Nate Brown

Nate Brown

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Vice President of Sales
Summerville, South Carolina, United States

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  • OPENLANE
    Vice President of Sales
    OPENLANE
    Jan 2021 - Current (5 years 8 months)
    • Promoted following KarGlobal’s acquisition of BacklotCars and charged with migrating TradeRev customers to the BacklotCars business solution following decision to wind down TradeRev; successfully migrated 95% of Pareto customers. • Mentor and develop 7-member management team. • Established Key Accounts team to service/retain top-tier customers and ensure exceptional post-sale customer experience. • Created Marketplace team charged with ensuring customers are winning car auctions as often as possible by bringing selling dealers and buying dealers together to negotiate win-win transactions. • Achieved growth in both the bidding customer base and the buying customer base for five consecutive quarters. • Partner across functional areas includ
  • OPENLANE
    Director of Sales and Sales Operations
    OPENLANE
    Apr 2018 - Jan 2021 (2 years 10 months)
    • Recruited by Kar Global board member to establish and deploy Sales Operations strategy focused on program management, data and analytics, sales enablement, compensation, and customer success for digital auto auction company. • Directed 4-member management team, each with 10 direct reports in the US and Canada. Pivoted quickly during the COVID-19 pandemic to maintain employee engagement, sales volume, customer service, and account management. • Streamlined and standardized sales operations by creating and implementing goal and performance calculators. Leveraged data and analytics to map, staff, and optimize territories. Grew unique buyers and bidders 82%.
  • Angies List
    Vice President of Ecommerce Sales and Operations
    Angies List
    Feb 2017 - Mar 2018 (1 year 2 months)
    • Promoted to spearhead department turnaround while leading 110-member team of senior management, management and inside sales professionals. P&L accountable. Member of Revenue and Engagement Management Team. • Reduced annual costs $4M through automation, targeting profitable SKUs, and fully leveraging existing CRM; increased targeted origination by 75%, quarter over quarter. • Defined, communicated, and led execution of strategies to support 20K+ customers representing $108M annual revenue. • Served as subject matter expert following Home Advisor’s acquisition of Angie’s List; key role in post-merger integration and implementation of Product and organizational change management (OCM) strategy.
  • Angies List
    Senior Manager of Ecommerce
    Angies List
    Feb 2016 - Feb 2017 (1 year 1 month)
    • Developed and executed transformational change management strategy and reorganization of marketing and sales; restructured teams, optimized territories, and doubled rep productivity while navigating CRM platform migration. • Established/aligned KPIs with compensation for 60-member team in Sales, Marketing, Analytics, and Consumer Services. • Maintained KPIs including YoY sales levels and employee/customer retention during platform migration and repricing strategy implementation. Defined and implemented OCM strategies for each initiative. • Prepared and coached the sales organization to navigate repricing, platform migration, and restructuring to address customer concerns and maintain business volume and customer retention levels. • Increa
  • Angies List
    Ecommerce Sales Manager
    Angies List
    Apr 2013 - Feb 2016 (2 years 11 months)
    • Promoted to manage ecommerce sales across large geographic area including Philadelphia, Baltimore, and DC. • Supported market expansion through data analysis, business development, and marketing initiatives. • Recognized with Top Performing Team awards six times and #2 team (of 10 teams) 7 times in 34 months. • Fueled market growth, boosted customer retention, and stemmed declining sales by proposing and obtaining buy-in to separate sales and account management; increased revenue and strengthened customer satisfaction. • Created calculators to standardize goal setting and sales rep performance across the organization; improved transparency, minimized risk, and eliminated subjective scoring. Secured approval for implementation from HR, Leg
  • Angies List
    Ecommerce Team Lead/Sales Consultant
    Angies List
    May 2011 - Mar 2013 (1 year 11 months)
    • Key member of pilot team that drove sales in the newly created ecommerce division to scale; accountable for operations, marketing, analytics, and sales of prepaid home services product in the Philadelphia market. • Propelled sales from $15K to an average of $45K per month, with a high of $72K in a month. • Trained and coached new hires while personally delivering more than $500K in sales. • Strengthened revenue and new business development by partnering with the Client Success and Originations departments in the Subscription division to enhance cross-selling opportunities for each business unit. • Identified, developed, and sold new hyperlocal product offerings by partnering with industry/market experts.
  • LendingTree
    Sales Manager/ Senior Banker
    LendingTree
    Nov 2009 - Apr 2011 (1 year 6 months)
    • Key role in post-merger integration following LendingTree’s acquisition of Surepoint in 2010. • Led successful CRM pilot with specific go/no-go KPIs leading to corporate-wide rollout across 500-person sales force.
  • A
    President/Owner
    All American Mortage Funding
    Jun 2004 - Nov 2009 (5 years 6 months)
    • Established company and defined growth strategy, managed P&L, led operations, cultivated strategic partnerships, negotiated vendor agreements, hired/trained staff, and identified new business development opportunities. • Developed investment portfolio including up to $500K in real estate investments.
  • C
    Regional Sales Manager
    Collateral One Mortgage
    Jan 2001 - May 2004 (3 years 5 months)
    • Led 2 managers and 20 bankers in a growth environment. • Established business priorities, compensation structure and marketing investment strategies resulting in YoY growth of 60% in 2003. • Realigned lead generation and management processes to support $100M+ in monthly origination volume. P&L accountable.
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  • Indiana University Bloomington
    Indiana University Bloomington
    Indiana University Bloomington
    Jan 1997 - Jan 2000 (3 years 1 month)
  • University of Indianapolis
    University of Indianapolis
    University of Indianapolis
    Jan 1996 - Jan 1997 (1 year 1 month)
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  • M
    MVP Award, Angie’s List
  • S
    Stan’s Club Award (top 10%), Angie’s List
  • P
    Presidents Club winner (Top 20% in volume and revenue for entire year), Surepoint Lending
  • R
    Representative, National Convention, Collateral One Mortgage
  • B
    Banker of the Month (March 2010), Surepoint Lending
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