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April 28, 2020 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am CDT
FreefnCurriculum: Growth – Pivot Your Sales Strategy to Success ft the Goby Team
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Want to double your sales pipeline in just 4 months? fnSeries A+ member Ryan Nelson, founder of Goby, did just that by rethinking his sales approach, creating systems and retooling the pipeline. Join us for a virtual workshop where Ryan will show what he did, impact and work with founders to do the same.
Presenters
Ryan Nelson
Ryan Nelson has more than 20 years in enterprise software and management consulting experience, including supply chain software implementation and process optimization for Fortune 50 companies; among them, Chevron, Honeywell, AIG, and Zurich Insurance Group. He began his career with PricewaterhouseCoopers management consulting then joined Ariba (now SAP Ariba) where he led the international software roll-out for Chevron.
After Ariba, he co-founded blueSolutions, a supply chain optimization and software implementation consultancy, which was acquired by SAP reseller Hubwoo in 2008. Since 2009, Nelson has been focused on turning big data into big opportunities at Goby, an enterprise data and accounts payable automation platform utilizing artificial intelligence.He is an avid sailor, reader, environmentalist, guitarist, budding pianist, aspiring philosopher, and entrepreneur.
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Helee Lev
Helee Lev is Goby’s Chief Revenue Officer. Helee has more than 15 years of experience in commercial real estate globally with customers such as Motorola, Bank of America, Cisco, MasterCard, HSBC, Fidelity, McDonald’s, as well as several real estate private equity funds and REIT’s.
In 2012, Helee joined Goby, overseeing strategic account management, new business, and industry alliances. In 2015, she participated in raising $5M of venture capital funding for Goby. As CRO she leads the sales and marketing team, consulting business, and HR. Helee is a member of Goby’s board of directors.Helee earned her Bachelor’s degree in architecture at University of Illinois and her MBA in International Business, Management Strategy, and Entrepreneurship from Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management.
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Danna Hileli
Danna Hileli is Goby’s VP of Marketing.
She has over 20 years of experience and a strong track record of driving innovative marketing and branding strategies that increase revenue, fuel brand awareness and solidify customer relationships.
As VP of Marketing, she is responsible for Goby’s marketing efforts.
Before joining Goby in May 2016, Danna co-founded and led a real estate investment & property management company. Prior to that, she served as the Director of Digital Marketing for the Consulate General of Israel to the Midwest and Director of Marketing at UPS. She started her career in luxury cosmetics, working with brands like Stella McCartney and Alexander McQueen.
Danna earned a Bachelor of Business Administration and Finance at IDC and studied Integrated Marketing at the University of Chicago.
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