Kelsey Frost

CEO

San Diego, California, United States12 yrs 8 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Passionate about building and leading pre-sales teams.
  • Successfully grew Solutions organization from 2 to 29 globally.
  • Achieved Presidents Club recognition multiple times.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS Solutions Engineering leader with extensive experience in sales and team management.

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Skills

Core Skills

Sales EngineeringLeadershipSales

Other Skills

ManagementProject ManagementEnablementDemosSwitSolution SellingProduct DemonstrationSales PresentationsPre-salesScrumEnterprise Content ManagementDocument ManagementEvent PlanningCommunity OutreachEnterprise Software

About

Technical sales is invigorating. It’s my favorite spot in the middle of the Venn diagram between Sales, Product, and Consulting. 20 years ago I’d never heard of it. Today I can’t imagine a world without it. It goes by the name pre-sales, solutions engineering, sales engineering, solutions consulting, etc, etc, etc, - but I call it my passion. I build and lead pre-sales teams! I’m passionate about finding great people, helping them grow, and building a culture that’s 1) growth-oriented, 2) striving for excellence, and 3) fun. When I’m not working, you'll find me: chasing two little ones, enjoying good coffee, finding my new favorite restaurant, reading, hiking, and traveling.

Experience

12 yrs 8 mos
Total Experience
2 yrs 6 mos
Average Tenure
4 yrs 11 mos
Current Experience

Clickup

4 roles

Senior Director, Solutions Engineer

Promoted

Feb 2025Present · 1 yr 3 mos · San Diego, California, United States

Director, Solutions Engineering Americas & APAC

Mar 2023Feb 2025 · 1 yr 11 mos · San Diego, California, United States

Sales EngineeringManagementProject ManagementSalesEnablementLeadership

Sr. Manager, Solutions Engineering

Promoted

Jul 2022Feb 2023 · 7 mos · San Diego, California, United States

  • Proudly leading Solutions Engineering for ClickUp's Americas Commercial segments and for EMEA!
Sales EngineeringManagementProject ManagementSalesEnablementLeadership

Manager, Solutions Engineering

May 2021Jul 2022 · 1 yr 2 mos · San Diego, California, United States

  • As the first front-line manager in a new department, I helped grow the Solutions organization from 2 in the US to 29 globally within 1 year.
Sales EngineeringManagementProject ManagementSalesEnablementLeadership

Wrike

3 roles

Lead Sales Engineer, Team Lead

Sep 2020Apr 2021 · 7 mos

  • Leadership Performance
  • Recruited and onboarded 6 SEs during 2020, sourcing half directly
  • Retained all existing team members during transition to remote work with COVID
  • Implemented standardized buddy program for successful onboarding of new hires
  • Led cross-functional project to improve SE & Sales engagement process (SFDC integration) and enhance metrics available
  • Individual Performance
  • Presidents Club 2020
  • #1 performer on global SE team
  • $3.54MM ARR contributed in 2020
Sales EngineeringDemosManagementProject ManagementSalesEnablement+1

Enterprise Sales Engineer, Team Lead

Promoted

Oct 2019Sep 2020 · 11 mos

  • Leadership
  • Served as interim manager for global team during leader absence
  • Individual Performance
  • Presidents Club 2019
  • #1 performer on global SE team
  • $2.92MM ARR contributed in 2019
Sales EngineeringDemosManagementProject ManagementSalesLeadership

Sales Engineer

Mar 2019Oct 2019 · 7 mos

  • Individual Performance
  • Second Sales Engineer in US
  • Defined and documented departmental SOPs for new team
  • Promoted from supporting Commercial to Enterprise accounts within 5 months
Sales EngineeringDemosManagementProject ManagementSalesLeadership

Ricoh usa, inc.

Services Engineer

May 2016Mar 2019 · 2 yrs 10 mos · San Diego County, California, United States

  • Drove sales engagements forward with Fortune 500 clients by analyzing business processes, documenting cross-functional requirements, and providing tailored solution recommendations.
  • Supported sales executives in requirements gathering, solution scoping, sales presentations, and SOW creation.
  • Aided the organization in sales and technical strategy during Ricoh USA’s roll-out of Laserfiche as new product offering. Brought in 3 of the first 4 Laserfiche contracts nationally within first 12 months.
Sales EngineeringDemosSales

Dotcms

Solutions Consultant

Jun 2015May 2016 · 11 mos · San Diego County, California, United States

  • Accomplishments:
  • Delivered 100% increase in new contracts within current customer base over a 6 month period.
  • Established a corporate database of client profiles and data.
  • Position Highlights:
  • Built and maintained trusted relationships with enterprise clients to promote client success, retention, and business development.
  • Identified expansion and growth opportunities within existing accounts and worked opportunities through to close, including: defining solution scope, writing proposal, delivering proposal presentations, and negotiating contract terms.
  • Defined and oversaw marketing campaigns to strengthen client engagement and drive net-new business.
Sales EngineeringDemosSales

Laserfiche

2 roles

Sales Engineer and Team Lead

Jul 2014Jun 2015 · 11 mos · Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

  • Sales Engineer Accomplishments:
  • Led RFP technical response strategy for strategic new business acquisition, winning high six-figure to seven-figure contracts including a State-wide preferred vendor contract and a campus-wide shared-services contract with a prominent UC school.
  • Built and presented dozens of custom software demonstrations during presales process with >50% win ratio on net-new opportunities.
  • Developed and delivered 10+ courses and 40 hours of content for Spanish-language technical training program. Trained 50+ engineers in Costa Rica and Mexico over 3 weeks.
  • Team Lead Highlights:
  • Established project priorities for team of 10 sales engineers, approved and managed team workload, and mentored junior team members to foster success.
  • Managed team-produced written responses to RFPs/RFIs to ensure technical accuracy and consistent voice.
  • Served as primary consultant and technical authority for strategic client-led implementation projects.
Sales EngineeringDemosSales

Presales Engineer (Channel)

Jul 2013Jul 2014 · 1 yr · Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

  • Led discovery, requirements gathering, and solution strategy for sales prospects and existing accounts.
  • Analyzed and redesigned internal sales project management process to improve cross-departmental communication, increase efficiency, automate procedures, and deliver new insights to employee contribution during sales process.
  • Coordinated and developed content for 3 new training courses for international Laserfiche Empower Conference.
  • Designed and maintained organization's first set of 3 core Spanish-language software demonstrations, to drive business development in Latin America.
Sales EngineeringDemosSales

Education

Scripps College

BA

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso

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