Cepture.io

Close your EBITDA and Valuation gap with proven GTM Playbooks for PE

There is a critical shift in how B2B firms grow revenue - and how PE firms add value to their portfolio companies.

The old way: Hire more people to hit EBITDA goals.

The new way: Use revenue tech, not headcount, to achieve EBITDA targets. 

Cepture partners with PE firms and their PortCos to drive this transition across:

1. 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐄𝐱𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: Transforming initiatives into workflows and daily activities, ensuring seamless tech-driven EBITDA growth

2. 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐬: With experience across 100+ companies, we bring proven GTM Playbooks for growing EBITDA through technology

3. 𝐆𝐓𝐌 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐞: Enhance seller productivity by 30%+ with our guidance through the GTM tech jungle, avoiding costly mistakes

Looking to build your GTM value creation playbooks? Send me a message on LinkedIn to learn more or at https://www.cepture.io/contact-us

Founder

Revenue Syndicate

The UK’s first Angel Syndicate and community, designed exclusively for the end-users of tech-enabled solutions. 
Raise money from people that understand your vision and can partner with you to get there. Your users.

Angel Investor & Advisor

Outreach

𝐀𝐝𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐮𝐞. 𝐒𝐮𝐛𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐬. @ 𝐎𝐮𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡.𝐢𝐨

Outreach is the only Sales Execution Platform that helps customer-facing teams efficiently create and predictably close more pipeline. 

From prospecting to deal management to forecasting, our platform leverages automation and artificial intelligence to help revenue leaders increase the output and quality of work for all go-to-market team members across the revenue cycle.

Outreach is the only company to offer sales engagement, revenue intelligence, and revenue operations functionalities in a unified platform. More than 5,500 companies, including Zoom, Siemens, Okta, DocuSign, and McKesson depend on Outreach to power their revenue organizations. 

𝐌𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬:
* Gather, analyse, and define the needs and desired outcomes of new and existing customers. Including, solutioning, integrations, application architecture, and managing edge cases.
* Clearly articulate the benefits of the Outreach's Platform by delivering high-impact sessions to all levels of the organisation, including the Executive Team 
* Provide input to cross-functional teams to improve the product, market position, and the sales model
* Mentor and guide new SC hires in their process from Rookie to Revenue 
* Become a Subject Matter Expert - educate prospects and customers on Sales Execution and Outreach across channels, including LinkedIn 

𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐬:
* Added over $3.4M in portfolio value
* Staffed on 300+ prospect and customer engagements
* Supporting 5-15 reps, simultaneously 
* Helping build out and scale departments, including
 - Value Consulting
 - Channel Partnerships
 - Solutions Consulting
* Providing feedback to and supporting the Product Team

Lead Solutions Consultant

Senior Solutions Consultant

NetSuite

NetSuite, the world's leading Business Management Platform, enables companies to achieve their growth goals by establishing the whole company on ONE unified platform across ERP, CRM, PSA, SCM, Ecommerce, HR & Reporting. 

My main responsibilities include: 
* Gather, analyse, and define the needs and requirements of new customers
* Clearly articulate the benefits of NetSuite's Platform by delivering high-impact demonstrations to all levels of the organisation, including the Executive Team 
* Provide input to cross-functional teams to improve the product, market position, and the sales model
* Mentor and guide new SC hires in their process from Rookie to Revenue 

Key Results: 
* Helped establish NetSuite in the Nordics as the 1st Solutions Consultant for Norway & Denmark, while helping to accelerate the growth of the UK/I markets.
* Engaged with 100+ companies, supporting 5-15 Sales Reps. simultaneously
* Added over $10 mill. (DKK 65 mill.) in portfolio value

Solutions Consultant

TimeGruppen - Rådgivere med vilje

As a Management Consultant for SME's I have been involved in numerous consulting engagements focused on growth strategies and market development. 

Recommendation quote: "...benefited from Said's deep business understanding, analytical capabilities, and action-oriented approach."

Junior Consultant

Copenhagen Capacity

Copenhagen Capacity attracts talent, companies, and capital from abroad to Greater Copenhagen. As part of the Analysis Team, I assist the in-house consultants with a variety of tasks including: 

- Conducting qualitative and quantitative analyses (from firm to macro level)
- Utilising and updating analytical tools 
- Various ad-hoc tasks

Assistant Analyst

Samlino.dk

The position entailed analysing and comparing the insurance and telecom market, uncover specific customer needs and subsequently recommend the optimal insurance and telecom option for the customer. This position allowed me to further develop my listening abilities, customer service, and sales skills. 

Recommendation quote: "... "Said always works with a high degree of enthusiasm and competence level. This makes him welcome challenges as opportunities to be captured rather than threats to be avoided and we have had the pleasure of benefiting from this approach".

