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Jeff Swan

Co-Founder

Canada17 yrs 1 mo experience

Key Highlights

  • Founder of multiple successful startups in B2G space.
  • Expert in proactive government procurement strategies.
  • Host of influential podcast on B2G market dynamics.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a B2G SaaS expert with a strong focus on government procurement and sales strategies.

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Skills

Core Skills

B2g SalesGo-to-market Strategy DevelopmentM&a Process ManagementProfitability OptimizationGovernment ProcurementCommunity BuildingSales ManagementOutbound SalesSales Methodologies

Other Skills

Start-upsArtificial Intelligence (AI)HubSpotAccount Based SellingSales IntelligenceBrand Positioning and Marketing StrategyOperational Efficiency ImprovementNegotiation & Deal StructuringLeadership and Team ManagementInvestor RelationsGo-to-Market StrategySales Process OptimizationFundraising Strategy and ExecutionRegulatory ComplianceGlobal Sourcing & Supplier Negotiation

About

The way companies sell to government is broken, and most people in the industry know it. The legacy playbook is reactive: 1. Wait for the RFP. 2. Respond to the procurement. 3. Show up after the specs are written and hope you're competitive. It's the equivalent of starting a race from the back of the grid and wondering why you never finish on the podium. I've spent my career on the other side of that problem. I've built and sold companies in the B2G space, invested in startups navigating the government market, and advised growth-stage companies on how to get ahead of procurement cycles instead of chasing them. What I've learned is simple: the companies that win government business are the ones that show up before the RFP exists. They lead with insights. They build relationships as partners, not vendors. They track the signals (policy shifts, funding changes, leadership moves) that tell them exactly when to engage and with whom. That thesis is behind everything I'm building right now: > #NoVendors is the movement. It's a challenge to the entire industry to stop showing up late with a pitch deck and start showing up early with value. > The Signal is my podcast and video series where I break down the real-world forces shaping B2G, from funding changes to political shifts to the role AI is playing in how we research and engage government buyers. > SOS Signals is the product. It's where the thesis becomes infrastructure: real-time market intelligence that tells B2G sellers, marketers, and founders where the opportunity is before their competitors know it exists. I believe the next 20 years of government sales will be defined by companies that operate as proactive partners rather than reactive vendors. AI is accelerating that shift. The companies and founders who figure this out early will own their markets. The ones who don't will keep starting from the back of the grid (token F1 reference). I invest in and advise founders building for the government market. I'm always interested in conversations with people who see this shift happening and want to be ahead of it.

Experience

17 yrs 1 mo
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Current Experience

Sellside m&a group

Managing Partner, M&A Advisor

Oct 2022Dec 2024 · 2 yrs 2 mos · British Columbia, Canada · Remote

  • The SMA Group specializes in seamless Mergers and acquisitions, leveraging 58+ years of combined experience to deliver expert valuations, tech-forward go-to-market strategies, and solutions to keep transactions running smoothly. Our confidential sales process supports business owners in achieving optimal exits.
  • Responsibilities:
  • Facilitated M&A transactions by providing strategic guidance and connecting clients with investors. Delivered tools and insights to optimize profitability, improve operations, and secure higher valuations for businesses.
Profitability OptimizationBrand Positioning and Marketing StrategyStart-upsM&A Process ManagementArtificial Intelligence (AI)Operational Efficiency Improvement+7

Business finders canada

Advisor

Oct 2022Jul 2024 · 1 yr 9 mos · Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada

  • Responsibilities:
  • Advised on sales & marketing initiatives and offered expertise in technology & industrial businesses.
Start-ups

Outbound sos

Founder | Creator of SOS Signals™ (Account Research-as-a-Service)

Jul 2021Present · 4 yrs 11 mos · Remote

  • Outbound SOS is the company behind SOS Signals™ and the #NoVendors movement. We've influenced $255M+ in pipeline across 75+ revenue organizations by replacing reactive, RFP-chasing GTM with a Signal-led strategy that gets sellers in front of government buyers before the procurement goes public.
  • The thesis: AI-powered market intelligence, combined with human verification, gives B2G sellers a structural timing advantage. SOS Signals is the Account Research-as-a-Service platform that delivers it.
  • Responsibilities:
  • ✔️ Developing predictive Pre-RFP intelligence that identifies government buying signals before procurement goes public
  • ✔️ Aligning sales, marketing, and success teams around shared buyer goals and mandates
  • ✔️ Driving the #NoVendors movement through signal-driven strategy and execution
  • ✔️ Advising B2G sales organizations on government procurement strategy, timing, and competitive positioning
Start-upsArtificial Intelligence (AI)HubSpotAccount Based SellingGovernment ProcurementB2G Sales+2

