Company Overview: Commensold is a Permira Portfolio company
Manage all GTM responsibilities for largest Live Video Commerce company outside of Asia
2023-$1.1 billion in GMV across all lines of business
GTM channels include direct sales, partnerships, white label, velocity motion and reseller
Marketing includes pricing, education and branding for each sales channel
SEM, SEO, velocity motion, retention and win-back campaigns
Co-Marketing with resellers, distributors and partners
Account Management team included Sales enablement, Retention, Win-back and Support
Business Development includes partnerships with platforms, publishers, creators, agencies and commerce companies
President Americas
Teamviewer
Goppingen, DE
12.2017 - 09.2021
Company Overview: TeamViewer was a Permira Portfolio company.
Entered as President with AMS revenues of ~$37 million in perpetual licensing. Left in May 2021 with revs ~$172 mm in recurring annual subscription.
Four years of annual growth between 40% and 50% and EBITDA between 42% and 54%.
Complete transition over 18 mos from perpetual license model to ARR model.
The President of the Americas region carries responsibility for managing sales, marketing, PR, HR, legal, finance, account management, and HR.
Shared responsibility with HQ for Product, Development, and Global Partnerships.
Sales Channels included Velocity IS, SMB direct, Mid-Market (launched in 2019), Enterprise (launched in 2020), Reseller/Distributor (launched in 2018), Partnership, and White label (launched in 2020),.
Marketing includes localized pricing, education, and branding for 28 Americas markets for each sales channel.
Website in four languages and currencies with SEM, SEO, velocity motion, retention, and win-back campaigns.
Co-Marketing with resellers, distributors, and partners.
Account Management team included Sales enablement, Retention, Win-back, and Support.
12/17 had 60 employees responsible for $37 million in perpetual licensing revenue in the Americas.
On July 21, the trailing twelve months (TTM) were over $150 million in subscription annual recurring revenue (ARR), with a net revenue retention (NRR) of approximately 108.08%.
Employee count was approximately 140 FTEs across six markets in the Americas.
Drove strategy and execution to migrate the full Americas customer base from perpetual software license to annual subscription product in 15 months with 96% conversion.
Launched Channel program with resellers and distributors, increasing revenue from less than 2% to over 20% in 2 years.
Launched new Mid-Market product and team in 2018, and within 12 mos had over $20 mm of subscription ARR.
Contribution to TTM billings was over 30% by 2021.
America's revenue was globally approximately 38% of overall revenue.
10 largest Global IPOs in September 2019 (IPOs on Frankfurt Stock Exchange) with market cap at IPO of ~6 billion Euros.
Four years of growth and Editda exceeded the rule-of-90 each year.
Hired world-class leadership team to grow and service all Americas markets.
Member of Executive leadership team, reporting to CEO during all years.
Presented at each board meeting for approximately 4 years, approximately 8 board meetings per year.
SVP - Partner Revenue Officer
LifeLock
Denver, CO
06.2014 - 12.2017
Full go-to-market responsibility for the market leader in identity security protection and remediation with all partner channels.
Channels included Employee benefits, Co-Marketing, Breach, Affiliate, Embedded, and Employee Benefits.
Manage over 1,200 partnerships in Travel, Affiliate, Affinity, Utility, Communications, Financial Services, ecommerce, and Senior.
Replaced approximately 30% of the GTM organization and am still on target to grow the business over 18%.
Revenue responsibility for approximately 40 percent of overall company revenue.
Redefined channel and partner strategy - identified growth verticals, size of partners, and LOR to pursue each market.
Focused on a new approach to partner marketing with less conference attendance and more industry-leading leadership via education, data, and informative marketing.
Hired world-class go-to-market, account management, operations, and sales engineering.
Member of CEO executive team and participated in all due diligence through closure of Symantec's $2.7 Billion acquisition in Feb 2017.
Education
Masters in Business Administration -
Pepperdine University
Malibu, CA
08.2003
Bachelor of Science and Economics -
University of Pennsylvania - Wharton Business Scho
Philadelphia, PA
05.1991
The Kent School
Kent, CT
06.1987
Skills
Sales and Marketing
Financial Acumen
Industry Expertise
Business Growth
Operational Efficiency
Customer experience
Corporate Governance
Operations Management
Talent Development
Organizational Leadership
Strategic Planning
Outside Work
Mile High Rush Lacrosse Coach (DLC) State Title U12 2021
Lacrosse Coach - Coyotes Lacrosse Club U11, U 13 and U 15 (5th&6th grade) & Juniors (7th & 8th grade) NorCal 3rd Place 2006 NorCal State Champs 2007
Timeline
Board Advisor/Chief Business Officer
CommentSold
11.2021 - Current
President Americas
Teamviewer
12.2017 - 09.2021
SVP - Partner Revenue Officer
LifeLock
06.2014 - 12.2017
Masters in Business Administration -
Pepperdine University
Bachelor of Science and Economics -
University of Pennsylvania - Wharton Business Scho