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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. I remember my first $1m deal – at PeopleSoft in probably the year 2001.

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PODCAST 154: Guided Selling with Neil Ringers

Sales Hacker

Neil Ringers: I’ve been in sales my whole life, starting with a company called ADP. After ADP, I got into the CRM space through companies like Vantive (bought by PeopleSoft). It was my foundation for success in selling and going to market. I transitioned over to Siebel and that got acquired by Oracle.

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Sales Hacker’s 35 Most Influential Women in Sales

Sales Hacker

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. Brooke Bachesta – SDR Manager at Outreach. Hilary Headlee – Head of Sales Operations at Zoom Video Communications.

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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. .

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