Customer Advisor

Quartz Consulting

My focus on contributing value, personal discipline and professional approach resulted in a 97% customer satisfaction rate. This made me one of the most asked for and frequently booked freelance translator across all translation agencies. 

Thus, early on I became aware of the importance of critical business skills, such as:
-	How to concretely solve challenges and have a proactive approach 
-	The importance of having a customer-centric approach 
-	Operating a business from the strategic down to the tactical level

Owner

10+ years as an operator in the intersection of Sales, Tech, and Finance - helping companies grow through Technology.

My‬‭ super-power‬‭ is‬‭ combining‬‭ a‬‭ deeply‬‭ commercial‬‭ mindset‬‭ and‬‭ understanding,‬‭ with‬‭ technical‬‭ aptitude‬‭ to help companies leverage revenue tech as a value driver. 

Founder @ Cepture, partnering with PE firms to grow EBITDA through Revenue Tech.

By embracing Revenue Tech, we've successfully driven EBITDA targets, adding over $15M in portfolio value.

Connect and let us discuss how you can achieve your EBITDA targets without inflating costs.

Discover more at Cepture.io
Or send me a message here on LinkedIn

Before Cepture, I worked as a Solutions Consultant for 6+ years across: 
* Outreach: Added over $3+ Million in portfolio value, supporting 5-15 reps simultaneously. 
* Oracle NetSuite: Added $10+ Million in portfolio value, being the first Solutions Consultant in a new segment (team size of 9 when I left)
* Management Consultant: Helping companies identify and grow new business segments

Always feel free to reach out and say Hi :-)

Said E. Mussa

FranklinCovey

Managing Director - Education Division

Dayforce

VP of Sales

CYPHER LEARNING

Director Of Sales And Business Development - North America

Francis W. Parker School, Chicago

Head Coach

Briteforce Software

Briteforce is disrupting the software industry by democratizing the next generation of police and security technology, making the most advanced public safety solutions available and affordable to organizations from coast to coast. 

With Briteforce, organizations can integrate legacy data into one single mobile RMS platform that provides all the benefits of computer aided dispatch (CAD), digital collaboration, data and image sharing, case management, mobile field reporting, and data analytics in one easy to use web-based software platform.

Sales Manager (Remote)

Safina Technologies Inc.

• Understanding customers' diverse, specific business needs and applying product knowledge to meet those needs
• Ensuring quality of service by developing a thorough and detailed knowledge of technical specifications and other features of employers' systems and processes, and then documenting them
• Identifying and developing new business through networking 
• Cold-calling in order to create interest in products and services, generate new business leads and arrange meetings
• Marketing and promoting a portfolio of products by writing and designing sales literature and through attending industry events;
• Maintaining awareness and keeping abreast of constantly changing software and hardware systems and peripherals
• Developing effective sales plans using sales methodology
• Providing advice to customers on all aspects of the installation and use of computer systems and networks, both before and after the sale
• Advising on software features and how they can be applied to assist in a variety of contexts, such as accounting, manufacturing or other specialist areas;
• Meeting sales targets set by managers and contributing to team targets;
• Networking with existing customers in order to maintain links and promote additional products and upgrades
• Researching the market and related products
• Presenting the product or service in a structured professional way face to face.

Client Relations Executive

Houston Astros

• Provide ticket sales for individual games, partial and full season ticket packages, as well as luxury  suite accommodations for the Houston Astros Major League Baseball team.
• Prospect new clients via 80-100 daily outbound calls, direct appointment tours of Minute Maid Park, and manage other promotional team events in local community.
• Generated $43,000 in sales revenue while being recognized as a department leader by upper  management
• Maintain accounts of all season ticket clients with CRM and Archtics system

Sales Consultant

Macy's

• Demonstrated outstanding customer service skills
• Advanced product knowledge
• Meeting hourly selling and Stars Rewards credit program standards
• Building quality customer relationships that result in increased sales and repeat business

Macy's Women Shoe Salesman

Manual High School

• Constructing off season practices and workout programs
• Demonstrating quality leadership and role model skills
• Organizing fundraisers and Alumni functions
• Assisting the Head Coach in any area he needs
• Responsible for the player development in strength, agility and speed

Assistant Varsity Baseball Coach

Homestead High School

• Adhered strictly to rules and regulations of the activities department and the district.
• Compiled and submitted team records, awards and paperwork for lost or missing uniforms and equipment.
• Helped develop each participants physical and psychological fitness.
• Demonstrated role model behavior for the kids could look up to

JV Gold (freshman) Baseball Coach

Experienced Sales Director with a demonstrated history of successful client, account, sales and team management while working in the SAAS industry. Putting clients first and working hard to ensure we consistently meet and exceed their expectations.

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