Résumé
I bring over 30 years’ experience in IT sales, business development and operations in Europe, and I have worked extensively with partners, system integrators and value-added resellers. Currently, I am Senior Vice President Sales EMEA at Tricentis. I lead the sales strategy and sales teams for EMEA (except Uk, Nordic, ME). Before joining the company, I was GVP Sales EMEA at Solarwinds and prior to that held senior sales and executive marketing positions at various Software companies, Embarcadero Technologies (acquired by Idera), Codegear, Borland Software Corporation and Symantec. I also mentor and invest in startups. I am a straight-talking individual who leads by example and who has an "ownership" orientation. A person with a hands-on approach and an eye and mind for the details. An excellent networker, communicator and problem solver. Following Clifton StrengthsFinder (Gallup), my 5 major strengths are Achiever, Focus, Strategic, Analytical and Significance My specialties include - Direct and indirect sales - inside sales and enterprise sales models - Long term and strategic partnerships - Multicultural experience, high adaptability, able to develop business quickly in international environment - Pipeline and account management, forecasting - International management - Restructuring - Recruitment and training - Marketing & communication, PR - Promotion
Expériences professionnelles
Senior vice president sales - dach, france, central and eastern europe, southern europe, africa
Tricentis
Depuis le 02 novembre 2023
Senior vice president worldwide sales - cloud/devops
Tricentis
De Mai 2022 à Novembre 2023
Tricentis is the global leader in enterprise continuous testing, widely credited for reinventing software testing for DevOps, cloud, and enterprise applications. The Tricentis AI-based, continuous testing platform provides a new and fundamentally different way to perform software testing. An approach that’s totally automated, fully codeless, and intelligently driven by AI. It addresses both agile development and complex enterprise apps, enabling enterprises to accelerate their digital transformation by dramatically increasing software release speed, reducing costs, and improving software quality. Tricentis has been widely recognized as the leader by all major industry analysts, including being named the leader in Gartner’s Magic Quadrant five years in a row.
Mentor
Ment2Grow
De Décembre 2021 à Septembre 2022
The Ment2Grow programme was created by the British Chamber of Commerce in the Czech Republic to help B2B start-ups expand their business strategy
Group vice president, emea sales
SolarWinds
De Juillet 2016 à Avril 2022
SolarWinds (NYSE:SWI) is a leading provider of powerful and affordable IT management software.
Since July 2016, I lead the EMEA Sales team to deliver strong results and growth.
The keys to success are the Team, Customer Focus, Process Driven and straight alignment between sales and any other functions (Marketing, finance, support, customer success, Products..).
I have been based in the London office for 3 years, in the Berlin office for 2 years and in Prague since July 2021
Angel investor, advisor
ClaimAir
Depuis le 02 mai 2016
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Vp sales emea
Embarcadero Technologies , Prague - CDI
De Août 2013 à Aujourd'hui
Vice president emea
Embarcadero Technologies
De Août 2013 à Juin 2016
Responsible for all sales and P&L in Europe, Middle-East, Africa (EMEA)
Awarded President's Club in 2013 and 2014
Mentor and investor
StartupYard
Depuis le 02 février 2013
StartupYard (www.startupyard.com) is a seed accelerator for technology startups. The goal is to help companies build viable products, launch fast and successfully raise capital
Mentors strive to help teams succeed by providing insight, advice, feedback, access to networks, energy and inspiration.
Co founder, managing director
MindSet sro
Depuis le 02 avril 2008
MindSet, because it‘s all about having the right state of mind
MindSet help companies looking to expand their operations in EMEA (Europe, Middle-East, Africa) by providing Sales and Management consultancy.
Main tasks provided :
- Interim management
- Recruitment of sales force
- Setup of offices
- Establishment of partner network
- Business development
- Direct sales
- Marketing and events
Senior sales director emea
Embarcadero Technologies
De Octobre 2007 à Juillet 2013
Embarcadero Technologies, Inc. is a leading provider of award-winning tools for application developers and database professionals
Responsible for Sales in Germany, Russia, Nordic, Benelux, Southern Europe, Central and Eastern Europe, Mediterranean and Middle-East countries
Direct sales offices in Germany, Russia, and Benelux
Partner based model in all other territories
Managing a team of 25 people as well as acting Sales Director Germany and Sales Director Benelux
15-25% year on year revenue growth
Acquisition of Codegear in July 2008
-Integration of team and partners
-Implementation of new partner contracts
Awarded President’s Club in 2008, 2010 and 2011
Awarded Top Regional Manager 2009
Awarded Top International Regional Director in 2010, 2011 and 2012
Director sales and operations emea
CodeGear
De Février 2006 à Septembre 2007
CodeGear is leading innovator in development tools
Managing a team of 24 people. Reporting to the General Manager
Managing EMEA
Cost reduction program, reduction of offices and organizational changes
Transition of business models
Sales network expansion
Recruitment of Strategic Partners
Country manager eastern europe, mediterranean, middle-east and africa
Borland
De Août 2000 à Mars 2006
Managing a team of 18 people. Reporting to the VP Benelux, Eastern Europe, Mediterranean and Middle-East
Managing top line and bottom line metrics, Focus on revenue growth and control of the costs
Build, train and work with sales teams
Organization of more than 100 events/year for clients/prospects, partners and press
Over achievement of quarterly and annual targets
Doubled revenue between 2000-2004, annual growth between 15-30%
Signed 4 new partners in 2002, major sales development activities in Israel, Poland, Czech, Ukraine
Reorganization of commercial network from indirect structure to direct sales, team structure optimization bringing higher interactivity and productivity
Closing partnerships with major system integrators (Cap Gemini, Accenture..)
Awarded President’s club in 2001, 2002, 2004 and 2005. Awarded best sales director for EMEA in 2001 and 2005, EMEA top performing country of the year in 2004
Marketing manager northern and eastern europe, mediterranean and middle-east
Borland
De Juillet 1998 à Juillet 2000
Responsible for both operational and strategical marketing, reporting to VP of sales, budget of 10% of sales revenue
Responsible for the marketing plan and the sale forecast, coordination with the US headquarter, implementation of selected strategies
Spokesperson for the region
Contributed to the success of the Nordic region elected best growing region for Borland in 99
Marketing manager eastern europe, mediterranean and middle-east
Borland
De Juin 1996 à Juin 1998
Reporting to the Sales Director EMM, budget of 10% of sales revenue
Responsible for the marketing plan and the sales forecast, supporting 25 distributors in 27 countries – Achieved to establish a marketing process to handle this very diverse region
Organization of events and seminars, managing a budget of $400k
Responsible for training the partners, interface with Borland US Headquarter.
Marketing representative czech and slovak republics
Borland
De Juillet 1994 à Mai 1996
Reporting directly to the sales director EMM and indirectly to the Managing Director Czech Republic, managing a budget of 10% of sales revenue, recruitment and management of a team of 7 people
Contributed to the opening in January 95 of the joint-venture office
Managing Director adviser on a day-to-day basis ; interface between Borland Europe and Borland sro
Responsible for the marketing plan and all the marketing activities including events, advertising, direct marketing campaigns, PR events, internal communication.
Direct marketing
Symantec
De Juillet 1993 à Février 1994
Replacement of the Direct Marketing Manager (on maternity leave)
Handling direct marketing operations
Responsible for events, seminars and trade shows