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    Jake Bergquist

    Jake Bergquist

    Business builder & coach! Leadership @ Twilio | Past -- Head of Sales @divvy Homes, Head of Sales @shippo, GM B2B @naturebox, Sales Director @eat-club

    Chief Of Staff San Francisco Hamline University
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    Experience
    Twilio
    Twilio
    Sales Manager 2021 - Present (over 5 years)
    Challenge a team of talented technical Account Executives that position the APIs of the future for scaling companies!
    Divvy Homes
    Divvy Homes
    Head of Sales 2020 (9 months)
    Built GTM team in Denver. Opened up HQ 2. Helped create homeownership equality across the United States. I left Divvy to go back into technical B2B sales.
    Shippo
    Shippo
    Head of Sales 2018 - 2020 (over 1 year)
    I had the good fortune of building out Shippo's SMB/Mid-market business unit and team from the ground up! It was an incredible sprint from a team of 1 to 10 in just 15 months... more selling both web app + API solutions. I left Shippo to move to Denver.

    Reported to: CEO + VP of Growth
    Tools leveraged: Salesforce, Salesloft, Drift, Clearbit, Hubspot, ConnectandSell, Perdoo, LucidChart, BuiltWith, StoreLeads

    - First sales hire under high-velocity model; built out all sales, hiring, and onboarding playbooks
    - Hired and coached 10 team members (Inside Sales Mgr., AEs, SDRs, Sales ops)
    - Added $8M ARR (Web + API) from SMB, Mid-market, and enterprise customers
    - Exceeded aggressive sales targets; 20% close rate, repeated 2x m/m growth, and more
    - Launched and scaled all sales tools to accommodate 5-figure monthly inbound funnel (Salesforce + Salesloft + Hubspot + Drift + Clearbit)
    - Synthesized big data into concise business strategy+learnings for exec team and board
    - Launched inaugural onsite Intern Program in partnership w/SV Academy. Taught and coached inbound + outbound strategies; 10 interns completed, 2 hired.
    NatureBox
    NatureBox
    General Manager, B2B 2017 - 2018 (almost 2 years)
    - Owned multi-million-dollar revenue target; drive top-line growth via diverse sales channels
    - Manage sales team of 8; increased AE output 4x, lead funnel 3x, opportunity... more creation 3x
    - Transitioned business to recurring model, achieved profitability, 225% growth in 2017
    - Conduct all sales planning/forecasting, set KPI’s and initiate go-to-market strategies
    - Cross-functionally led 14 sales/business ops programs with end-to-end ownership
    - Develop all systems and dashboards for monitoring overall business health
    - Generate, develop and negotiate deal terms for B2B marketing + biz dev partnerships
    - Influence a broad range of stakeholders including unit leaders, executives and board members
    Director of Sales & Customer Success 2016 - 2017 (8 months)
    - Led programs to grow revenue, improve client UX, intro new tools, and scaled best practices
    - Managed team of 6 Account Managers, advised sales team of 15
    - Designed... more first client outreach/upsell strategy and process using Mail Merge, Sailthru, and looker
    - Redesigned sales pitch, client lifecycle, CRM documentation, and sales collateral
    - Constructed and launched compensation packages + quarterly review program
    EAT Club
    EAT Club
    Sales Director, new markets 2014 - 2016 (almost 2 years)
    - Launched Los Angeles market and built ARR from $0 - $5M in 18 months
    - Hired, trained and managed 4 AEs, 6 SDRs, 2 MDRs, 2 AMs
    - Prototyped and launched 3 additional... more product lines: catering, snacks and consumer program
    - Analyzed client data to predict demand and make recommendations for expansion
    - Designed monthly direct-to-business marketing campaigns: 70% meeting conversion
    Account Executive 2013 - 2014 (6 months)
    - Responsible for establishing B2B Bay Area relationships, closed 2M in 6 months
    - Exceeded Q1 (126%) and Q2 (106%) sales quotas
    Zaarly
    Zaarly
    Account Executive 2013 (9 months)
    - Exceeded sales quotas (120% avg.) in 4 markets across 6 verticals
    - Sales results driven via aggressive cold-calling, email and creative sourcing
    - Designed and executed... more 8 events featuring Zaarly vendors to engage with local buyers
    - Top Sales Executive for on-boarding volume and conversion month-over-month
    PDI Ninth House
    PDI Ninth House
    Global Sales & Marketing Intern 2011 - 2013 (about 2 years)
    - 1st sales intern in Minneapolis market
    - Constructed economic regression analysis to define ICP for targeted prospecting
    - Assisted in the development, coordination... more and implementation of 4 field marketing campaigns
    Territory Sales Coordinator 2011 - 2013 (almost 2 years)
    - Managed 5 multi-million dollar accounts: contract mgmt., forecasting and up-selling
    - Performed cross-functional calling to recommend sales directions to Director
    -... more Oversaw and distributed monthly email marketing campaigns
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    Zaarly, EAT Club, NatureBox, PDI Ninth House, Shippo, Divvy Homes, Twilio
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    Los Angeles Launch
    Grew market from $0 to $5M
    Director of new markets · One of the most common perks in the tech world is catered lunches. Start-up founders say it's a way to keep employees… · More happy and productive - and they typically foot the bill. Palo Alto start-up Eat Club has been serving that demand since 2010 and now delivers 10,000 meals a day to corporate heavyweights such as Netflix, Tesla and Cisco.
     
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