Engaging Networks

Account Executive

Sales Seekers

Launch and Grow your B2B tech sales career.

Founder

Empathy via Immersion

Co-founded and co-lead a community of volunteer contributing authors who submit immersive personal stories to our website, which serves as a place for people to discover and learn about a diverse array of lived experiences.

The site is free to access and contribute to. This is a not-for-profit venture and is kindly supported by the folks at Beround.

Co-Founder/Founding Author

Zingage

Purpose-built solutions to engage, retain, and grow your care team.

First sales hire beyond the Head of Sales. Charged with prospecting and closing new business and expansion revenue within company’s Small and Midsize Business (SMB) segment. Deals range in size from $1K-$15K in Annual Contract Value (ACV), 1-3 weeks in sales cycle length and involve 1-5 stakeholders.

-Closed $35K in new attributable annual recurring revenue (ARR) during initial ramp period.
-Generated $150K+ in net-new ARR pipeline through cold calling and writing email campaigns. 
-Engaged 80 qualified leads across 3 in-person events.
-Recruited beta user cohort for new AI scheduling agent by calling into customer base of 300 agencies. 
-Supported implementation of new CRM; evaluated and trialed new power dialing tools.

Founding Account Executive

Raftr

Universities, unions and charitable organizations trust Raftr’s Community Experience Platform to help them drive belonging among their populations and boost their collaboration, communications and content management efforts. Raftr’s SaaS B2B platform provides leaders with actionable data, reduces workloads and enlists communities of all descriptions to build the vibrant digital culture that every organization needs to thrive.

Some personal Raftr highlights:

📈 Underpinned 2023 fundraise by closing company-first deals in both labour and political advocacy nonprofit market verticals.
📈 Secured anchor partnerships with one of America’s largest labour unions and a flagship advocacy nonprofit in first 9 months of leading new market expansion efforts.
📈 Orchestrated 2 record-breaking partnerships, one in Higher Education & one in the Nonprofit market.
📈 Consulted on and elevated demand generation activities including live events, webinars, and email campaigns to increase overall pipeline and marketing event attendance by up to 50%.

Raftr reimagines communities so every member can connect and thrive!

Focused on expanding Raftr's base of partners beyond our core, enterprise-based higher education market.

Growth Specialist - New Markets

CoachOiseau Career Coaching

I help recent university graduates transition confidently into the working world by providing a variety of resources and services: weekly podcast and newsletter, downloadable guides, monthly webinars and 1:1 coaching.

Founder/Career Coach

Institut supérieur d’informatique ISI

In addition to my regular duties as a Placement Advisor (mentioned below), I led our team of two other advisors and managed the output of our department.

Interim Placement Team Lead

Over the course of 16 months, I played a significant role in the internship/job placement of roughly 1000 IT students.

At the intersection of career advising and recruitment, I taught IT graduates how to find work while also sourcing internship and job opportunities that allowed our students to fully realize their competencies.

Conseiller en placement/Placement Advisor

Selwyn House School

Increased operational efficiency and execution levels in virtually all areas of the physical education/athletics department of the school, ensuring a smooth delivery of programs to approximately 550 boys.

Expanded role over time to include responsibilities related to school marketing. Worked within a cross-functional committee tasked with rewriting the School's core rules.

Athletics Coordinator

Athletic, Program and Curricular Support

Replace faculty throughout the school, with an emphasis on senior science and math department positions.

Substitute Teacher

Cegep John Abbott College

Over the course of four seasons, I helped lead JAC's football program's rise to the top of Québec's elite Division II CÉGEP football league.

Special Teams Coordinator

CEGEP de Trois-Rivières

Coordonnateur des Unités Spéciales

Strengthening Higher Ed and Nonprofit Communities | ✍🏻 Creator of De-Bro-ing Sales

“I can tell you’re not a [tech] bro.”
-CRO, Series C startup

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I’m a salesperson focused on driving revenue growth by building lasting and impactful client partnerships.

I’m a coach who loves nothing better than seeing people grow and achieve success, however that’s defined by an individual.

I’m dog dad, wannabe chef, and ex-football coach with deep intellectual curiosities that range from politics and business to history and science.

Want to connect? Please, be my guest!

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