Melinda (Lin) Metcalf

Business Development Executive

Saint Johns, Florida, United States15 yrs 11 mos experience
Highly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Proven track record in exceeding sales quotas.
  • Expert in launching new business territories.
  • Strong leadership in training and mentoring sales teams.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Cybersecurity Sales Leader with extensive experience in SaaS and IT security solutions.

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Account ManagementB2BBusiness AlliancesBusiness DevelopmentCRMChannel PartnersCloud ComputingCold CallingCold Calling ExperienceComputer SecurityConsultingContract NegotiationDirect SalesEncryption SoftwareEnterprise Software

About

Melinda Metcalf has extensive experience and successes in selling Cyber Security, Cloud Security, SaaS, and other IT software and IT/Cyber security products and services to companies in diverse industries. During her career she has managed multistate sales regions, cultivated and won new business, expanded existing business, outpaced major competitors, exceeded quotas, and delivered value to her clients. In addition to excelling at managing the entire sales lifecycle Melinda is also effective at training, mentoring, and coaching sales reps. Recently Melinda served as Regional Director, Southeast for Certified Security Solutions. She was hired as the company’s first Sales Director to launch its software business and grow a new 11-state Southeast territory from startup. Prior to CSS, Melinda was Regional Sales Manager at SafeNet/Gemalto, where she built a multimillion-dollar sales pipeline in 9 months. Before SafeNet/Gemalto, Melinda was Regional Solutions Sales Consultant at Cyveillance and Senior Security Sales Consultant at Verizon Business. In this role she surpassed her sales quota by 150% in 6 months. Melinda was also Sales Director, Southeast Region at Arcot Systems and Territory Account Manager at Entrust. During her early career at SecureWorks, she was recognized as first of 4 newly hired Account Executives to close any business within first 5 weeks of employment. Previously as Senior Sales Executive at Certicom Corp, Melinda won a total of $2.5M in sales in 2 years with customers nationwide. Melinda has a B.A. in Business Management from Simmons College. Skills: - Strategic Sales & Account Planning - New Business Development - Customer Needs Assessment - Regional Sales Management - Vertical Market Development - Consultative & Solutions Selling - Cold Calling & Sales Prospecting - Strategic Partnerships - Follow-Up Strategies & Initiatives - Sales Forecasting - Sales Team Training & Leadership - C-Level Presentations, Negotiations & Closing

Experience

Integrity security services llc

Director of Sales, Named Accounts - East

May 2025Dec 2025 · 7 mos · Remote

  • NTEGRITY Security Services (ISS) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Green Hills Software, established to provide best practice embedded security products and services for the protection of smart devices in all industries from cyber security attacks. ISS delivers end-to-end, layered, embedded security solutions to protect intelligent devices and their supply chains. ISS experience in cryptographic engineering and embedded development enables us to assemble an exceptional team of experienced resources to meet your product needs.
  • www.ghsiss.com

Entrust

Senior Sales Executive - Strategic Accounts - Cryptographic Data Security

Mar 2022May 2025 · 3 yrs 2 mos · Jacksonville, Florida, United States · Remote

  • More than ever, Entrust understands your organization’s security pain points. Whether it’s the protection of information, securing online customers, regulatory compliance or large-scale government projects, Entrust provides identity-based security solutions that are not only proven in real-world environments, but cost-effective in today’s uncertain economic climate.
  • Certificate Lifecycle Management
  • Identity & Access Management, MFA and SSO (Cloud/On-Prem), Passwordless
  • PKI and Managed PKI (Cloud/On-Prem), PKIaaS
  • HSM
  • IoT
  • Cryptography
  • Post-Quantum
  • Professional Services and Integrations