Fill the funnel podcast

Host & Producer

Jan 2021Nov 2022 · 1 yr 10 mos · United States

  • Your weekly update on what is and isn't working in the world of outbound sales. Join hosts Jeff Swan & Tom Slocum as they provide insight and feedback on what sales reps, BDRs/SDRs, and pipeline-driving founders do to generate pipeline on a day-to-day basis. Learn cold calling tips, how to build & optimize your sequences, rock your personal brand on LinkedIn + other social platforms, and what it's really like to use sales tech, like power dialers, sales engagement software, and more.
  • https://fillthefunnel.simplecast.com/
Start-ups

Revgenius

Ambassador, RevLeague, Outbound Sales

Oct 2020Oct 2021 · 1 yr · Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

  • RevGenius is a community of revenue-generating sales and marketing professionals brought together to learn, share, support, and grow with each other. You can consider us your alt work family!
  • Responsibilities:
  • Co-led the Outbound Sales sub-community, leading weekly workshops, daily sales coaching to sellers at over 1,600 companies across the globe. Designed and oversaw sales games, leading to 259 meetings booked in 10 days for just 32 participants!
Regulatory ComplianceGlobal Sourcing & Supplier NegotiationStart-upsProject ManagementDigital MarketingFlood Mitigation Planning & Design+9

Sales hacker

Contributing Author & Speaker

Aug 2020Dec 2024 · 4 yrs 4 mos

Start-ups

Dryfab flood defense

Founder & CEO

Jun 2019Jan 2022 · 2 yrs 7 mos · Lake Country, British Columbia, Canada

  • Acquired: January 2022
  • DryFab Flood Defense distributed world-leading flood prevention products, sourcing innovative and highly effective solutions primarily from Europe. As a trusted partner for homes, institutions, and commercial properties across the US and Canada, DryFab facilitated the implementation of cutting-edge barriers, doors, gates, and glass systems, including its flagship product with over 4,000 successful deployments and zero failures.
  • Responsibilities:
  • Built a global reputation for reliability by providing tools, training, and resources to protect properties effectively. Delivered solutions tailored to the needs of commercial and residential clients.
Start-ups

Revup sales

Founder & CEO

Jan 2019Oct 2021 · 2 yrs 9 mos

  • Merged: July 2021 (Outbound SOS)
  • RevUp Sales empowered sales teams with the Sequence Optimization Framework, a method for creating thoughtful, human-centric outbound sales sequences. Focused on SaaS and B2B sales, the company helped clients increase meeting bookings and drive revenue.
  • Responsibilities:
  • Developed and implemented the Sequence Optimization Framework. Provided consulting and coaching to sales and marketing teams, driving measurable improvements in pipeline and performance.
Start-upsCommunity BuildingSales ManagementSponsorshipSales CoachingVendor Management

Demand growth strategies

Partner & Founder

Apr 2018Dec 2018 · 8 mos · Vancouver, Canada Area

  • DEMAND Growth Strategies helps B2B companies scale faster through strategic sales & marketing systems - aligning people, processes, and technology from both teams to achieve corporate objectives. Focusing on marketing, SDR/BDR, and sales best practices, technology integration expertise, and performance measurement, we empower businesses to become predictable revenue growth engines.
  • Primary Responsibility:
  • Guided clients through the development & application of go-to-market strategy, ICP, and personas, change management best practices, playbooks (ABM, sales, sales development), sales & marketing org strategy, structure, and hiring, and onboarding & performance management programs through consultative workshops, training programs, and ongoing leadership coaching.
Sales SequencesSales MethodologiesStart-upsOutbound SalesGovernment ProcurementBusiness-to-Business (B2B)+3

Comm100

Vice President Marketing

Jul 2017May 2018 · 10 mos · Vancouver, Canada Area

  • Raised: $2M Angel
  • Comm100 is an award-winning global provider of omnichannel customer experience solutions powered by automation, AI, and a friendly interface that’s fast and easy for both visitors and agents to use. Organizations like AXA, Stanford University and Veridian Credit Union use Comm100 to deliver meaningful real-time conversations
  • Primary Responsibility:
  • Transformed an SMB-focused sales & marketing team into an Account-Based revenue organization by establishing marketing & sales best practices, success processes & plays, optimized content, industry-leading CRM and automation technology, and adding "A" player talent and skills.
Start-ups

Infobip

Marketing Director North America

Feb 2016Jul 2017 · 1 yr 5 mos · Vancouver, Canada Area

  • Infobip is a global leader in omnichannel engagement powering a broad range of messaging channels, tools and solutions for advanced customer engagement, authentication and security. With 60+ offices in 6 continents and over 2,000 experts, Infobip is changing the way the world communicates.
  • Primary Responsibility:
  • Grew North American market by establishing marketing & sales best practices, processes, and plays, building world-class marketing & sales development teams, and implementing & optimizing CRM, automation, and acceleration technology.
Start-ups

