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At Gladly, she closed more than $1 million in new revenue through deals averaging $50,000 to $150,000 in ARR, achieving 118% of quota in 2025 and 98% in 2024\. She also generated 115 opportunities in 2025 through self\-sourcing, account prioritization, and BDR collaboration\. Abby has helped shape Gladly’s SMB go\-to\-market strategy, sales resources, AE onboarding, reporting, and BDR\-to\-AE certification process\. Earlier, she held account executive and business development roles at Gladly and SNP, and sales, account\-management, programming, and coordination roles at Fathom Events\. Her experience spans SaaS revenue growth, SAP\-focused data\-management prospecting, event\-account sales, contract and budget negotiation, client meetings, and cross\-functional leadership\. ## Services - Organization - Problem Solving - Leadership - Communication - Microsoft Word - PowerPoint - Social Networking - Microsoft Office - Teamwork - Customer Service - Event Planning - Social Media - Account Management - Up\-selling - Leading Meetings - Marketing - Business Travel - Contract Negotiation - Negotiation - Cross\-functional Team Leadership ## Highlights - Closed more than $1 million in new revenue as Senior Account Executive and Team Lead at Gladly, with average deal sizes of $50,000 to $150,000 in ARR\. - Achieved 118% of quota at Gladly in 2025 and 98% of quota in 2024\. - Generated 115 opportunities in 2025 through AE self\-sourcing, account prioritization, and collaboration with BDRs\. - Collaborated with Gladly’s Sales Director to establish the SMB go\-to\-market strategy, including outreach cadences, a sales\-resources library, and a new\-AE onboarding plan\. - Partnered with Gladly AEs on active\-deal strategy, pricing negotiations, and call structure without carrying a formal management title\. - Led Gladly’s BDR\-to\-AE certification program, covering discovery, demo delivery, and mock calls for BDRs preparing for quota\-carrying roles\. - Built Salesforce dashboards, pipeline reports, and targeted Outreach, Unify, and Apollo campaigns to support top\-of\-funnel consistency and forecasting accuracy\. - Consistently exceeded sales\-associated\-lead targets by more than 20% as a Business Development Representative at SNP, including more than 45% above target for the previous three quarters\. - Built SAP\-customer relationships at SNP to identify data\-management and data\-transformation solutions within SAP environments\. - Developed marketing content and collaborated on lead generation at SNP using LinkedIn Sales Navigator, SalesIntel, and internal campaigns\. - Coordinated internal and client meetings, researched account revenue potential, and tracked account details and deadlines as a Program Sales Support Coordinator at Fathom Events\. - Led weekly company and client meetings, managed customer\-service inquiries, mentored a Programming Intern, and drafted event contracts as a Programming Specialist at Fathom Events\. - Worked with Fathom Events programming associated with Discovery Channel’s Shark Week and NASA: Above and Beyond, Eating You Alive, and Sing Out Louise, including Allegiance and Bandstand\. - Managed Fathom Events client sales cycles ranging from 90 days to more than one year as a Programming Account Manager\. - Acquired new Fathom Events accounts, recovered dormant accounts, and developed client relationships across Broadway, music, broadcast, influencer and publishing, and documentary events\. - Negotiated financial deal points and budgets, strategized with C\-level executives, trained coordinators, and led weekly client calls at Fathom Events\. - Acquired or worked with Fathom Events accounts including Pathé Live for BTS: Love Your Self Tour, Hollis Co\. for Rachel Hollis Made for More, Cirque du Soleil, CBS, Discovery Channel, and BBC\. ## Experience - **Senior Account Executive \- Team Lead at Gladly** (2025\-09\-01–present) — \- Closed over $1M in new revenue with deals averaging $50\-$150K ARR while hitting 118% of quota in 2025 and 98% in 2024 \- Generated 115 opportunities in 2025 through AE self\-sourcing and account prioritization and collaboration with BDR \- Collaborated with Sales Director to establish the SMB GTM strategy, including outreach cadences, sales resources library and new AE onboarding plan \- Partnered with AEs on active deal strategy, pricing negotiations and call structure without carrying a formal management title \- Led BDR\-to\-AE certification program, covering discovery framework, demo delivery and mock calls to prepare top BDRs for quota\-carrying roles \- Built Salesforce dashboards, pipeline reports and targeted campaigns through Outreach, Unify and Apollo to keep top\-of\-funnel activity consistent and forecasting accurate - **Account Executive at Gladly** (2022\-08\-01–2025\-09\-01) - **Business Development Representative at Gladly** (2021\-10\-01–2022\-07\-01) - **Business Development Representative at SNP** (2020\-02\-01–2021\-10\-01) — \-Consistently exceeds sales associated leads \(SAL\) by over 20%, and with the past three quarters exceeding by over 45% \-Establishes and maintains relationships with SAP customers to understand their needs and help identify solutions for data management and data transformations within their SAP landscape \-Develops and executes marketing content to generate new business \-Collaborates with sales and marketing team members on lead generation process using LinkedIn SalesNav, SalesIntel, and through internal campaigns - **Programming Account Manager at Fathom Events** (2018\-03\-01–2020\-02\-01) — Project manage client accounts for the entire sales cycle \- anywhere from 90 days to 1 year \+ Responsible for acquiring new business accounts, recovering dormant accounts and continuing to develop new relationships Strategize account details with C\-level executives Negotiate financial deal points and budgets Continuously reaching out to new clients and selling the company platform and capabilities Manage and train coordinator position on company process