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Alan Sanderson

Hopkinton,Massachusetts

Summary

Vice President of Sales focused on building, transforming, and managing high growth sales organizations that drive revenue, pipeline, profitability, customer acquisition and retention. Experienced in building and augmenting go-to-market strategies with internal and external executive business partners. I bring a proven sales methodology that fosters stronger sales execution focusing on solving business problems within organizations. This has resulted in executive alignment, shorter sales cycles, and larger deals. Extensive experience selling and leading sales teams within direct, indirect, and OEM models. Background in Cyber Security, Device Management, Managed Services, Professional Services, and Cloud Automation.

Overview

19
19
years of professional experience

Work History

SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, AMERICAS SALES & CHANNEL

ABSOLUTE SOFTWARE
10.2022 - 10.2023
  • Sales leader supporting North and South America Sales and Channel teams (100+ people)
  • Responsible for over $150M in revenue (net new ARR and renewal)
  • Grew the Americas business by over 12% in FY23
  • Increased average order value by 18% in North America FY23
  • C-Staff member to help with new positioning and branding (security) of Absolute Software to the market
  • Drove adoption of more efficient internal processes to increase transaction and quoting capacity.

VICE PRESIDENT, NORTH AMERICA SALES

ABSOLUTE SOFTWARE
07.2021 - 10.2022
  • Shifted sales organization from a "farming" to "hunting" sales culture
  • Sales leader supporting North America Sales Segments: Strategic, Enterprise, SLED, Federal, Mid-Market/SMB
  • Responsible for over $110M in revenue (net new ARR and renewal)
  • Built, supported, and executed go-to-market strategy to drive Federal business after FedRAMP authorization
  • Executed and adopted sales methodology (Force Management) which increased sales and forecast accuracy.

SENIOR AREA DIRECTOR, NORTHEAST SALES

FIREEYE
01.2020 - 07.2021
  • Sales leader with revenue responsibility for the Northeast Division
  • Second line Sales Leadership for largest sales division in the Americas
  • Responsible for day-to-day operations to drive new business revenue, new logos, and customer retention
  • In 2020 achieved 102% over $70M revenue which was 12.4% growth
  • Responsible for sales within New England, New York, New Jersey, and Eastern Pennsylvania
  • Force Management certified and provide Command of the Message sales training globally.

SENIOR DIRECTOR, SALES, NEW ENGLAND & NEW YORK

FIREEYE
01.2015 - 12.2019
  • Managed, coached, and mentored a team of 6 Strategic Account Managers
  • Responsible for security products and services sales in New England, Metro NY, and Upstate NY
  • In 2019 achieved over $24M of New Business resulting in 11.2% growth over 2018 results
  • President Club recipient in 2018 109% of quota generating over $22M in new business revenue.

SENIOR SALES DIRECTOR, CLOUD MANAGEMENT

VMWARE
09.2014 - 01.2015
  • Responsible for Cloud Management Sales for the Northeast Region (New England, NY/NJ, & Ohio Valley)
  • Managing, coaching, and mentoring a team of 8 Cloud Management Sales Executives
  • In 2014 drove $78M in revenue achieving 120% of team quota.

SENIOR, CLOUD MANAGEMENT SALES SPECIALIST

VMWARE
08.2012 - 09.2014
  • In 2013 achieved 104% of quota closing over $13M in direct revenue from 23 named accounts.

DIRECTOR, GLOBAL STRATEGIC SALES & ALLIANCES

DYNAMICOPS (acquired By VMware)
01.2011 - 08.2012
  • Managed and supported the Global Dell OEM partnership driving 46% of the company revenue.

MANAGER, STRATEGIC SALES & TECHNOLOGY ALLIANCES

DYNAMICOPS (acquired By VMware)
08.2009 - 01.2011

Enterprise Account Manager

NOVELL
01.2008 - 01.2009

Regional Sales Manager

LIQUID MACHINES
01.2006 - 01.2008

Director, Business Development

DIGITAL GUARDIAN
01.2005 - 01.2006

Education

BS in Marketing -

University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth

Skills

  • Proven sales leadership in coaching and mentoring sales leaders and teams to over-achievement
  • Defined and executed go-to-market sales strategies to drive revenue from direct, indirect and OEM sales models
  • Consistently met or exceeded company assigned revenue goals and business objectives
  • Executive level presence with exceptional skills in relationship selling, consultative selling, and team management
  • Proven sales methodology for qualifying, managing technical validation events, and closing business
  • Executed global account sales, mapping, support, and management to drive collaboration and incremental revenue
  • Effectively collaborate with Executive team, Finance and Marketing executives to build better programs and campaigns to drive awareness, new logo acquisition, funnel creation, and revenue

Sales Training

  • Force Management
  • Solution Selling
  • Target Account Selling
  • Value Selling

Sales Trainer Certified

Force Management "Command of the Message"

Sales Leadership Assessment

Zenger/Folkman "The Extraordinary Leader" - Assessment Top 2%

Notable Career Achievements

  • Transformed the sales organization (70+) from a "farming" to a "hunting" organization to drive pipeline generation, net new logo acquisition, and revenue growth. (Absolute Software)
  • FY23 achieved double digit growth in all segments in North America - Strategic, Enterprise, Mid-Market/SMB, Federal, and SLED. (Absolute Software)
  • Bolstered Net New Logo revenue in North America by 284% and transaction by 200%. (Absolute Software)
  • Increased LATAM go-to-market business with partners. Brazil grew over 180% in FY23. (Absolute Software)
  • Augmented Partner channel by executing software reseller partnerships to drive an increase of OPEX sales of 75% Net New Annual Recurring Revenue and a 45% increase in transactions. (Absolute Software)
  • Implemented value-based sales methodology (Force Management) that increased revenue, forecasting accuracy, driven larger deals, and shortened sales cycles. (Absolute Software & FireEye)

Timeline

SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, AMERICAS SALES & CHANNEL

ABSOLUTE SOFTWARE
10.2022 - 10.2023

VICE PRESIDENT, NORTH AMERICA SALES

ABSOLUTE SOFTWARE
07.2021 - 10.2022

SENIOR AREA DIRECTOR, NORTHEAST SALES

FIREEYE
01.2020 - 07.2021

SENIOR DIRECTOR, SALES, NEW ENGLAND & NEW YORK

FIREEYE
01.2015 - 12.2019

SENIOR SALES DIRECTOR, CLOUD MANAGEMENT

VMWARE
09.2014 - 01.2015

SENIOR, CLOUD MANAGEMENT SALES SPECIALIST

VMWARE
08.2012 - 09.2014

DIRECTOR, GLOBAL STRATEGIC SALES & ALLIANCES

DYNAMICOPS (acquired By VMware)
01.2011 - 08.2012

MANAGER, STRATEGIC SALES & TECHNOLOGY ALLIANCES

DYNAMICOPS (acquired By VMware)
08.2009 - 01.2011

Enterprise Account Manager

NOVELL
01.2008 - 01.2009

Regional Sales Manager

LIQUID MACHINES
01.2006 - 01.2008

Director, Business Development

DIGITAL GUARDIAN
01.2005 - 01.2006

BS in Marketing -

University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth
Alan Sanderson