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At Surfe, he landed DoorDash as a customer, closing the initial team in 70 days and supporting full-team adoption over roughly a year. His background spans enterprise sales at PhotoShelter, commercial account direction at Salesforce, sales leadership and growth roles at Indeed, and client advisory work in fixed-income products at Coastal Equities. At Indeed, Brian exceeded revenue quota in every reported quarter of 2018 and Q1 2019, earned Team MVP recognition twice, and achieved a 106% 2018 average. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Business/Managerial Economics from Skidmore College and maintains FINRA Series 7 and Series 63 certifications. ## Services - Sales Management - Sales Processes - Meeting Facilitation - Account Planning - Lead Qualification - Communication - Trade Shows - Pricing Strategy - Market Analysis - Negotiation - Software Sales - Business Insights - Microsoft PowerPoint - Microsoft Office - Microsoft Excel - Microsoft Word - Customer Relationship Management \(CRM\) ## Highlights - Serves as an Enterprise AE in the United States at Surfe. - Landed DoorDash as a Surfe customer and displaced competitor software by addressing workflow and data-quality pain points. - Closed the initial DoorDash team in 70 days and supported full-team adoption over approximately one year. - Exceeded total revenue quota at Indeed in every reported quarter of 2018 and Q1 2019. - Achieved 114% of total revenue quota in Q1 2019 at Indeed and was named Team MVP. - Achieved 103% of total revenue quota in Q1 2018 at Indeed. - Achieved 115% of total revenue quota in Q2 2018 at Indeed. - Achieved 105% of total revenue quota in Q3 2018 at Indeed. - Achieved 102% of total revenue quota in Q4 2018 at Indeed and was named Team MVP. - Recorded a 106% Mean Green Year Average for 2018 at Indeed. - Held enterprise account executive responsibilities at PhotoShelter, helping creative people and organizations get more value from photos, videos, and other creative assets. - Worked in a PhotoShelter environment described as managing more than 500 million assets and serving more than 1,000 top universities, professional sports teams, travel brands, and organizations. - Served as Account Director—Commercial at Salesforce. - Served as Sales Team Lead at Indeed.com. - Sold pay-per-click advertising services and delivered phone, webinar, and in-person product demonstrations as an Account Executive at Indeed. - Independently established more than 100 new client accounts as a Client Associate at Coastal Equities, Inc. - Sold fixed-income products, primarily corporate debt instruments, and negotiated pricing with bond desks at Coastal Equities, Inc. - Holds FINRA Series 7 and Series 63 certifications. - Earned a bachelor’s degree in Business/Managerial Economics from Skidmore College. ## Experience - **Enterprise AE \(US\) at Surfe** (2026-01-01–present) - **Account Executive - Enterprise at PhotoShelter** (2024-01-01–2025-12-01) - **Account Director - Commercial at Salesforce** (2022-05-01–2023-05-01) - **Sales Team Lead at Indeed.com** (2021-01-01–2022-06-01) - **Senior Account Executive - Growth at Indeed.com** (2018-07-01–2021-01-01) — 2019 Achievements: Q1 2019: Total Revenue Quota 114% \(Named Team MVP\) 2018 Achievements: Q1 2018: Total Revenue Quota 103% Q2 2018: Total Revenue Quota 115% Q3 2018: Total Revenue Quota 105% Q4 2018: Total Revenue Quota 102% \(Named Team MVP\) Mean Green Year Average: 106% - **Account Executive at Indeed.com** (2017-01-01–2018-06-01) — Indeed is the #1 job site worldwide, with over 280 million unique visitors and well over 1 billion job searches per month. Indeed is available in more than 50 countries and 26 languages, while accounting for 65% of all external hires in the United States. -Drive growth by selling pay-per-click advertising \(PPC\) services to businesses -Develop relationships with clients and work strategically together to deliver hires for their company -Conduct live product demonstrations over the phone, via webinar and face to face -Prospect revenue opportunities and build a pipeline of clients -Analyze and present monthly analytic reports to clients See less - **Client Associate at Coastal Equities, Inc.