Thomas Joseph

Business Development Executive

Greensboro, North Carolina, United States17 yrs 9 mos experience

Key Highlights

  • Achieved 176% of sales target in one year.
  • Developed comprehensive sales playbook for EdTech startup.
  • Organized professional development events for over 400 educators.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Sales Professional specializing in EdTech with a strong focus on relationship management and customer acquisition.

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Skills

Core Skills

Sales ManagementCustomer Acquisition

Other Skills

Closing ContractsCommunicationEarly-Stage StartupsRelationship BuildingProblem SolvingProduct DemonstrationFull CycleSales PresentationsInbound SalesCreative Problem SolvingPersuasionNew Business OpportunitiesDeal ClosureSales TrainingsExperienced Sales Professional

About

I am an optimist. I dance, I laugh and I cook, in no particular order. My wife’s my actual soulmate. Dedicated dad to 2 girls. Dog lover. My experiences have made me a firm believer in Karma. Love helping others. I try consciously to put a little kindness out there every day. I'm a sales nerd who enjoys the art and recognizes the science of sales. I lean in on the processes - prospecting, qualifying, discovery, demo presentations, negotiating and closing - to make the buying process seamless to the customer and use the metrics as an indicator to determine how to motivate me along. I am driven by relationships, processes and metrics. I hunger to learn ways to get better. I thrive on building long term relationships by providing solutions that helps solve pain/challenges.

Experience

17 yrs 9 mos
Total Experience
2 yrs 4 mos
Average Tenure
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Current Experience

Robokind

New Partnership Manager - Northeast

Jan 2023Jul 2023 · 6 mos · Dallas, Texas, United States · Remote

  • Developed in-depth knowledge of company offerings and services, effectively addressing prospect pain points.
  • Consistently achieved weekly prospecting goals, resulting in a robust pipeline aligned with annual quotas.
  • Effectively engaged in the full sales lifecycle, from prospecting to closing deals, utilizing consultative selling techniques and delivering impactful demos.
  • Managed existing accounts and drove revenue growth through renewals & upsell efforts.
  • Attended key industry conferences, including NJASA/NJAPSA Spring Conference in NJ, IEI Conference in NY, and VCASE in VA.
Closing ContractsCommunicationEarly-Stage StartupsRelationship BuildingProblem SolvingProduct Demonstration+13

Pavilion

Associate Member

Dec 2021Dec 2022 · 1 yr · United States

  • Pavilion provides peer-to-peer connection, ongoing training and development, and career resources to get high-growth individuals and teams where they want to go.
CommunicationRelationship BuildingSales TrainingsSuccess Driven

Hypcccycl

Member

Nov 2021Dec 2022 · 1 yr 1 mo

  • HYPCCCYCL is an invite-only, professional community where top B2B revenue leaders cross-train their GTM skills with VCs.
CommunicationRelationship BuildingSales TrainingsSuccess Driven

Stronger brains

Sales Director

May 2021Feb 2022 · 9 mos · United States · Remote

  • Developed and implemented a comprehensive sales playbook for an early stage EdTech startup, defining target customer profiles, creating effective communication scripts, and handling objections during the sales cycle.
  • Led all aspects of customer prospecting, qualification, presentations, follow-ups, and successful deal closures.
  • Provided strategic guidance and coaching to the founders, enabling them to navigate the sales cycle effectively and achieve desired outcomes.
Closing ContractsCommunicationSales & Marketing LeadershipEarly-Stage StartupsRelationship BuildingProblem Solving+12