Red sift

Regional Sales Manager

Aug 2021Mar 2022 · 7 mos · Jacksonville, Florida, United States

  • Red Sift is a data-driven, next generation Cloud Security company that uses machine learning to analyze and synthesize data from core business processes, such as email, to help its global customer base better manage its online security. RedSift offers intelligent and accessible SaaS solutions that combine modern security standards with the latest machine learning techniques to make it easier for organizations to reduce the threats their users face every day.
  • OnDMARC is a flagship SaaS application to automate and secure Domain based messaging with a secure and scalable hosted SPF Management solution to address virtual IT and Security needs and ensure best practices in email authentication.
  • OnINBOX extends the protection from email attacks by addressing the growing threat of Vendor Email Compromise.
  • www.redsift.com

Fortanix

Regional Sales Manager

Mar 2020Aug 2021 · 1 yr 5 mos · Jacksonville, Florida Area

  • Fortanix unlocks the power of your most valuable data by securing it throughout its lifecycle, on premises and in the cloud. As you shift your applications to new infrastructures, you need a solution that can protect all your data, on premises as well as in the cloud. Fortanix Self-Defending Key Management Service ( SDKMS) delivers HSM, Key Management, Encryption and Tokenization for your hybrid and cloud-native applications, all from the same integrated solution.
  • With SDKMS you can securely generate, store, and use cryptographic keys and certificates, as well as secrets, such as passwords, API keys, tokens or any blob of data.

Datapath, inc.

Cyber Account Manager

Jan 2019Mar 2020 · 1 yr 2 mos · Florida

  • DataPath, Inc. provides a comprehensive cybersecurity managed services solution suite, known as MaxDefense, to meet the needs of commercial and government organizations. We leverage our twenty-five year track record of securing the US Department of Defense critical infrastructure to provide the same level of security to our commercial clients as we do to our military and government clients worldwide.
  • Using an integrated suite of tools with near real-time threat intelligence and solutions which incorporate the latest AI technology to proactively identify threats, MaxDefense incorporates a multi-layered security approach based upon NIST guidelines, a defense-in-depth methodology and dedicated cybersecurity professionals to meet the needs of our clients to help improve their overall security posture.

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Personal Time Due to Sudden Passing of Parent

Jan 2018Jan 2019 · 1 yr

Keyfactor (formally certified security solutions)

Regional Director Southeast

Jan 2016Jan 2018 · 2 yrs · Jacksonville, Florida Area

  • Keyfactor is the leader in cloud-first PKI as-a-Service and crypto-agility solutions. Our Crypto-Agility Platform empowers security teams to seamlessly orchestrate every key and certificate across the entire enterprise. We help our customers apply cryptography in the right way from modern, multi-cloud enterprises to complex IoT supply chains. With decades of cybersecurity experience, Keyfactor is trusted by more than 500 enterprises across the globe.

Gemalto

Regional Sales Manager

Jan 2015Jan 2016 · 1 yr · Jacksonville, Florida Area

  • Thales Digital Identity & Security is a global leader in digital security, bringing trust to an increasingly connected world. We design and deliver a wide range of products, software and services based on two core technologies: digital identification and data protection

Various

Business Development Executive

Jan 2013Jan 2015 · 2 yrs · Jacsksonville, FL

  • Retained as a business development consultant by high-tech companies to move forward their sales efforts (sales plan startups in secure email, IT monitoring solutions, and sales fields and developed channels, marketing messages, pricing and ROI documents).
  • Successfully resold IT monitoring solutions from CA (Nimsoft/APM) and professional services for and resold Open Text secure email and secure file share solutions.
  • Drove development of channel messaging for VO Group

Cyveillance inc, a qinetiq company

Regional Solutions Sales Consultant

Jan 2012Jan 2015 · 3 yrs · Jacksonville, Florida Area

  • - Responsible for sales of Internet monitoring technology solutions and professional services to businesses across 7 Southeast states (lead generation, sales pipeline development, sales planning/forecasting, new business development, strategic partner development, market share gain and competitive advantage strategies, and Fortune 1000 account management).

Verizon business

Senior Sales Security Solutions Consultant

Jan 2010Jan 2012 · 2 yrs · Jacksonville, Florida Area

Education

Simmons University

Bachelor of Arts - BA — Business Management

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