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Rafael Barbosa

New York,NY

Summary

Engineer with 14 years of technology experience, including 6 years in cloud and SaaS sales across Latin America. Proven track record in driving revenue growth, expanding accounts, and managing complex sales in cloud observability, security, and developer solutions. Expertise in full sales cycle management, engaging technical and executive stakeholders, and building strategic relationships in diverse markets. Strong technical foundation paired with a consultative sales approach, consistently exceeding sales quotas.

Overview

22
22
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Account Executive

Datadog
New York, New York
02.2023 - Current

Own the full sales cycle for small and mid-market accounts, driving net-new customer acquisition and expansion through strategic prospecting, consultative selling, and cross-functional collaboration.

  • Achieved 225% of quota in 2025, ranking #2 globally among Commercial AEs.
  • Earned 2× consecutive President’s Club, including #1 LATAM at 135% in 2024; ramped to 105% in the first 10 months.
  • Managed an $840K ARR quota and complex 6–12 month sales cycles with CISOs, CTOs, VPs of Engineering, and DevOps leaders across financial services, fintech, and technology.
  • Drove land-and-expand growth, converting team-level adoption into enterprise-wide platform agreements while building pipeline through outbound, SDR, and partner channels.

Account Executive

Elastic
08.2020 - 01.2023

Drive net-new revenue and account expansion across SMB accounts, selling Elastic’s search, observability, and security solutions through SaaS and consumption-based models.

  • Manage full-cycle sales, from prospecting and discovery through technical validation, negotiation, and close.
  • Engage security, engineering, and IT leaders on Elastic Security, SIEM modernization, observability, and cloud transformation initiatives.
  • Develop expansion opportunities by identifying additional workloads, use cases, and teams across existing customers.
  • Promoted from Sales Development Representative to Account Executive based on strong pipeline generation and sales performance.
  • Earned President’s Club

Enterprise ADR - Google Cloud | BDR - IBM Storage

Google via Adecco & N3
04.2018 - 01.2020
  • Enterprise pipeline development for GCP and IBM Storage: cloud migration strategy, multi-cloud and hybrid architectures across US enterprise accounts.

Project/Design Engineer

Chemtech (Siemens Group), Mana Engenharia & Engevix
01.2005 - 12.2016
  • Engineering foundation underpins credible consultative selling to technical buyers.
  • Oil & Gas / Energy (Petrobras, Transpetro)

Education

B.Eng. - Mechanical Engineering

Universidade Gama Filho
01.2012

Some College (No Degree) - Business English - Advanced

Georgia Instute of Technology
Atlanta, CA

Skills

  • MEDDIC and Challenger sales methodologies
  • Pipeline development strategies
  • Salesforce proficiency
  • LinkedIn Sales Navigator expertise

Accomplishments

  • 225% Quota Attainment
  • $840K ARR
  • 2× President's Club (2024 & 2025 #2 Global AE Commercial)

Languages

  • Portuguese, Native
  • English, Fluent
  • Spanish, Working

Personal Information

Title: Account Executive

Timeline

Senior Account Executive

Datadog
02.2023 - Current

Account Executive

Elastic
08.2020 - 01.2023

Enterprise ADR - Google Cloud | BDR - IBM Storage

Google via Adecco & N3
04.2018 - 01.2020

Project/Design Engineer

Chemtech (Siemens Group), Mana Engenharia & Engevix
01.2005 - 12.2016

B.Eng. - Mechanical Engineering

Universidade Gama Filho

Some College (No Degree) - Business English - Advanced

Georgia Instute of Technology
Rafael Barbosa