** (2015-06-01–2016-11-01) — Promoted and sold a variety of fixed income products, primarily corporate debt instruments to qualified retail investors • Independently established over 100 new client accounts • Directly involved in daily sales presentations targeted toward new/existing clients as well as other senior advisors • Engaged in extensive lead development through cold and warm calls with the purpose of establishing new client relationships • Gained extensive knowledge of the fixed income market, specifically corporate bonds • Dealt with various bond desks, negotiating the best price points for our clients and firm - **Harbor Master at Flynn's Marina** (2011-06-01–2018-09-01) ## Education - CHAMINADE HIGH SCHOOL - Bachelor’s Degree, Business/Managerial Economics — Skidmore College ## FAQ ### What does Brian do? Brian is an Enterprise AE in the United States at Surfe. He sells into enterprise accounts and draws on experience across enterprise, mid-market, and startup sales cycles. ### What are Brian’s core professional strengths? Brian’s strengths include enterprise sales, account planning, sales processes, lead qualification, pricing strategy, market analysis, negotiation, software sales, CRM, sales management, meeting facilitation, communication, and business insights. He also works with Microsoft PowerPoint, Office, Excel, and Word, and has experience with trade shows. ### How does Brian approach enterprise selling? Brian has experience with long enterprise sales cycles, including selling for an early-stage company before an established proof of concept was available. He uses an assumptive approach that directly addresses gaps in a prospect’s current setup, rather than avoiding difficult operational issues. ### How does Brian build support within customer organizations? Brian builds multiple champions across functions, including revenue operations and sales leadership. He uses healthy metrics to support broader adoption and understands the pain points, challenges, and business objectives of revenue and sales teams. ### What did Brian accomplish with DoorDash? Brian landed DoorDash as a customer by displacing competitor software and addressing workflow and data-quality pain points. The initial DoorDash team closed in 70 days, while full-team adoption took approximately a year. ### What is Brian’s approach to opening opportunities? Brian has developed an established professional network through his prior companies and can draw on that network in his sales work. ### What was Brian’s work at PhotoShelter? Brian’s LinkedIn summary for PhotoShelter describes helping creative people and organizations get more value from their photos, videos, and other creative assets. PhotoShelter’s software was described as managing more than 500 million assets and helping over 1,000 top universities, professional sports teams, travel brands, and organizations organize, collaborate on, and share photos and videos. ### What was Brian’s role at Salesforce? Brian served as an Account Director in Commercial at Salesforce. ### What roles did Brian hold at Indeed? Brian was a Sales Team Lead at Indeed.com and also held Senior Account Executive—Growth and Account Executive roles there. ### What were Brian’s reported achievements as a Senior Account Executive—Growth at Indeed? As a Senior Account Executive—Growth at Indeed, Brian achieved 114% of total revenue quota in Q1 2019 and was named Team MVP. In 2018, he achieved 103% in Q1, 115% in Q2, 105% in Q3, and 102% in Q4, when he was again named Team MVP. His reported 2018 Mean Green Year Average was 106%. ### What did Brian do as an Account Executive at Indeed? As an Account Executive at Indeed, Brian drove growth by selling pay-per-click advertising services to businesses. He developed strategic client relationships to help companies deliver hires, conducted live product demonstrations by phone, webinar, and in person, prospected and built a client pipeline, and analyzed and presented monthly client analytics reports. Indeed was described as the number-one job site worldwide, with more than 280 million unique visitors, well over 1 billion job searches per month, availability in more than 50 countries and 26 languages, and 65% of external hires in the United States. ### What did Brian do at Coastal Equities? Brian was a Client Associate at Coastal Equities, Inc., where he promoted and sold fixed-income products, primarily corporate debt instruments, to qualified retail investors. He independently established more than 100 new client accounts, participated in daily sales presentations for prospective and existing clients and senior advisors, developed leads through cold and warm calls, and gained knowledge of the corporate-bond market. He also worked with bond desks to negotiate price points for clients and the firm. ### What was Brian’s role at Flynn’s Marina? Brian also served as Harbor Master at Flynn’s Marina. ### What is Brian’s educational background? Brian earned a bachelor’s degree in Business/Managerial Economics from Skidmore College and attended Chaminade High School. ### What certifications does Brian hold? Brian holds FINRA Series 7 and Series 63 certifications. ### What work arrangement does Brian prefer? Brian’s stated ideal work arrangement is hybrid or fully remote. ## Links - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-hoffman-91620bb8