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Lauren Salita

Lauren Salita

Mountain View,CA

Summary

Seasoned in elevating sales organizations, I spearheaded strategic pursuit practices at both Vmware and Pure Storage driving sales excellence, strategic account growth and sales transformation. My leadership at Microsoft and Cisco honed my expertise in field selling, sales strategy and cross-functional collaboration, consistently surpassing goals with a peak achievement of 111% revenue growth.

Overview

23
23
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Director, Strategic Pursuit Practice

Pure Storage
Santa Clara, CA
11.2021 - 12.2024

Built and directed an elite global sales organization focused on consultative sales engagements, driving long-term, transformational business success.

Senior Director Ops, Chief of Staff to CRO

VMware
Palo Alto, CA
07.2020 - 10.2021

Trusted advisor and key partner to the CRO in executing strategic plans, managing cross-functional initiatives, and overseeing operations.

Director, Strategic Pursuits

VMware
Palo Alto, CA
06.2018 - 06.2020

Aligned and orchestrated resources on largest pursuits, coached sales teams and partners on long-term engagement model methodology and value-based selling strategies.

Director, GTM Offer Monetization Office

Cisco
San Jose, CA
04.2015 - 05.2018

Developed software licensing, pricing, and buying model strategies, and aided field sellers in pilot execution.

Microsoft Senior Consultant

Derflan, Inc
Redmond, WA
11.2011 - 01.2015

Acted as the Microsoft's Bing Maps business group lead, providing sales ops strategy, execution, and process rigor for ww selling engines.

Director, Sales Excellence

Microsoft
Redmond, WA
08.2007 - 12.2010

Led team focused on driving org efficiencies, aligning business processes, and optimizing sales execution.

Sales Leadership Roles

Microsoft
San Francisco, CA
09.2001 - 07.2007
  • Field Sales District Leader (Enterprise) - Managed 10 AEs, overachieved revenue goal by 102%.
  • Field Sales District Leader (Commercial) - Won 'District of the Year', overachieved revenue goal by 111.1%.
  • Licensing Executive (Enterprise) - Lead negotiations and closing of key Enterprise Agreements

Education

Bachelor of Arts - Political Science & Law

Western Washington University
Bellingham, WA
06-1994

Skills

  • Sales strategy development
  • Consultative and value selling
  • Sales process optimization
  • Sales performance analysis
  • Strategic account development
  • Sales team enablement
  • Mentoring and coaching
  • Cross-functional collaboration
  • Executive acumen
  • Impact and influence

Timeline

Senior Director, Strategic Pursuit Practice

Pure Storage
11.2021 - 12.2024

Senior Director Ops, Chief of Staff to CRO

VMware
07.2020 - 10.2021

Director, Strategic Pursuits

VMware
06.2018 - 06.2020

Director, GTM Offer Monetization Office

Cisco
04.2015 - 05.2018

Microsoft Senior Consultant

Derflan, Inc
11.2011 - 01.2015

Director, Sales Excellence

Microsoft
08.2007 - 12.2010

Sales Leadership Roles

Microsoft
09.2001 - 07.2007

Bachelor of Arts - Political Science & Law

Western Washington University
Lauren Salita