Brian Strauss

Brian Strauss

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Vice President, AI Go-to-Market & Solutions Engineering
Oakland, California, United States

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  • Quantum Metric
    Vice President, AI Go-to-Market & Solutions Engineering
    Quantum Metric
    Jan 2026 - Current (9 months)
  • Contentsquare
    Global Vice President, Go-to-Market Delivery
    Contentsquare
    Feb 2025 - Nov 2025 (10 months)
    Solution Consulting, Sales Enablement, & Business Value

    Promoted by the CRO to embed a sales methodology and go-to-market framework for a
    450 person Revenue organization (Sales and customer success) with the goals of making
    discovery and value delivery more effective in a market where buyers conduct more
    solution research with AI.

    Oversaw a $1M budget, partnering with Force Management, became certified in
    MEDDIPICC and Command of Message. Leading indicators after installation showed 90%
    field confidence, with 87% of team members putting training to use in first two weeks.
    Lagging indicators showed the North American business with a 20% year-over-year pipeline
    increase.

    Crea
  • Contentsquare
    Global Vice President, Solution Consulting
    Contentsquare
    Nov 2020 - Feb 2025 (4 years 4 months)
    Grew a team of 17 SCs in the US, UK, and France into a global team of 60 (including three
    2nd line leaders, six 1st line leaders, and 50 individual contributors) with a 95% retention
    over four years (Company average was 85%).

    Created and hired teams in Asia, the Middle East, Spain, Benelux, Nordics, and Germany.
    Developed and promoted global regional leaders, moving the org from one layer of
    management to 3 layers.

    Achieved $20M and $25M quotas in the first two years. Team recognized as the most competent and longest tenured in the Revenue Org. Had the highest engagement score of all senior leaders 20% higher than the company average.

    Large Rolodex of Solution Consultants, Account Executi
  • Moxie
    Vice President, Worldwide Field Engineering & Optimization
    Moxie
    Sep 2014 - Nov 2020 (6 years 3 months)
    Moxie (acquired by Nice Ltd in 2021) was a worldwide leader in Digital Customer
    Engagement & Proactive Guidance.

    Developed the ROI Model for Moxie's Concierge Product.

    Led Sales Engineering and Optimization teams worldwide, growing the team 50%.

    Acted as Moxie thought leader in field events, online webinars, and published pieces.

    Exceeded Sales quota $8m and $10M in two of five years.
  • IBM
    Director, Field Engineering, Customer Analytics -- Americas
    IBM
    Jan 2014 - Aug 2014 (8 months)
  • IBM
    Director, Field Engineering Americas, Tealeaf
    IBM
    Apr 2013 - Jan 2014 (10 months)
    Tealeaf has been acquired and fully integrated into IBM as of April 1, 2013. Closed 172% in my 8th year with Tealeaf.
  • Tealeaf Technology an IBM Company
    Director, Field Engineering, Americas
    Tealeaf Technology an IBM Company
    Sep 2012 - Apr 2013 (8 months)
    My patch now includes Latin America. Closed 163% of my revenue target in my 7th year with Tealeaf.
  • Tealeaf Technology an IBM Company
    Director of Field Engineering, North America
    Tealeaf Technology an IBM Company
    Jan 2011 - Nov 2012 (1 year 11 months)
    Building off my past success as an individual contributor, I'm now charged with enabling and ensuring that the 11 sales engineers across North America are highly successful. This includes standardizing and providing tools to role out proven sales and technical strategies, as well lending my focus to make sure that key deals close and key accounts grow within our portfolio. I have exceeded revenue targets and earned President's Club honors in 5 of 6 years I've been with Tealeaf. As a member of the sales leadership team, I help shape operational policy and train our sales reps and sales engineers alike.
  • Tealeaf Technology an IBM Company
    Regional Director of Field Engineering
    Tealeaf Technology an IBM Company
    Jan 2010 - Feb 2011 (1 year 2 months)
    Closed 166% of revenue in my fifth year with Tealeaf.
  • Tealeaf Technology an IBM Company
    Sr. Manager, Field Engineering
    Tealeaf Technology an IBM Company
    May 2009 - Jan 2010 (9 months)
    ● Responsible for all technical pre-sales aspects of the enterprise software sales cycle AND for managing a team of like minded professionals across the western United States.
    ● Closed 123% of revenue in my fourth year.
    ● Key clients I've sold to: the Gap, Overstock.com, American Express, Wells Fargo, US Airways, U-Haul.com, Sharebuilder.com, Choice Hotels, Verisign, Wellpoint,
  • Tealeaf Technology an IBM Company
    Senior Sales Engineer
    Tealeaf Technology an IBM Company
    Apr 2006 - May 2009 (3 years 2 months)
    ● Solution overviews and demonstrations, proofs of concept, technical business analysis, objection handling, communicating methodology, and removing all technical obstacles from the sale.
    ● Closed 149% of my annual quota in my first 9 months on the job. 142% in year 2. 120% in year 3.
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    Manager, Client Technical Services
    Vuepoint Corp
    Oct 2001 - Jun 2005 (3 years 9 months)
    • Departmental head of Client Technical Services with overall budgetary and personnel responsibility.
    • Manage the Vuepoint team of Sales Engineers and Technical Business analysts.
    • Responsible for determining levels of effort and pricing for all technical projects at Vuepoint.
    • Overall responsibility for the technical business relationships with Vuepoint clients.
    • Set policy and processes for post-sales technical project development.
    • Manage relationships and expectations with outsource development partners.
    • Continue to manage key accounts.
    • Have developed a specialty of turning troubled accounts around and expanding the revenue opportunities by bringing to bear solid development processes and tran
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    Web Application Developer
    Ninth House Inc
    Jun 2000 - Aug 2001 (1 year 3 months)
    Served as a Web User Interface Engineer creating business soft skills e-learning courses targeted at sales and marketing organizations.
  • C
    Webmaster and eCommerce Manager
    Chez Panisse
    Mar 1997 - Jan 2000 (2 years 11 months)
    Chez Panisse, founded by Alice Waters, is a restaurant that has revolutionized America’s approach to dining by championing the organic and sustainable agriculture movements. It was chosen the best restaurant in America by Gourmet Magazine in 2001. http://www.chezpanisse.com

    • Responsible for updating, maintaining, and providing customer service for the informational and eCommerce portions at this world famous and landmark restaurant.
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    Cirtificate, Web Development
    Computer Arts Institute
    Sep 1998 - Jun 2000 (1 year 10 months)
  • UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY
    BA, English, CS
    UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY
    Jan 1994 - Jan 1998 (4 years 1 month)
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    Tealeaf Overview of 7.2
    This was marketing demo that I co-wrote and presented as part of a strategic company marketing initiative.
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    cxOverstat Demo
    This is an online marketing video I wrote and presented for a new strategic product launch.
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