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    Natalie Levy

    Natalie Levy

    Tech sales & investment professional interested in go-to-market and optimizations. Small angel investor & founder.

    Sales Colorado University of Michiga...
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    Experience
    Pervasent
    Pervasent
    Advisor 2019 - Present (about 7 years)
    Turn/River Capital
    Turn/River Capital
    Director of Investment Development 2017 - 2018 (almost 2 years)
    Built and led deal sourcing efforts for Turn/River Capital (https://turnriver.com/), a technology-focused private equity fund specializing in spin-outs, buyouts, recapitalization... more of, or growth equity investments in small-scale technology and web companies.

    Led business development efforts to connect with hundreds of growth technology businesses from USD 0-20M annual recurring revenue (ARR) to evaluate their operations and to vet alignment to the firm’s underwriting strategy.

    Actively contributed to weekly portfolio review meetings to review and uplevel go-to-market and business strategy and execution across portfolio investment companies.
    Node.io
    Node.io
    Senior Account Executive 2017 (2 months)
    -Sold end-to-end B2B sales technology that helps companies better execute on outbounding and ABM strategies
    -Tested outbounding strategies and messaging while creating... more and working pipeline
    Showpad
    Showpad
    Sr Enterprise Account Executive 2016 (5 months)
    -Contributed strategic feedback such as ICP and alignment/process with BDR that was implemented successfully for my team and strongly influenced other teams
    -One of only... more a handful of closers to hit/beat quota
    Reonomy, an Altus Group Business
    Exit
    Reonomy, an Altus Group Business
    Sales Director 2014 - 2016 (over 1 year)
    -First sales hire at commercial real estate data and analytics company through Beta launch and series B funding
    -Contributed to majority of new business closed for the... more firm's first $1.3M in ARR
    -Alongside being a quota-carrying closer heavily influenced sales process and led a number of business development and networking initiatives
    Empire Angels
    Empire Angels
    Member 2014 - 2015 (over 1 year)
    Participated in member led angel group and allocated capital to three of the businesses

    Took liquidity on investment in The Infatuation at >5X return
    Bloomberg
    Bloomberg
    Enterprise Sales 2011 - 2014 (about 3 years)
    -Top producer across the Enterprise software divisions selling complex data feeds into hedge funds, quants and money managers
    -Achieved every quota given, including $1.1mm... more closed in new business in 3 quarters vs $1.2mm annualized target in 2014, at which point I chose to move on to explore earlier stage businesses to expand personal growth opportunity
    Citigroup
    Citigroup
    Sales and Trading Associate 2006 - 2011 (almost 5 years)
    Summer Analyst 2005 (2 months)
    Deutsche Bank
    Deutsche Bank
    Cross Business Technology Analyst 2005 (2 months)
    Dividend Capital Investments
    Dividend Capital Investments
    Securities Analyst 2005 (4 months)
    Helped launch a closed end real estate fund
    C++ Internship
    C++ Internship
    Intern 2003 (2 months)
    Summer job while in school
    Advanced Modular Power Systems
    Advanced Modular Power Systems
    Summer intern 2002 (3 months)
    Field Emission Get-Away Special Investigation (FEGI)
    Field Emission Get-Away Special Investigation (FEGI)
    Project Lead 2005 (about 1 month)
    KANDO
    KANDO
    VP of Sales | USA 2021 - Present (about 5 years)
    Revenue strategy, leadership, and execution for improving wastewater quality through Kando’s (https://www.kando.eco/) internet of things (IoT) and artificial intelligence... more (AI) platform for US market expansion.

    Team building and defining and executing strategy and operations to scale revenues and traction into municipalities and wastewater treatment plants across the USA through business development efforts and channel partners.
    She's Independent
    She's Independent
    Founder and Lead Mentor 2019 - Present (about 7 years)
    Founder and lead mentor at She’s Independent (www.shesindependent.com), bridging the gap to leadership for women-identifying through professional development courses alongside... more investment in mindset.

    Built and delivers courses covering technology sales to growth tech investing skill development. An active speaker and mentor for nonprofits, universities, and community groups including Denver Startup Week and University of Colorado Boulder’s entrepreneurial pitch competition.
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    Reonomy, an Altus Group Business, Node.io, Empire Angels, Deutsche Bank, Turn/River Capital, Citigroup, Showpad, Bloomberg, Field Emission Get-Away Special Investigation (FEGI), Advanced Modular Power Systems, C++ Internship, Dividend Capital Investments, She's Independent, KANDO
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    About
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    Engineer and mathematician turned Wall Street derivatives trader, growth technology investor, and business-to-business (B2B) enterprise technology sales leader. Marries a deep understanding of data, data science, and technology paired with strong interpersonal skills. Over a decade of angel investing experience and 20 years of hands-on operational experience across revenue execution, operational, and leadership roles selling into 34 countries. Angel investing portfolio prior to 2018 with returns of 5-70X. Successfully exited 3 out of 15 investments and experienced liquidity opportunities through multiple Series D and Series E financing rounds.

    Additional institutional and operational experience through running deal sourcing efforts for a San Francisco-based private equity firm through evaluating hundreds of investment opportunities and active participation in operational recommendations for portfolio investment companies.

    Describe the most impressive thing you've done.
    Skills
    Sales Customer Relationship Management Relationship Building Technical Sales Mathematics Creative Problem Solving Leadership Financial Markets Capital Markets Financial Services Networking Strong networking Trading Lead Generation Business Development & Partnerships Product Development Presentation Skills Project Leader Quality Control Securities Real Estate Technology Business Strategy Sales Strategy Hiring Recruitment and On-boarding Onboarding Training Sales Training Training & Development
    Locations
    Colorado
     
    Q&A
    What's the most useful business-related book you've ever read?

    sales/process related: The Sales Acceleration Formula, The Challenger Sale, Hacking Sales

    What's your favorite non-business book?

    The Tao of Poo

    If money were not an issue, what would you be doing right now?

    (Already doing so...)
    Investing in women's empowerment from personal development to professional skills.

    What words of advice would you give your younger self?

    Invest in self awareness

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