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Kenneth Ricks

Saratoga Springs

Summary

Sales Leader with over 14 years of experience in Enterprise and Strategic Sales, Sales Leadership, Sales Enablement, and Sales Operations. A strategic mind, skilled at navigating complex sales motions and winning with large global enterprises. Excellent written and verbal communication with extensive presentation experience for small to large audiences (C-Suite). Expert of Cyber Security, AI, ML, and HR SaaS solutions. Master of cultivate and retaining meaningful relationships that influence decision making processes.

Overview

17
17
years of professional experience

Work History

Regional Director - Southwest

IDMWORKS
03.2023 - Current
  • Boosted regional sales figures, executing targeted marketing campaigns tailored to diverse market segments.
  • Championed organizational culture change initiatives that fostered collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement across all levels of the organization.
  • Expanded regional market presence by leading series of strategic partnership negotiations.
  • Conducted in-depth market analysis to identify emerging trends and capitalize on new business opportunities.

Strategic Account Executive

StrongDM
09.2021 - 03.2023
  • Strategic Account Executive (Named Accounts) for large enterprise organizations, primarily global 500 groups.
  • Directed contract strategies and negotiations, managed requests for proposals (RFPs) and maintained key relationships to attain customer commitments and the respective business.

SaaS Enterprise Sales Director

QRI - Quantum Reservoir Impact
02.2021 - 09.2021
  • 2021 Quota Attainment - 150%.
  • Developed ICPs and competitive metrics to improve overall health and execution of our sales strategy.
  • Directed our team in closing multi-million dollar NOC agreements.
  • Designed SaaS sales structure for SpeedWise Machine Learning, our first SaaS offering.
  • Led a team of Reservoir Engineers (AI and ML) in selling to large National Oil Companies.

SaaS Enterprise Account Executive

BambooHR
05.2019 - 02.2021
  • 1st Year Quota Attainment - 135%
  • 2nd Year Quota Attainment - 115% (COVID-19 Sales Environment)
  • Achieved a 95% retention of clients.

Brokerage Owner - President

Colonial Life
01.2018 - 01.2021
  • Received National Agency Production Awards.
  • Received National Recruiting and Development Excellence Awards.
  • Member of Developmental Leaders Group for top Agencies.
  • Led a team of 10 to achieving top national production rankings.

General Manager/Compliance and Risk Supervisor

TMX Finance
10.2014 - 01.2018
  • Promoted and relocated by TMX Finance to Dallas, TX - career advancement program
  • Led a team of 4-6 Individual Contributors
  • 1st Year Quota Attainment - 147% “GM of the Year”
  • 2nd Year Quota Attainment - 119%
  • 3rd Year Quota Attainment - 123%

General Manager

Sprint Mobile
09.2012 - 10.2014
  • General Manager of Flagship Store
  • Led a team of 5-8 Individual Contributors
  • Highest producing company office

Senior Sales Associate

Musician's Friend Inc.
11.2011 - 09.2012
  • Top 10% producer
  • Highest rated satisfaction scores

Senior Sales Associate

Discover Financial Services
07.2010 - 11.2011

General Manager

Verizon Wireless
09.2007 - 07.2010

Led a team of 3-6 Individual Contributors

Education

Bachelor of Science - Business Administration And Management

Excelsior College
Latham, NY
2014

Associate of Applied Science - Computer Science And Programming

Salt Lake Community College
Salt Lake City, UT
2012

Skills

  • SaaS Enterprise and Strategic Sales
  • Cyber Security, HR, ML, AI Technologies
  • Sales Leadership
  • Technical Account Management
  • Sales Strategy and Program Design
  • Operations and Project Management
  • Solutions Engineering
  • C-Suite and VP Relationship Building

Timeline

Regional Director - Southwest

IDMWORKS
03.2023 - Current

Strategic Account Executive

StrongDM
09.2021 - 03.2023

SaaS Enterprise Sales Director

QRI - Quantum Reservoir Impact
02.2021 - 09.2021

SaaS Enterprise Account Executive

BambooHR
05.2019 - 02.2021

Brokerage Owner - President

Colonial Life
01.2018 - 01.2021

General Manager/Compliance and Risk Supervisor

TMX Finance
10.2014 - 01.2018

General Manager

Sprint Mobile
09.2012 - 10.2014

Senior Sales Associate

Musician's Friend Inc.
11.2011 - 09.2012

Senior Sales Associate

Discover Financial Services
07.2010 - 11.2011

General Manager

Verizon Wireless
09.2007 - 07.2010

Bachelor of Science - Business Administration And Management

Excelsior College

Associate of Applied Science - Computer Science And Programming

Salt Lake Community College
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