Thursday night sales

Tribe Member

Sep 2020Mar 2023 · 2 yrs 6 mos · Remote

CommunicationRelationship BuildingSuccess Driven

Scholastic international

Regional Sales Consultant - Bahrain, Kuwait, Jordan & Oman

Sep 2015Dec 2022 · 7 yrs 3 mos · Kuwait

  • Working with schools and trade customers to promote a portfolio of print and digital resources.
  • Core strengths includes proactively prospecting, qualifying new business opportunities, building pipelines, presenting demos and providing solutions to customers pain points, and increasing revenue streams.
  • Focus is on building and maintaining strong, long term relationships with customers by being consistent through out the sales cycle and after.
  • Also, increasing brand awareness and brand loyalty by organizing professional development training events for educators within budgets while tracking a positive ROI.
  • '15-'16 - Sales Rep - Kuwait
  • Scholastic 'Rookie of the Year'
  • Achieved 99% of sales target.
  • Total sales up 24% from the previous year.
  • Organized PD event - 65 teachers from 20 schools.
  • '16-'17 - Country Sales Rep - Kuwait & Jordan
  • Scholastic ME 'Sales Rep of the Year'
  • Achieved 176% of sales target.
  • Total sales up 280% from the previous year.
  • Organized PD event w/ sponsorship - 232 teachers from 51 schools and preschools.
  • '17-'18 - Country Sales Rep - Kuwait, Jordan & Oman
  • Achieved 82% of sales target.
  • Organized PD event w/ sponsorships - 425 teachers from 64 schools & preschools.
  • '18-'19 - Country Sales Rep - Kuwait, Jordan, Oman
  • Achieved 100% of sales target.
  • Total sales up 46% up from the previous year.
  • Organized 5 PD events in Kuwait & Jordan.
  • '19 - '20 - Regional Sales Supervisor - Kuwait, Jordan, Oman & Qatar
  • Achieved 88% of sales target.
  • Organized 6 PD events in Kuwait & Jordan. Oversaw 2 PD events in Qatar.
  • Trained and helped grow 2 sales reps in Qatar and 2 inside sales reps in India.
  • Oversaw closing of a 3 year contract with the Qatar Foundation for a reading initiative - Qatar Reads
  • '20-'21 - Regional Sales Consultant - Kuwait, Bahrain, Jordan & Oman
  • Achieved 126% of sales target.
  • Top salesforce user in the international team.
  • '21-'22 - Regional Sales Consultant - Kuwait, Bahrain, Jordan & Oman
  • Achieved 101% of sales target.
Closing ContractsCommunicationSales & Marketing LeadershipRelationship BuildingProblem SolvingProduct Demonstration+13

Kuwait american school

Early Years Teacher

Jan 2012Jun 2015 · 3 yrs 5 mos · Salmiya, Kuwait

  • Conducted daily observations, assessments and curriculum implementations.
  • Worked collaboratively with colleagues to design literacy and math units for ESL learners. Incorporated music, dance and movement to address different learning modalities.
  • Fostered and maintained positive relationships and communications with parents by keeping them informed on the children's learning development and soliciting help for field trips and storytelling in the classroom.
  • Developed and implemented bullying awareness campaigns for the KG & elementary divisions with the school counselor as part of creating a strategic school wide anti-bullying campaign.
  • Coached soccer team of 22 children as part of the after school activity.
CommunicationRelationship BuildingSuccess Driven

Dasman model school

Special Needs Teaching Assistant

Sep 2011Dec 2011 · 3 mos · Sharq, Kuwait City

  • Primary task is to assist teachers in delivering the EdExcel / Asdan program to students in the vocational department.
  • Promoting student's self-confidence, self-esteem and self-determination.
  • Assisting students to recognize instructions, through repetition, rephrasing and instructional scaffolding.
  • Encouraging students to converse with one another and among staff in academic English.
  • Arranging educational resources and assisting in lesson planning.
CommunicationRelationship BuildingSuccess Driven

Kidicorp ltd

Teacher - In - Training

Sep 2009Aug 2011 · 1 yr 11 mos · Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

  • Fostered children’s social and interpersonal skills by establishing routines and positive guidance policies that provided a safe and secure environment to help children become competent and confident learners and communicators.
  • Collaborated and worked effectively with other members of the teaching team towards achieving optimal results. Participated in bi-monthly teacher meetings to develop and implement strategies to help children reach their developmental milestones.
  • Communicated with parents in a thorough and timely manner regarding student progress and challenges.
  • Developed and maintained current and accurate portfolios for the students. Assisted with planning weekly and monthly schedules of activities for student progress.
  • Demonstrated and promoted a personal understanding of each child in my care through observations, assessments and planning based on the individual child’s needs.
  • Served as liaison teacher responsible for new intakes with emotional, behavioral and social issues. Trained two full time staff and three student support staff in best practices in handling new intakes with similar issues.
  • Identified two children with ADHD, conducted observations and assessments, coordinated with head teacher and parents which led to the child’s placement within a special needs program.
CommunicationRelationship BuildingSuccess Driven

The joseph-etheridge enterprise

Stay-at-Home Dad

Jul 2008Aug 2009 · 1 yr 1 mo

  • Blessed to have had this opportunity of a lifetime.
  • Changed my life and shown me purpose.
CommunicationSuccess Driven

Kuwait times

Advertising Senior Sales Specialist

Feb 2005Jul 2008 · 3 yrs 5 mos · Kuwait

  • In addition to handling relationships with existing customers, identified, developed and maintained a database of new customers.
  • Generated revenue streams by developing newspaper supplements for national days and for promoting tourism for relevant countries.
  • Increased newspaper subscriptions base by over 27% by designing and developing the April Fool’s ad in 2007.
CommunicationSuccess Driven

Energy unlimited

Managing Partner

Jan 2005May 2008 · 3 yrs 4 mos · Kuwait

  • 6th Gulf Water Conservation & Reuse Technologies Exhibition - 2006
  • VIP Birthday parties, Sports watching events and more...
CommunicationSuccess Driven

Education

New Zealand Tertiary College

Bachelor of Education (BEd) — Early Childhood Education

Jan 2009Jan 2013

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