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Matthew Violette

Portland,ME

Summary

Professional Sales Executive with 14 years of experience in attending to customer needs and converting prospects to increase sales. Accomplished in emphasizing service features and benefits, preparing formal agreements for legal and IT review. Expert in overcoming objections from prospective customers to maximize sales opportunities. Able to find prospects intrinsic motivation and use that to generate revenue.

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience

Work History

Account Executive

OurPeople
Portland, ME
04.2022 - Current
  • I am the only Account Executive at OurPeople and manage all inbound and outbound sales activity, as well as company pipeline.
  • Completed 100 strategic outbound calls daily
  • Engaging with partners to broaden knowledge of their customer base and increase referrals.
  • Using HubSpot and ZoomInfo.
  • Efficiently managing available resources and seeking leadership support whenever necessary.
  • Avg Deal size is $15,000-$25,000.
  • I am able to maintain an average close rate of about 40-50% on inbound leads from partners and website.
  • Largest deal I have close in 2024 - $39k
  • Largest deal I have closed in 2023 - $63k
  • Largest Deal I have closed in 2022 - $34k
  • Self-generating 4 new leads a month.

Client Sales Executive

Emburse
Portland, ME
07.2021 - 04.2022
  • Maintained a 60% close rate on cross-sell opportunities.
  • I was the top Emburse Card seller during my time on this team.
  • Prior to my exit, I helped train a team of 5 new reps on the general sales process and how to sell a suite of products back to a base of existing clients.
  • My favorite deal I sold during my time here was the New Orleans Saints, Pelicans.
  • Generated my own cross-sell opportunities by utilizing my upsell opportunities.
  • Demonstrated exceptional communication and interaction abilities to foster strong working relationships with partners, employees, and clients.
  • Capitalized on upsell opportunities by offering additional product and service options to customers.
  • Effectively utilized a customer relationship management tool to deliver top-level customer service by collaborating across various company departments.

Account Executive

CourseKey
San Diego, CA
04.2021 - 07.2021

As an Account Executive at CourseKey I maintained about 50-60 activities daily using HubSpot (Including Sequences) and Gong. Our focus is to help trade/vocational schools by tracking their students clock hour attendance through multiple learning environments. (On-ground, Online, Externships, Practical/Observational Evaluations).

Senior Account Executive

Certify Inc./Emburse
Portland , ME
04.2014 - 03.2021
  • FY 14 (108% of quota) Presidents Club Attendee
  • FY 15 (115% of quota) Presidents Club Attendee
  • FY 16 (108% of quota) Presidents Club Attendee
  • FY 17 (126% of quota) Presidents Club Attendee
  • FY 18 (108% of quota) Presidents Club Attendee
  • FY 19 (104% of quota) Presidents Club Attendee
  • FY 20 (117% of quota) Presidents Club Attendee
  • FY 21 - (87% to Q1 quota so far)

Well versed in selling into multiple departments with multiple stakeholders (accounting/finance, IT, procurement, C-Suite)

Generated revenue via a suite of products (Expense, Travel, Invoice, Payments, Cards, Managed services by maintaining daily/monthly metrics:

  • 50 targeted cold outreaches daily (Email and Phone) based on unique identifiers.
  • 20 demo's per month
  • 30%-40% of pipeline is self generated on a monthly/quarterly basis
  • Using tools like Salesforce (lightning and Classic), Salesloft, Gong, Pardot, Insight Squared) to maintain daily cadences and outreach.

Customer Support Representative

Argo Marketing Group
Portland , Maine
04.2013 - 04.2014
  • Answered 100+ inbound calls per day and directed specific brands while operating multiple CRMS at one time.
  • Worked to maintain efficiency time. (Calls resolved under 5 minutes).
  • Chargeback management (Bank Disputes)
  • Assessed customer needs and upsold products and services to maximize sales.
  • De-escalated problematic customer concerns, maintaining calm, friendly demeanor.

Sales Acquisition Specialist

Preval Direct (no longer in business)
Scarborough, ME
01.2011 - 01.2013
  • Received anywhere from 100-300 inbound calls a day.
  • Maintained a high close rate for all campaigns.
  • Used multiple CRM's to manage multiple brands/products/campaigns at once.
  • Managed multiple inbound lead sources (TV,Radio, Print, Website).

Education

GAP Selling Training - Live With Keenan

Sandler Sales Training

Challenger Sales Training

Timeline

Account Executive

OurPeople
04.2022 - Current

Client Sales Executive

Emburse
07.2021 - 04.2022

Account Executive

CourseKey
04.2021 - 07.2021

Senior Account Executive

Certify Inc./Emburse
04.2014 - 03.2021

Customer Support Representative

Argo Marketing Group
04.2013 - 04.2014

Sales Acquisition Specialist

Preval Direct (no longer in business)
01.2011 - 01.2013

GAP Selling Training - Live With Keenan

Sandler Sales Training

Challenger Sales Training
Matthew Violette