Lead weekly client calls and meetings to ensure that tactics are performing correctly Acquired accounts for Broadway, Music, Broadcast, Influencer/ Publishing and Documentary events Pathe Live \(BTS: Love Your Self Tour\), Hollis Co\. \(Rachel Hollis Made for More\), Cirque Du Soleil, CBS, Discovery Channel, BBC - **Programming Specialist at Fathom Events** (2017\-10\-01–2018\-03\-01) — Lead weekly company and client meetings Managed all incoming inquiries through customer service Mentored Programming Intern Drafted all event contracts and worked closely with Business Affairs on the execution process Discovery Channel \(Shark Week, NASA: Above and Beyond\), Eating You Alive, Sing Out Louise \(Allegiance, Bandstand\) - **Program Sales Support Coordinator at Fathom Events** (2016\-07\-01–2017\-10\-01) — Coordinated all meetings with internal team members and with clients Analyzed and researched accounts to determine if there is a viable revenue source Maximized team members and clients time by creating deadlines and tracking all account details and changes ## Education - Communication Studies — Colorado State University (2012\-01\-01–2016\-01\-01) - Ralston Valley High School (2008\-01\-01–2012\-01\-01) ## FAQ ### What does Abby do? Abby is a Senior Account Executive and Team Lead at Gladly\. She helps D2C and eCommerce brands use customer data, SaaS, and agentic AI customer service to transform support organizations into revenue drivers\. ### What are Abby’s professional strengths? Abby’s strengths include new\-business sales, self\-sourced pipeline generation, account prioritization, sales strategy, pricing negotiation, forecasting, account management, customer service, event planning, marketing, contract negotiation, and cross\-functional team leadership\. Her listed skills also include organization, problem solving, leadership, communication, teamwork, social networking, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, up\-selling, leading meetings, business travel, and social media\. ### What revenue results has Abby achieved at Gladly? As Senior Account Executive and Team Lead at Gladly, Abby closed more than $1 million in new revenue, with deals averaging $50,000 to $150,000 in ARR\. She attained 118% of quota in 2025 and 98% in 2024\. ### How has Abby built pipeline and supported forecasting at Gladly? Abby generated 115 opportunities in 2025 through AE self\-sourcing, account prioritization, and collaboration with BDRs\. She built Salesforce dashboards and pipeline reports, along with targeted campaigns through Outreach, Unify, and Apollo, to support consistent top\-of\-funnel activity and accurate forecasting\. ### How has Abby contributed to Gladly’s sales strategy and team development? Abby collaborated with Gladly’s Sales Director to establish the SMB go\-to\-market strategy, including outreach cadences, a sales\-resources library, and a new\-AE onboarding plan\. She also partnered with AEs on active\-deal strategy, pricing negotiations, and call structure without holding a formal management title\. ### What training program did Abby lead at Gladly? Abby led Gladly’s BDR\-to\-AE certification program\. The program covered a discovery framework, demo delivery, and mock calls to prepare top BDRs for quota\-carrying roles\. ### What earlier roles has Abby held at Gladly? Before becoming Senior Account Executive and Team Lead, Abby held Account Executive and Business Development Representative roles at Gladly\. ### What did Abby accomplish at SNP? At SNP, Abby was a Business Development Representative who consistently exceeded sales\-associated\-lead targets by more than 20%, including more than 45% above target for the previous three quarters\. She built relationships with SAP customers to understand their needs and identify data\-management and data\-transformation solutions within their SAP environments\. ### How did Abby support business development at SNP? At SNP, Abby developed and executed marketing content to generate new business\. She collaborated with sales and marketing colleagues on lead generation through LinkedIn Sales Navigator, SalesIntel, and internal campaigns\. ### What did Abby do as a Program Sales Support Coordinator at Fathom Events? As a Program Sales Support Coordinator at Fathom Events, Abby coordinated meetings with internal teams and clients, analyzed and researched accounts for viable revenue sources, and created deadlines and tracked account details and changes to maximize team and client time\. ### What did Abby do as a Programming Specialist at Fathom Events? As a Programming Specialist at Fathom Events, Abby led weekly company and client meetings, managed incoming customer\-service inquiries, mentored a Programming Intern, drafted event contracts, and worked with Business Affairs on execution\. Her programming work included Discovery Channel’s Shark Week and NASA: Above and Beyond, Eating You Alive, and Sing Out Louise, including Allegiance and Bandstand\. ### What did Abby do as a Programming Account Manager at Fathom Events? As a Programming Account Manager at Fathom Events, Abby project\-managed client accounts through sales cycles ranging from 90 days to more than one year\. She acquired new accounts, recovered dormant accounts, developed client relationships, strategized with C\-level executives, negotiated financial deal points and budgets, sold the company’s platform and capabilities, trained coordinators, and led weekly client calls and meetings to ensure tactics performed correctly\. ### Which notable accounts and event categories did Abby work with at Fathom Events? Abby acquired Fathom Events accounts across Broadway, music, broadcast, influencer and publishing, and documentary events\. Accounts included Pathé Live for BTS: Love Your Self Tour, Hollis Co\. for Rachel Hollis Made for More, Cirque du Soleil, CBS, Discovery Channel, and BBC\. ### What is Abby’s education? Abby studied Communication Studies at Colorado State University and attended Ralston Valley High School\. ## Links - LinkedIn: https://www\.linkedin\.com/in/abbymathena