Koray Gokay

Sales Executive

London, England, United Kingdom9 yrs 10 mos experience
AI Enabled

Key Highlights

  • 7+ years of SaaS closing experience
  • Top performing AE globally in 2020
  • Expert in AI technologies for sales
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS sales expert with a strong focus on AI-driven solutions.

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Skills

Core Skills

SalesBusiness Development

Other Skills

AICustomer Relationship ManagementSales StrategyCustomer ServiceAccount ManagementNegotiationTechnical RecruitingTime ManagementTeam LeadershipRecruitingTeamworkManagement

About

With 7+ years of SaaS closing experience, I bring a proven track record of driving growth and exceeding targets. I have a deep understanding of AI technologies and their transformative impact on the SaaS landscape, enabling me to engage clients with insight and confidence. Detail-oriented and highly emotionally intelligent, I combine a passion for innovation with a consultative approach to sales—helping businesses unlock real value through advanced technology. Dedicated to continuous professional and personal growth, I thrive in fast-moving environments where precision, adaptability, and performance are key.

Experience

Intuit

Senior Account Executive

Jan 2026Present · 2 mos · London Area, United Kingdom · Hybrid

Birdeye

Enterprise Account Executive

Jan 2025Jan 2026 · 1 yr · London Area, United Kingdom · Hybrid

  • As a Senior Account Executive at Birdeye, I help businesses harness the power of AI to grow and strengthen their customer relationships. I work with clients to simplify how they manage reviews, reputation, and engagement — while introducing next-generation tools like agentic AI that automate routine tasks, personalise communication at scale, and drive smarter customer interactions. My role is to understand your business goals and show you how Birdeye’s AI-powered platform can increase visibility, improve efficiency, and deliver measurable results.
AICustomer Relationship ManagementSales StrategySalesBusiness Development

Charles

Senior Account Executive

Jun 2024Jan 2025 · 7 mos · London Area, United Kingdom

  • Berlin based startup where I was laser focused on the adoption and growth of Conversational Commerce and WhatsApp eCommerce solutions across the UK & Europe, enhancing brand presence and helping to fuel the overall expansion.
  • Brought on key clients including their first billion euro plus agency, under the charles list of clientel, see recommendation below from client win story.
  • Worked between London & Berlin.

Vertex inc.

Account Executive

Sep 2022Jun 2024 · 1 yr 9 mos · London, England, United Kingdom

  • Currently enabling clients to be in a position, whereby they can automate and streamline their tax determination & compliance processes.
  • Extremely focused on delivering high standards for my customers, and helping them to achieve their goals both in the short to long term, through the use of the powerful Vertex product suite.
  • Notable Quarters:
  • 145% Q4 22 (ramp)
  • 100% Q1 23
  • 104% Q2 23
  • Highlights so far:
  • Top 4 performing AE across the entire European team in first full fiscal year (2023)

Adverity

Senior Account Executive

Mar 2019Aug 2022 · 3 yrs 5 mos · Greater London

  • 100% New business hunter
  • Notable achievements during tenure are as follows.
  • Top performing AE 2020 (Global)
  • Fastest ramped AE 2019 (UK)
  • Notable Quarters:
  • 109% of Q1 2022
  • 105% of Q2 2021
  • 125% of Q1 2021
  • 165% of Q4 2020
  • 135% of Q2 2020
  • 110% of Q4 2019
  • Closed numerous big ticket deals across the commercial, mid-market & enterprise space. Selling into manufacturing, retail, sports, gaming, agency and ecommerce verticals.
  • Assisted with onboarding programmes for new sales starters, coached and trained SDR's where possible.
  • Joined Adverity during start up phase, just shy of being employee number 50 worldwide, was with the company during its key growth phases, from Series B to Series D, with the headcount increasing from 50 to just over 400 employees (scale up phase) during my tenure.
  • My focus was to enable clients to be smart with data. The platform was created for advertisers and agencies in mind, Adverity's innovative platform enabled customers to easily connect and work with their entire media, marketing and e-commerce ecosystems.
  • By leveraging the largest data source library on the market, they could automate their entire data integration process. Their data was harmonised into a consistent structure, allowing them to easily analyse data from different platforms alongside each other. Stop jumping between platforms and start empowering your team to quickly generate meaningful insights.

Morgan mckinley

Head of Software Sales Recruitment EMEA

Apr 2017Mar 2019 · 1 yr 11 mos · London, United Kingdom

  • As the Head of Software sales recruitment here at Morgan McKinley, myself and my team focus our time on placing senior sales professionals within Mid Market and Enterprise Level Software companies.
  • Placing sales candidates from Business Development Managers right the way up to Sales Directors inclusive of candidates at VP Level. My direct focus is on the HCM market, however I do work with various ERP, IOT, E-learning and Martech software vendors in sourcing proven sales individuals across the UK and EMEA.
  • Notable Achievements @MorganMckinley are as follows:
  • x3 Quarterly Stars Winner - Awarded for exceeding my quarterly targets
  • x1 Go Beyond Winner - delivered well over half of my annual individual target in H1
  • No.1 Permanent Biller - IT Division - 2018
  • No.1 Sales Consultant - UK & EMEA - 2018
  • A new business sales recruiter with an eye for top sales talent and a genuine passion for the software industry as well as sales in general.

Humres technical recruitment limited

Sales Recruitment Consultant

Apr 2016Apr 2017 · 1 yr

  • My time at Humres was spent working in the Sales team as a 360 Sales consultant, I was working with candidates such as;
  • Business Development Managers
  • Area Sales / Territory Managers
  • Account / Key Account Managers
  • National Sales Managers
  • Sales Directors
  • Salaries ranging from £35k - £100k
  • Promotion from Associate Consultant to Consultant in 3months
  • Awards included: "Best Newcomer" - "Best Headhunt call" - x2 Employee of the month
  • Headhunted to join a tech desk at Morgan Mckinley which was my preference.

Education

Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts

Acting

Jan 2014Jan 2015

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