
James is a proven leader in building, coaching, leading, & optimizing sales teams to deliver smart & repeatable revenue growth specializing in Internet, Software, SaaS, Data, Telecom, Online Learning, & Web-delivered services. James designs programs & builds teams that bridge the forces between market opportunity & company need. He recognizes, recruits, & develops talent specific to the needs of the organization. James' teams are consistently effective because he instills a culture of value, dependability, accountability, structure, meaning, & impact. Qualifications: • Robust experience selling & leading sales teams within Enterprise, Mid-Market, SMB, B2B, B2C, Consumer, Retail, Residential, Commercial, Franchise, & Education • Working for small startups to emerging mid-sized organizations, from seed funding, through multiple acquisitions, to post IPO. • Experienced utilizing & empowering teams to use: Salesforce, Marketo, Eloqua, Zendesk, Talkdesk, Ring Central, Zoho, Tableau, Pentaho, Looker, Ally.io, Perdoo, Microsoft Suite, Google Suite, Slack, Jobvite, HRWize, Talkdesk, Payscale, Payfactors, Docusign, Adobe Suite, Quantive, ChatGPT, Gemini, Greenhouse, Spotio. Specialties: • Driving Revenue Traction, Execution, & Acceleration • Coaching & Leading Sales Managers, multiple teams- large & small • Recruiting, Hiring, Developing, & Managing Remote Sales Teams • Sales Team Motivation, Leadership, & Trust • Sales Team Modeling, Creation, & Transformation • Territory Planning & Management • Strategic Planning & Corporate Sales Strategy Development • Clear & Concise Collaboration & Communication with all Departments • Designing & Executing on Objectives & Key Results (OKRs) • Strategic Partnership Development & Direction • Sales Process & Pipeline Optimization • Sales Role Specialization • Sales Target Verticalization • Needs Assessment, Precise Qualification, Presentations, & Negotiations • Demand Generation, Lead Generation, & Demand Fulfillment • Transactional Selling, Solution Selling, Value Selling, Consultative Selling • Leading & Training teams of Inside Sales, Account Representatives, Account Executives, Account Managers, BDRs, SDRs, & MDRs • CRM / SFA evaluation, preparation, & launch • Leveraging AI tools to make teams more efficient, faster, & informed
tucows.com
tableau.com
earthclassmail.com
edmentum.com
pathable.com
Bellevue, Washington, United States
Senior Director of Sales at Ting, a Tucows Company
Tucows
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Jan 2017 - Present
Greater Seattle Area
Senior Director of Sales at Enom, a Rightside Company
Rightside
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Jan 2015 - Jan 2017
Greater Seattle Area
Director of Sales, Lead Generation
DocuSign (Successful IPO in 2018)
May 2014 - Jun 2015
Greater Seattle Area
Head of Sales, Co-Founder & Board Director
Venuelabs (Acquired by Groupon)
• www.linkedin.com/company/venuelabs
Jan 2009 - Jun 2015
Greater Seattle Area
Director of Sales, Commercial - Eastern Region
Tableau Software (Successful IPO in 2013)
• www.linkedin.com/company/tableau-software
Jun 2012 - May 2014
Greater Seattle Area
Managing Director & Co-Founder
Acture Ventures Inc. (Acquired by Coppei Partners)
Sep 2008 - Dec 2009
Greater Seattle Area