Payfirma

Director of Demand Generation

Jun 2015Dec 2015 · 6 mos · Vancouver, Canada Area

  • Raised: $13M Series A
  • Payfirma empowers small and medium sized businesses to accept credit cards and other types of payments with a single platform while getting business insight so they can make faster and better decisions. Mobile, online, and in-store payments with one account.
  • Primary Responsibility:
  • Drove pipeline through the development, execution, and reporting of demand generation programs, sales enablement & training, and marketing operations. Managed external performance marketing vendors and marketing technology stack. Leveraged inter-departmental work groups to establish "One Funnel" methodology, driving increased inbound lead flow, marketing-sales alignment and marketing-sourced revenue.
Start-upsGovernment Procurement

Talentclick

Director of Marketing

Jan 2013Jun 2015 · 2 yrs 5 mos · Vancouver, Canada Area

  • Raised: $1.5M Angel
  • In more than 100 countries around the globe, employers are using TalentClick's unique personality assessments to create happier, safer, and more profitable workplaces. If you've been searching for a way to reduce the risk of another bad hire, another safety incident, or a one more disruption to your corporate culture, you've come to the right place. We're the experts who built and started an online revolution, where technology meets testing, at an affordable monthly price. We have a 96% customer retention rate, and we’re growing to keep up to market demand for our innovative products.
  • Primary Responsibility:
  • Drove pipeline development, lead qualification, and nurturing through content-driven demand generation programs for direct and channel sales. Developed the "One Funnel" methodology that drives results through marketing-sales alignment and consolidated reporting.
Start-ups

Jeff swan marketing inc.

Marketing Consultant

Apr 2009Dec 2013 · 4 yrs 8 mos · Vancouver, Canada Area

  • Jeff Swan Marketing Inc. helped growing companies launch their products or services in new markets. Through a consultative strategic planning process its marketing experts helped identify the most profitable customer groups while positioning brands to capture their business.
  • Primary Responsibility:
  • Developed and implemented effective marketing strategies that included focused marketing research, optimized website design, key message creation, search engine marketing (SEO/SEM), business development, and innovative customer relationship management (CRM) programs.
Start-upsGovernment Procurement

Habidoo.com

President and Co-Founder

Jan 2008Mar 2009 · 1 yr 2 mos · Vancouver, Canada Area

  • With a clear focus on helping members succeed in their projects, Habidoo provided a social networking framework that helped homeowners find and compare contractors, realtors, and other home professionals. Professionals benefited from their own unique webpage, integrated contact and project management software, and unlimited leads.
  • Primary Responsibilities:
  • Developed web-based marketing platform, successfully raised $50,000 in startup capital to fund operations, and earned recurring memberships from US and Canada within the Real Estate, Home Improvement, and Homeowner customer groups.
Start-upsGovernment Procurement

Blizzard interactive

Sr Marketing Coordinator

Apr 2006Jan 2008 · 1 yr 9 mos · Winnipeg, Canada Area

  • Exclusive marketing agency for licensed financial lenders that provide short-term credit to the United States, Canada, United Kingdom and Australia. It provides clients with full marketing services from customer acquisition, risk management and customer retention. Its core business involves lead generation through search, affiliates and publishers.
  • Primary Responsibilities:
  • Managed email marketing department, achieving 95%+ deliverability rates, 50%+ opens, and average 10% click-throughs on various levels of email campaigns while retaining consistent performance through increased spam protection implementations by major ISPs and an industry-wide change in acceptance of email as a commercial communication medium. Managed comprehensive integrated marketing programs that increased customer retention by 10% over an 18 month period.
Start-ups

Birchwood automotive group

Project/Event Manager

Apr 2005Mar 2006 · 11 mos · Winnipeg, Canada Area

  • Winnipeg's premier GMC, KIA, Honda, Toyota, and Nissan Dealer, along with Manitoba's largest selection of luxury dealers. Its collective dealerships sell new and used cars, trucks and SUVs at excellent prices with a reputation for the best customer service in the business.
  • Primary Responsibilities:
  • Planned, implemented, and evaluated marketing and business projects for corporate subsidiaries for Birchwood BMW, MINI Winnipeg, Jaguar, Land Rover, Volvo Winnipeg, Saturn on Regent, and the auto group Inventory Management and Procurement Division. Accomplishments include:
  • Utilized a $120K annual budget to market luxury brand store; Promoted MINI brand throughout Winnipeg and surrounding area with experiential events and promotions; Lead and organized product launch events for BMW 3 Series; Spearheaded research and testing of new inventory management program; Identified new business opportunities through research and analysis of business activities

Education

UBC Sauder School of Business

Real Estate Trading Services License — Real Estate

Jan 2022Jan 2022

University of Manitoba

Bachelor of Commerce (Hons.) — Marketing

Jan 2001Jan 2005

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