Head of Sales, Americas

• Jan 2023 - Present

Responsible for overseeing the Sales Development, Account Executive (New Business), and Client Development (Existing Business) organizations in North America and Latin America

Head of Sales, North America

• Oct 2020 - Jan 2023

Deel enables companies to hire/pay anyone, anywhere. We're the fastest-growing SaaS business on the market - within 20 months we grew from $1 - $100M ARR which is faster growth than Slack, Salesforce, Shopify, Twilio, etc using the same benchmarks. Deel is currently valued at $12B. We went from a couple hundred SMB clients to 10,000+ SMB, MM, and ENT clients to date. Our investors include Andreessen Horowitz, Y Combinator, Spark Capital, Coatue, among many other top tier VC firms and… Show more Deel enables companies to hire/pay anyone, anywhere. We're the fastest-growing SaaS business on the market - within 20 months we grew from $1 - $100M ARR which is faster growth than Slack, Salesforce, Shopify, Twilio, etc using the same benchmarks. Deel is currently valued at $12B. We went from a couple hundred SMB clients to 10,000+ SMB, MM, and ENT clients to date. Our investors include Andreessen Horowitz, Y Combinator, Spark Capital, Coatue, among many other top tier VC firms and individual investors.

Advisor

• Jan 2021 - Present

SESO is a labor marketplace for agriculture. U.S agricultural losses $15B annually because of a shortage of labor. We are addressing this problem by connecting U.S farms with qualified seasonal workers via America’s agricultural guest worker program (H-2A). Our service offering includes recruiting, qualifying and training workers; H-2A visa automation, and workforce management software to help employers stay compliant with complex local and federal laws. SESO is a labor marketplace for agriculture. U.S agricultural losses $15B annually because of a shortage of labor. We are addressing this problem by connecting U.S farms with qualified seasonal workers via America’s agricultural guest worker program (H-2A). Our service offering includes recruiting, qualifying and training workers; H-2A visa automation, and workforce management software to help employers stay compliant with complex local and federal laws.

Founder, CEO

• Apr 2020 - Oct 2020

We're a tech-forward executive search firm. Think high growth, fast-moving, forward-thinking tech startup but for executive search. Powering our search is a 100+ data point model analyzing quantitative and qualitative traits on top executive talent. These data points allow us to leverage hyper-specific search based on what our clients are looking for in potential candidates. More broadly, our model allows us to reduce time-to-hire, increase the quality of the candidate pool for our… Show more We're a tech-forward executive search firm. Think high growth, fast-moving, forward-thinking tech startup but for executive search. Powering our search is a 100+ data point model analyzing quantitative and qualitative traits on top executive talent. These data points allow us to leverage hyper-specific search based on what our clients are looking for in potential candidates. More broadly, our model allows us to reduce time-to-hire, increase the quality of the candidate pool for our searches, and offer better pricing than the traditional firm. As compared to traditional firms which use LinkedIn to find information and a spray-and-pray approach to find candidates for roles. We're different. Executives join our community organically to attend leadership events, educational webinars, and private groups. Executives joining the community are both passive and active candidates for new roles. We vet every new member to deeply document their current experience, what are their greatest strengths, and what are they looking for in the next 2-5 years. Industry segments of focus: - Cybersecurity - Crypto - Healthtech - Fintech - DevOps - Big Data - ERP/CRM Let's talk: chris@6degrees.io Update: Started the company two months pre-covid and decided to sunset the company a few months after covid due to the poor landscape of recruiting and a better opportunity to join Deel Show less We're a tech-forward executive search firm. Think high growth, fast-moving, forward-thinking tech startup but for executive search. Powering our search is a 100+ data point model analyzing quantitative and qualitative traits on top executive talent. These data points allow us to leverage hyper-specific search based on what our clients are looking for in potential candidates. More broadly, our model allows us to reduce time-to-hire, increase the quality of the candidate pool for our… Show more We're a tech-forward executive search firm. Think high growth, fast-moving, forward-thinking tech startup but for executive search. Powering our search is a 100+ data point model analyzing quantitative and qualitative traits on top executive talent. These data points allow us to leverage hyper-specific search based on what our clients are looking for in potential candidates. More broadly, our model allows us to reduce time-to-hire, increase the quality of the candidate pool for our searches, and offer better pricing than the traditional firm. As compared to traditional firms which use LinkedIn to find information and a spray-and-pray approach to find candidates for roles. We're different. Executives join our community organically to attend leadership events, educational webinars, and private groups. Executives joining the community are both passive and active candidates for new roles. We vet every new member to deeply document their current experience, what are their greatest strengths, and what are they looking for in the next 2-5 years. Industry segments of focus: - Cybersecurity - Crypto - Healthtech - Fintech - DevOps - Big Data - ERP/CRM Let's talk: chris@6degrees.io Update: Started the company two months pre-covid and decided to sunset the company a few months after covid due to the poor landscape of recruiting and a better opportunity to join Deel Show less

