Lars Kontz

Lars Kontz

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Sr. VP Sales & Marketing- Client Relationship Mgmt ( CRO )
Washington, District of Columbia, United States

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  • HelioCampus
    Sr. VP Sales & Marketing- Client Relationship Mgmt ( CRO )
    HelioCampus
    May 2018 - Dec 2025 (7 years 8 months)
    Helping institutions ask and answer the most pressing questions in higher education through data analytics, data storytelling and data science. HelioCampus increases visibility into your school’s admissions, enrollment, student success and institutional financial data.
    By making complex data simple, we drive meaningful conversations that fuel higher value analyses and spur action, leading to greater institutional performance and financial sustainability.
  • Level Access
    Sr. Vice President Sales / Enterprise Account Management
    Level Access
    Nov 2014 - May 2018 (3 years 7 months)
    • Responsible for all aspects of the sales process with a focus on growing year-over-year sales.
    • Responsible for the direction and management of all sales and business development operations and activities.
    • Focus on developing and building teams in business-to-business (B2B) technology sales.
    • Normalizing the company's enterprise account management model, define, develop and manage growth through a consistent enterprise account management model.
    • Oversee the hiring and development of a global sales organization appropriate for the company’s size. This includes leading the scale up of the sales team to address market growth and determining the appropriate structure and staffing to support sales goals
    • Drive th
  • S
    VP Sales
    Starfish Retention Solutions Inc
    Nov 2011 - Nov 2014 (3 years 1 month)
    ★ Devised, implemented, and refined an effective strategy for selling enterprise-class SAS platform – from lead generation, qualification through procurement and contract negotiations.

    ★ Manage the growth, scaling and performance management of the sales organization from entry level to directors from 2 to 19 sales professionals.

    ★ Worked with cross-functional teams focused on the scaling and growth of this young organizations, while staying focused on the development and ongoing refinement of sales strategies.
  • Blackboard
    Regional Vice President -
    Blackboard
    Oct 2006 - Nov 2011 (5 years 2 months)
    ★ Managed team of eight regional sales managers covering higher education institutions and health care organizations throughout the U.S., Canada and Mexico

    ★ Re-engineered the sales team structure to eliminate under-performing team members and recognize individual talent.

    ★ Exercised authority over all sales strategy, territory planning process, CRM sales tools for proper bookings, contract negotiations, and pricing.

    ★ Collaborated with cross functional business units, serving as advisor to senior enterprise sales teams within other divisions of Blackboard serving the United States, Canada, and Mexico.

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    ABOUT BLACKBOARD INC.

    Blackboard In
  • G
    Senior Vice President of Sales
    GetActive
    May 2005 - Aug 2006 (1 year 4 months)
    ★ Recruited to manage the Washington, DC operations and lead the sales organization, replaced 67% of the sales and sales operations team within 5 months, due to performance.

    ★ Successfully built and managed the sales organization, delivering 63% revenue growth

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    ABOUT GETACTIVE SOFTWARE (Convio)

    Convio, a Blackbaud company, is a leading provider of on-demand constituent engagement solutions that enable nonprofit organizations to maximize the value of every relationship. We help nonprofits more effectively raise funds, advocate for change and cultivate relationships with donors, activists, volunteers, event participants, alumni and other constituents.
  • Blackboard Inc
    National Sales Director
    Blackboard Inc
    Jan 2001 - Jul 2005 (4 years 7 months)
    ★ Created and executed strategies to penetrate and grow emerging markets in the healthcare and hospitality industries, exercising the authority to build and lead an effective sales team.

    ★ Repositioned the company’s portfolio of products to showcase their value to different industries.

    ★ Directed RFP strategy, tailoring each proposal to meet the unique needs of each prospective client.

    ★ Facilitated collaboration between key stakeholders in Sales, Production, Finance, Marketing, Services and Software/Hardware Development.

    ★ As Director of the Central Region (2002 to 2004), managed a 24-person strategic software sales team in the capture of agreements with Higher Education and K-12 clients across 4
  • ATT CampusWide Access Solutions
    Regional Sales Manager / National Sales Director
    ATT CampusWide Access Solutions
    Jan 1998 - Jan 2002 (4 years 1 month)
    ★ Managed 5 Regional Sales Managers and 4 Sales Managers driving sales of $12.9MM.

    ★ Recognized as the Top Sales Performer in 2000 and 2001, with the strongest results in the history of AT&T CampusWide in 2000, closing over 300% of annual sales objective.

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    ABOUT AT&T CAMPUSWIDE ACCESS SOLUTIONS

    AT&T CampusWide Access Solutions offered a campus commerce and ID platform. It was acquired by Blackboard in November 2000.
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  • Arizona State University
    Master's Degree, Public Administration
    Arizona State University
  • South Dakota State University
    Bachelor's Degree, Business Administration
    South Dakota State University
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