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“Why I’m So Interested In Selling,” Martin Mackay

Partners in Excellence

I joined PeopleSoft in 1996 as the head of Product Marketing and Strategy for Europe. Having been the VP International Marketing for a couple of years, my boss at the time told me “It is time you had a real job” and gave me my first sales management role. went into Marketing! The best feeling in the world.

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Sales Hacker’s 35 Most Influential Women in Sales

Sales Hacker

She is the co-author of a business book, called Aligned to Achieve , about sales and marketing alignment. Andrea has led numerous sales initiatives and teams at enterprise software and solution providers, including Varolii, IBM, Symphony Technology Group, Vitria Technology, DigitalThink, and PeopleSoft.

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PODCAST 154: Guided Selling with Neil Ringers

Sales Hacker

We’re focusing on how to win in the new sales era: new go-to-market strategies, deeper funnel insights and actionable takeaways for your entire organization from revenue leaders at high-growth startups and fortune 500 companies. Neil Ringers: I’ve been in sales my whole life, starting with a company called ADP.

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PODCAST 77: Navigating the Pace and Pressure of Startup w/ Vikas Bhambri

Sales Hacker

Sam Jacobs: You’re at the top of your profession at this point, managing a number of different teams, how’d you get into sales? Vikas Bhambri: Before even the journey to sales management. How did you make that transition from being a sales engineer to what is, basically the CRO. I liked engaging people, etc.

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PODCAST 41: Helping Marketo IPO and Achieve Hyper Scale with Bill Binch, CRO of Pendo

Sales Hacker

This week on the Sales Hacker podcast , we talk to Bill Binch , Chief Revenue Officer for Pendo and a former sales executive at Marketo who, over close to 10 years, helped guide the company through multiple phases of growth including both an IPO and an acquisition. . We’re going to market in about a month.

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