Senior Director of Sales - North America & Australia

• Jul 2019 - Apr 2020

Responsible for Account Executives/Sales Development Reps covering the U.S. and Canada. Sales Lead for our Granular Business product. Joined Series A as employee # 11. Various Roles at Granular including Sales Development Rep, Sales Development Manager, Account Executive, Director of Sales, and Senior Director of Sales. Spearheaded initiatives into several new market sub-segments and international entry. --- Granular is a software and analytics platform that helps… Show more Responsible for Account Executives/Sales Development Reps covering the U.S. and Canada. Sales Lead for our Granular Business product. Joined Series A as employee # 11. Various Roles at Granular including Sales Development Rep, Sales Development Manager, Account Executive, Director of Sales, and Senior Director of Sales. Spearheaded initiatives into several new market sub-segments and international entry. --- Granular is a software and analytics platform that helps farmers operate more efficiently and make better business decisions. We are a vertical SaaS company that serves one of the world's largest ($3 trillion revenue) and most important industries. Funded by Andreessen Horowitz, Google Ventures and Khosla Ventures. Granular was acquired by DuPont in August 2017 for $300M.

Director of Sales

• Mar 2017 - Jun 2019

Responsible for revenue in the US Launched market entry into Australia

Account Executive

• Mar 2015 - Mar 2017

SDR / SDR Manager

• Nov 2014 - Mar 2015

Hired as first SDR at Granular to spearhead our Inside Sales efforts Individual contributor while managing a team of 5 other SDRs

Advisory Board Member

• Jan 2016 - Apr 2020

FrontSpin is the industry's leading-edge sales communication software and power dialer. Our innovative platform implements your playbooks across all touchpoints, helping you engage with up to 3x more prospects and customers in less time, closing more deals and accelerating sales. www.frontspin.com FrontSpin is the industry's leading-edge sales communication software and power dialer. Our innovative platform implements your playbooks across all touchpoints, helping you engage with up to 3x more prospects and customers in less time, closing more deals and accelerating sales. www.frontspin.com

Strategic Enterprise Sales Development

• Jun 2014 - Nov 2014

DoubleDutch was acquired by Cvent DoubleDutch is an award-winning provider of mobile event apps, with a unique focus on capturing and surfacing data from live events. The first to bring a data-driven technology approach to the event industry, DoubleDutch excels at processing vast amounts of mobile app engagement data into unique, actionable insights to better serve customers, partners, and other event stakeholders. DoubleDutch was acquired by Cvent DoubleDutch is an award-winning provider of mobile event apps, with a unique focus on capturing and surfacing data from live events. The first to bring a data-driven technology approach to the event industry, DoubleDutch excels at processing vast amounts of mobile app engagement data into unique, actionable insights to better serve customers, partners, and other event stakeholders.

Analyst

• Sep 2012 - May 2014

Clean Energy Capital is an investment banking and private equity funds management firm with $350M of funds under management, and is considered an industry leading private equity firm focused on the clean technology sector. http://cleanenergygrp.com/ Clean Energy Capital is an investment banking and private equity funds management firm with $350M of funds under management, and is considered an industry leading private equity firm focused on the clean technology sector. http://cleanenergygrp.com/

Wealth Management Internship

• Aug 2010 - Aug 2012