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Pierre Devaux

EDU Partnerships & Sales
Alameda,CA

Summary

Award-winning sales, marketing, and business development professional with extensive international work across six continents. Broad experience with channel sales development, people management, and domestic and international marketing. Lifelong interest in design, manufacturing, STEM education, and new product development.

Overview

24
24
years of professional experience
2
2
Languages

Work History

Sr. Director, Education Markets

SPEE3D, Inc.
11.2023 - Current
  • Established strategic partnerships with leading educational institutions throughout the world

Director of Education Sales, Americas

Desktop Metal
03.2021 - 11.2023
  • Developed a comprehensive program and distribution channel for Desktop Metal's product portfolio: new product bundles, pricing, and promotional activities with an expanded set of channel partners focused on EDU verticals
  • Created and executed unit business plan, communicated clear corporate objectives to partner teams across the Americas, and trained partner salespeople to increase effectiveness
  • Achieved 170% year-over-year revenue growth in 2022 through a mix of direct and partner sales

Sr. Territory Sales Manager

Dassault Systèmes SA
10.2014 - 03.2021
  • Built, trained, and motivated an extremely productive sales channel of 15+ resellers for engineering software sales in Mexico and Latin America
  • Developed strategic and tactical sales plans for the company's new flagship SaaS product, including the launch of a fully-automated webstore
  • Awarded "100% Club" for 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020
  • Awarded "President's Club" for 2020

Sr. Director of Client Services

NorthboundDGS
09.2013 - 10.2014
  • Orchestrated the design and production of over a dozen client marketing engagements while overseeing a team of 19 people. Clients included Adobe, Dell, NetApp, Unify, Sitecore, and others
  • Restructured the firm's production team to accommodate growth from 4 simultaneous clients (9/2013) to 13 simultaneous clients (8/2014). Improved client retention, and drastically improved the firm's profitability
  • Redesigned entire NorthboundDGS website, incorporating HubSpot inbound (SEO) marketing automation, Google and HubSpot analytics reporting, and Google AdWords (SEM) PPC campaigns. Traffic increased 3X; inbound leads increased 5X

Principal

Point Blue Communications, Inc.
04.2012 - 08.2013

Delivered marketing and branding services to small businesses, including strategic marketing plans, corporate identity services, and website/e-commerce development

World Traveler / Expedition Leader

[Sabbatical]
10.2010 - 03.2012

Traveled the world during a self-imposed sabbatical, co-led an expedition up Mt. Kilimanjaro (100% rookies; 100% success rate), taught a CAD software class to 25 Rwandan educators, learned how to make wine, volunteered with several aid organizations, and blogged regularly about the experience

Director of Business Development

Manex Consulting
08.2009 - 09.2010
  • Diversified revenue streams by selling services to several government agencies, thereby increasing the firm's sales by approximately 17% (nearly $1 million) in a single year
  • Secured the largest single initial contract in the firm's 15-year history, designed to assist suppliers of NUMMI (now Tesla's auto factory) transition to new business opportunities when faced with plant shutdown in 2010

Western Region Manager, EDU

SolidWorks Corporation
05.2002 - 08.2009
  • Built a completely new distribution channel for an engineering software product, quadrupling sales volume for my region over 5 years and increasing Mexican sales by more than 700%
  • Initiated the development of a very innovative digital marketing program that generated the most leads ever for the company, with the lowest cost per lead
  • Won the company's top President's Club sales award 4 times from 2005 – 2008 (every year eligible to win)

Education

MBA - Marketing

Cornell University
Ithaca, NY
05.2001 - 05.2002

Master of Science - Electrical Engineering

Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA
09.1993 - 05.1995

Bachelor of Science - Computer Engineering

Clarkson University
Potsdam, NY
09.1989 - 05.1993

Skills

Sales and Marketing Strategy

Stakeholder relations

Business development

Pipeline development

Interests

Travel (55 countries and counting)

Mountain Biking (former collegiate racer; Cat III roadie)

Running (sub 20-minute 5K; 1:35 half marathon)

Timeline

Sr. Director, Education Markets

SPEE3D, Inc.
11.2023 - Current

Director of Education Sales, Americas

Desktop Metal
03.2021 - 11.2023

Sr. Territory Sales Manager

Dassault Systèmes SA
10.2014 - 03.2021

Sr. Director of Client Services

NorthboundDGS
09.2013 - 10.2014

Principal

Point Blue Communications, Inc.
04.2012 - 08.2013

World Traveler / Expedition Leader

[Sabbatical]
10.2010 - 03.2012

Director of Business Development

Manex Consulting
08.2009 - 09.2010

Western Region Manager, EDU

SolidWorks Corporation
05.2002 - 08.2009

MBA - Marketing

Cornell University
05.2001 - 05.2002

Master of Science - Electrical Engineering

Pennsylvania State University
09.1993 - 05.1995

Bachelor of Science - Computer Engineering

Clarkson University
09.1989 - 05.1993
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