s time to revisit how you’re executing.

What’s the biggest blocker your team is facing as you try to scale?

This is a great opportunity and if you want a "fast pass" send me a 30 second video and I can get you a meeting with the CEO!

If AI is part of your future, the AI Charter is your operating system.

Most B2B organizations still don’t have one. That’s a mistake 🛑 !

An AI Charter isn’t about compliance. It’s about business clarity.

Here’s what it should include:

1️⃣  A clear purpose statement tied to your business model.
2️⃣  Long-term goals linked to revenue impact, customer retention, or operational efficiency.
3️⃣  An AI Council with stakeholders from GTM, product, operations, risk, and data.
4️⃣ A prioritization and execution framework that focuses on business impact, not experimentation.

When AI is embedded in sales, marketing, and customer success, it becomes a strategic asset.

When it stays in the lab, it’s just another cost center.

If you were writing your charter today, what’s the first outcome you’d prioritize?

The most effective go-to-market teams don’t just share goals. 

They work in sync.

When sales, marketing, and customer success are aligned, everything becomes easier:

👉  Leads turn into qualified conversations.
👉 Deals close with smoother handoffs.
👉 Customers stay longer because their experience is consistent.

But in many companies, these teams still work in silos.

It’s not because people aren’t trying.
It’s usually because each team is using a different playbook.

👉 Different definitions of success.
👉 Different data.
👉 Different timelines.

This slows everything down.

Solving it isn’t about adding more meetings or new tools.

It’s about creating a shared rhythm and making connections between teams part of how you work.

1️⃣  Clear handoff rules.
2️⃣  Shared definitions of pipeline stages and customer health.
3️⃣  Simple feedback loops that actually get used.

When those connections are strong, growth feels like progress, not pressure.

❓ Where do your GTM teams naturally align today?

That’s your starting point.

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Build Campaigns Together. Execute Like a Single Team.

At one startup, Marketing launched a big content campaign around “modern buyer enablement.”

The content was sharp. Engagement was solid.

But Sales didn’t use it. They didn’t even know it existed!

That’s not a messaging problem. 

That’s a planning problem.

In high-performing GTM teams, campaigns aren’t handed off. 

They’re co-created.

Here’s what that looks like in practice:

1️⃣ Shared Planning Cycles
👉  Sales, Marketing, and Success meet upstream. 
👉  They agree on priorities, themes, and timing before execution begins.
2️⃣ Sales Plays Tied to Campaigns
👉 Campaigns don’t end at the lead. 
👉 They come with plays, talking points, and assets that map to pipeline stages.
3️⃣ Feedback Loops Post-Launch
👉 Reps give insight on what’s landing and what’s not. 
👉 That feedback fuels the next round of content.

When your GTM team builds together, every campaign becomes a conversation.

Buyers hear one message, see one journey, and trust builds faster.

You don’t need more campaigns.
You need fewer, more aligned ones, with full team ownership.

What’s one way your team ensures campaign alignment before launch?

Most automation fails because we start with AI.

We should start with purpose.

Every job in your company exists to achieve an outcome. Until you define those outcomes and understand the context around them, AI will feel like a patchwork solution.

Jobs To Be Done helps you see:

✅ What should be automated
✅ What must remain human
✅ And how both can work together in a unified system

AI does not replace work. It redefines it. But only if we define the work first.

Too many companies treat the CRO role like a super-sized Head of Sales.

Quota, hiring, forecasting, repeat.

But true GTM alignment doesn’t happen when one function leads the others.

It happens when one leader owns the customer journey, from first touch to lasting value.

That’s the Aligned CRO.

A modern CRO isn’t just measured by bookings. They’re judged by how:
👉 Well Marketing and Sales partner.
👉 Predictable pipeline has become.
👉 Efficiently the entire GTM engine scales.
👉 Clearly the customer sees value.

To get there, aligned CROs operate differently:

1️⃣ They build shared accountability across functions
The scoreboard tracks outcomes everyone touches, pipeline velocity, win rates, customer expansion.
2️⃣ They bridge revenue strategy and execution
No more planning in silos. Campaigns, messaging, and sales plays are aligned before launch.
3️⃣ They lead with a systems mindset
People, process, tech, and messaging all mapped around one goal: delivering value to the customer.

If your CRO only leads Sales, you’ve got a gap.

But if they lead alignment, they become a force multiplier.

The question isn’t just, “Are we hitting the number?”

It’s, “Are we building a machine that hits the number sustainably?”

What does the modern CRO look like in your company?

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