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BEN COE

San Francisco, CA

415.577.0324

 

 

Summary:

  • Presidents List performer averaging 130% of quota.
  • Strong history of driving sales revenue while refining sales process.
  • Innovative critical thinking ability with strong communication skills.
  • Substantial experience initiating, closing &  managing new accounts.

 

 

Experience:

 

ICICI OneSource, San Mateo, CA

Director of Sales, Strategic Markets

March 2001- Present

ICICI OneSource aquired CustomerAsset and develops leading multi-channel eCRM software that seamlessly integrates existing enterprise infrastructures.

·         Presidents List 01 Corporate Sales.  Over quota sales performance at 120%.

·         Reduced Cost of Sales 68% by defining and assigning processes and markers to streamline sales effort.

·         Re-focused on Fortune 1000 accounts to reduce Total Sales Transactions 32% and increase average sale 159%.

·         Collaborated with executives, development, product management, marketing, operations throughout the sales cycle to ensure the success of these relationships. 

·         Clients include: American Express, Sears, Iomega, Microsoft, Expedia, EDS, Disney, Interliant, British Telecom.

 

CrossCommerce, San Francisco, CA

Senior Manager, Strategic Alliances

November 2000 - March 2001

CrossCommerce develops enterprise e-merchandising platforms that integrate with e-commerce sites to reduce the cost of doing business on the Web.

·          Exceeded  MBO, performing at 120% of goal.
·         Developed technical and strategic partnerships and alliances, including partner recruitment, business model design, contract negotiation, and ongoing alliance support. 
·         Sole non-executive named to Strategic Alliance Team.

 

V Com, San Jose, CA

Director of Sales, Retail, Enterprise/Corporate, Channel & OEM

April 1997 - April 2000

V Com is the leading developer of enterprise data storage, backup, retrieval, and resource management applications.

·           Presidents List 97-98 Corporate Sales; 99-00 OEM & Channel Sales.

·         Initiated, planned & executed programs to manage sales efforts across all    corporate functions via direct & indirect sales vehicles with a "best of class" independent software provider [ISV].

·         P&L responsibility. Carried personal quota solution selling B2B while managing the Enterprise, International, OEM Sales, and Channel Sales Groups.

·         Increased Gross Sales 63%.  Reduced Cost of Sales 19%.  Focused on higher margin accounts to reduce Total Sales Transactions 32% and increased average Single Sale Value 142%.  Net margins increased 29 points from 43% to 72.4%.  Beat revenue goals becoming Vs most profitable division (sales at 163% of quota).

·         Clients included: Turbo Linux, FTC, Universal Buslink, Archos, MandrakeSoft,        SuSE, Symantec, Browne & Sharpe, General Motors, Ford, General Motors, Yamaha, Symantec, Microsoft, Kaiser Permanente, Software House International, Software Spectrum, SoftChoice, Foreign Ministries, Ingram Micro, Tech Data, Merisel, GTSI, CompUSA, CDW, Gateway.

 

CYL, Seoul, Korea

International Sales & Strategic Alliance Manager

January 1992-March 1997

CYL is a global logistics provider and currently ranked 12th largest amongst South Korean conglomerates.

·         Presidents List 93-95 Corporate Sales; 96 Corporate & OEM Sales.

·         Lead sales and negotiated contract to major/named accounts in the US,                 European, and Asian regions. 

·         Proved proficient in OEM, Channel, and Direct Sales, as well as international trade protocol and high-level contract negotiation.

·         Consistently achieved 148% of quota winning engagements averaging $2.8             million annually.

·         Clients included: Yamaha, Suzuki, Nissan, Mercury, Sea Ray, Brunswick, Nike

 

 

Education:

Drake University, Bachelor of Arts, 1991 Major: Communications / E-Media, SJMC

Yonsei University, Graduate Certificate, 1995 Asian Studies / Korean Language

 

Professional Training:

Bosworth: Solution Selling

Hanan: Consultative Selling

Miller Heiman: Strategic, Consultative, Large Account Management

 

Technology:

Operating Systems & client / server technologies: Windows 95, Windows CE, Windows NT Server, SCO, Linux, Palm® OS, PocketPC, Microsoft Exchange Server, Microsoft Internet Information Server, TCP/IP, CGI, HTML, Active X, HTTP, WAP, Bluetooth, ASP[active server pages], COM, COM+, Microsoft Message Query, Java 2 Enterprise Edition [J2EE], Java Beans [JB] Intel® based Data Services Technologies: Microsoft Universal Data Access, ODBC. ADG, OLEDB, JDBC, Rational Rose, Rational Unified Modeling Process, WebLogic. Adobe Photoshop, Adobe ImageReady, Adobe Illustrator, Microsoft Outlook, Seibel© Sales, Sales Logix, Sun Microsystems® Star Office, Clarify, Vantive, Peoplesoft, e.piphany ASP, SAP, Oracle, workflow solutions, asset / facilities management EAI, B2B supply chain Integration, CRM, ERP


Verticals:

Financial; Logistics; Transportation; Healthcare; Architecture; Construction; Energy; Power; Utilities; Retail; Communications; eCommerce; Manufacturing; Aerospace; Fortune 1000; Global 2000.