Matthew P. Mara
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EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE
Pure Storage
Director of Sales - Portworx Division – TOLA March 2021 - Present
• Regional Director Role
• Managing a team of Enterprise Account Executives
• Running a team of Sales Development Representatives to generate new leads
• Managing opportunities with AE’s from Inception to Closed won
• Managing team Prospecting activities/Driving pipeline building activities
• Managing team learning and customer facing enablement events to build pipeline
• Building Kubernetes Enablement training for both VAR’s and Pure Storage core reps
• Managing relationships and solutions with large Global and Enterprise (Walmart, Walgreens, C-Spire, Soutwest Airlines, American Airlines, Global payment Systems) accounts around Pure storage K8 products Consistently meeting and exceeding quarterly and annual quotas $ 20 Million (annually)
• Accolades:
• Cloud Native Team Leader of the Quarter Q3, 2021 VMware
Kubernetes Account Executive (Field Rep.) – Central US and Canada March 2018 – February 2021
• Outside sales role
• Managing over 200 accounts in Global and Enterprise sales
• Running customer meetings in the field and remote
• Managing opportunities from Inception to Closed won
• Prospecting/Driving pipeline building activities
• Running learning and customer facing enablement events to build pipeline
• Kubernetes Enablement training for both VAR’s and VMware core reps
• Developed relationships and solutions with large Global and Enterprise (Walgreens, DXC, Canadian border services Agency, ETC.) accounts around VMware’s K8 products
• Consistently meeting and exceeding quarterly and annual quotas $ 4.2 Million (annually)
• Accolades:
• Kubernetes Specialist of the Quarter Q1, 2019
VMware
NSX Account Executive (Inside) – Mid-Atlantic territory January 2017 – March 2018
• Hybrid Inside/Outside sales role
• Managing over 5,000 accounts in Commercial Select and Emerging
• Running customer meetings in the field and remote
• Managing opportunities from Inception to Closed won
• Prospecting/Driving pipeline building activities
• Running learning and customer facing enablement events to build pipeline
• NSX Enablement training for both VAR’s and VMware core reps
• Developed relationships and solutions with large commercial accounts around VMware’s core products
• Consistently meeting and exceeding quarterly and annual quotas $ 2.1 Million (annually)
• Accolades:
• NSX Specialist of the Quarter Q2, 2017
• Champions Club Member
Camino Information Systems, Houston, Texas March 2015 - February 2017 Regional Account Executive (North America)
• Developing Pricing Model, Analyzing Competitor Pricing, Building SLA Standards
• Building partner relationships, IT Design, Developing Mobility Solutions, Network Implementations o Providing Custom Software Solution packages with Android iOS, Apple iOS, .Net, C#
• Consistently meeting and exceeding quarterly quota $ 1.5 Million
• Developing new business relationships and solutions with large Enterprise organizations in the Oil and Medical industries
o Kirby Corporation, CA Technologies, M. D. Anderson, Elite Physicians, Sterling Medical SKILLS
• Exceptional communication, writing, and analytical skills
• Vast Experience with Sales Force, Clari, MS office suite
• Strong sales manager, team building, leadership and social attributes
• Sales Software (PSA), Visual Basics, Microsoft Visio, SQL, SaaS
• Bilingual: Fluent in English; Beginner in Spanish EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science in Anthropology May 2011
College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, University of Houston, Houston, Texas