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Kayden Gentry

Salt Lake City

Summary

Qualified Business Development Representativewith strong experience in driving sales growth and fostering client relationships. Demonstrated success in identifying new business opportunities and implementing strategic initiatives to support company objectives. Proven skills in negotiation and communication, ensuring effective collaboration and sustained client satisfaction.

Overview

5
5
years of professional experience

Work History

Account Executive

Korbyt
Dallas, Texas
05.2022 - Current

Account Executive | June 2023 – Present

  • Own the full SaaS sales lifecycle from prospecting, discovery, and demo through negotiation, close, and post-sale handoff
  • Manage a book of business focused on ARR growth, including renewals, upsell, and cross-sell motions
  • Carry an annual $300K quota, with $220K in closed-won in 2025.
  • Run structured discovery to uncover customer use cases, technical requirements, and ROI drivers
  • Partner closely with Customer Success, Marketing, and Product to support onboarding, adoption, and retention
  • Maintain accurate pipeline management, forecasting, and activity tracking within CRM

Business Development Representative | [May 2022 – June 2023]

  • Drove top-of-funnel pipeline through a blend of inbound lead qualification and outbound SaaS prospecting
  • Consistently averaged 8 qualified meetings per month (4 inbound / 4 outbound), exceeding quota
  • Targeted mid-market and enterprise accounts by identifying stakeholders and qualifying budget, authority, need, and timeline
  • Supported Account Executives by creating high-quality opportunities and accelerating sales cycles
  • Maintained clean CRM data to support forecasting and performance reporting

Business Development Representative

RingCentral
Belmont, California
01.2022 - 06.2022
  • Collaborated with sales teams to develop effective outreach strategies for potential clients.
  • Engaged clients to identify needs and propose suitable communication solutions.
  • Utilized CRM systems to track interactions and maintain accurate client records.

Business Development Representative

Talkdesk
Palo Alto, California
01.2021 - 01.2022
  • Collaborated with sales teams to develop effective outreach strategies for potential clients.
  • Responded quickly to inquiries from potential customers via phone or email.
  • Created and improved business pipeline using cold and warm techniques.

Education

Master of Science - Aviation Science

Utah State University
Logan, UT
12-2024

Bachelor of Science - Aviation Management

Utah Valley University
Orem, UT
12-2023

Bachelor of Science - Professional Pilot

Utah Valley University
Orem, UT
12-2023

Skills

  • Experienced in sales tools - Apollo, Outreach, SalesForce, ZoomInfo, SalesLoft 6Sense, etc
  • Customer relationship management
  • Network communication
  • Negotiation strategies
  • Client engagement
  • Cold calling

Education and Training

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Timeline

Account Executive

Korbyt
05.2022 - Current

Business Development Representative

RingCentral
01.2022 - 06.2022

Business Development Representative

Talkdesk
01.2021 - 01.2022

Bachelor of Science - Aviation Management

Utah Valley University

Bachelor of Science - Professional Pilot

Utah Valley University

Master of Science - Aviation Science

Utah State University