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Rene’s strengths span consultative and complex sales, new\-business development, strategic accounts, sales operations, churn management, customer growth, and financial analysis, informed by experience in high\-tech, SaaS, and private banking\. At OpenText, Rene has supported automation of an accounts\-payable function processing 80,000 invoices annually, helped a product team streamline a multi\-department onboarding process with multiple approvals, and guided content consolidation across three business units\. Previously, Rene supported C\-level technology leaders in Spain and Portugal at Gartner, including work associated with a client’s 40% revenue growth and an international expansion that reached market two months faster\. Rene has also led sales and growth efforts across Iberia and LATAM at Apicbase, headed sales at BairesDev, and held business development, finance, and sales roles at STC Advisors, Lodgify, and StateTrust Investments\. Rene holds an MBA from EAE Business School, a B\.Sc\. in Economics\-Finance from Bentley University, and studied Economics at Suffolk University\. ## Services - Churn Management - Sales Operations - Deal Closure - Salesforce\.com - Sales - Organization Skills - Software as a Service \(SaaS\) - Solution Selling - Cold Calling - New Business Development - Sales & Marketing - Analytical Skills - Market Analysis - High Energy Level - Complex Sales - Interpersonal Skills - Communication - Financial Background - Sales Management - Strategic Accounts - Sales Strategy - Channel Partners - Sales Presentations - Direct Sales - Consultative Selling - Account Management - Microsoft Excel - Microsoft Office - PowerPoint - Microsoft Word ## Highlights - Commercial Sales Executive at OpenText, partnering with mid\-market organizations across industries on content\-management challenges and coordinating solution consultants, technical experts, and implementation partners\. - Supported automation of an accounts\-payable function processing 80,000 invoices annually at OpenText, reducing manual processing time and operational risk\. - Helped a product team gain control of a complex, multi\-department onboarding process requiring multiple approvals, enabling faster customer onboarding and reducing document bottlenecks\. - Guided an operations team through content consolidation across three business units, improving organizational visibility and reducing duplication\. - Helped C\-level technology leaders across Spain and Portugal at Gartner navigate strategic decisions involving market expansion, growth strategy, and vendor selection\. - Facilitated Gartner pricing\-research access for a technology startup CEO in work associated with 40% revenue growth\. - Guided a CMO to relevant Gartner analyst relationships, increasing brand recognition across multiple markets\. - Supported an international expansion initiative with targeted research and partner resources, helping achieve a time to market two months faster\. - Owned sales and growth strategy for the Iberia and LATAM markets at Apicbase\. - Developed, executed, forecasted, and monitored sales targets at Apicbase\. - Worked directly with hospitality\-industry CXOs at hotels, restaurants, and caterers to reduce food\-and\-beverage operational costs through back\-of\-house digitalization\. - Collaborated with marketing, customer success, and product teams at Apicbase\. - Developed channel, strategic, and technology partnerships at Apicbase\. - Built and managed a sales team at Apicbase, including sales engineers, SDRs, and business developers\. - Served as Head of Sales at BairesDev, helping sales and marketing teams across global markets and industries pursue B2B growth targets through bulk lead provision and verification\. - Designed and implemented sales strategy, acquired new customers, grew the customer base, and worked to reduce churn at BairesDev\. - Worked as a Solutions Expert at BairesDev with Skrapp’s email\-search and verification offering for target\-audience discovery and engagement through actionable data\. - Produced in\-house accounting reports and conducted competitor, pricing, and customer analysis during a Financial Analyst/Sales Internship at Lodgify\. - Supported Lodgify’s sales department as a leads specialist and served as the first contact between generated leads and sales representatives\. - Provided financial\-planning solutions to individuals, families, and corporations as a Business Development & Financial Analyst at STC Advisors\. - Handled B2B sales, customer assistance, in\-house reporting, sales\-team KPI monitoring, and strategy development at STC Advisors\. - Obtained a Series 7 license while serving as an Account Executive and Financial Representative at StateTrust Investments\. - Provided portfolio\-management financial advice and supported domestic and international clients at StateTrust Investments while working directly with the firm’s Head Broker\. - Holds an MBA from EAE Business School, a B\.Sc\. in Economics\-Finance from Bentley University, and Economics study experience at Suffolk University\. ## Experience - **Commercial Sales Executive at OpenText** (2025\-01\-01–present) — Partner with mid\-market organizations across industries to diagnose content management challenges and coordinate the right resources including solution consultants, technical experts, and implementation partners to solve them\. ▸ Supported automation of an accounts payable function processing 80,000 invoices annually → significant reduction in manual processing time and operational risk ▸ Helped a product team gain control over a complex multi\-department onboarding process requiring multiple approvals → faster customer onboarding and reduced document bottlenecks ▸ Guided an operations team through a content consolidation across 3 business units → improved visibility and reduced duplication across the organization - **Head of Sales at BairesDev** (2024\-11\-01–2025\-01\-01) — Working with sales and marketing teams across the globe and multiple industries, helping them reach their B2B growth targets by providing and verifying leads in a bulk and efficient way\. Focused on: \- Designing and implementing a sales strategy \- Acquire new customers \- Grow existing customer base \- Reduce churn - **Solutions Expert at BairesDev** (2023\-12\-01–2024\-11\-01) — Skrapp specializes in email search and verification\. We help businesses discover and engage with their target audience in an efficient way, via accurate & actionable data\. - **Iberia & LATAM Sales at Apicbase** (2022\-07\-01–2023\-02\-01) — Working directly with CXOs in the hospitality industry \(hotels, restaurants & caterers\), protecting their bottom line by reducing their F&B operational costs via digitalization efforts in their back of house\. \- Owning the sales and growth strategy for the Iberia & LATAM markets \- Developing, executing, forecasting & monitoring sales targets \- Collaborating with Marketing, CS & Product teams \- Developing and growing Partnerships \- Channel, Strategic & Technology \- Building and managing the sales team \- SE, SDRs & BDs - **Account Executive Spain & Portugal at Gartner** (2019\-04\-01–2022\-02\-01) — Helped C\-level technology leaders across Spain and Portugal navigate complex strategic decisions by connecting them with the right Gartner research, analyst expertise, and resources across market expansion, growth strategy, and vendor selection\. ▸ Facilitated pricing research access for a tech startup CEO → 40% revenue growth ▸ Guided a CMO toward the right analyst relationships → increased brand recognition across multiple markets ▸ Supported an international expansion initiative with targeted research and partner resources → 2 months faster time to market - **Business Development & Financial Analyst at STC Advisors** (2018\-03\-01–2019\-03\-01) — Growing customer base by providing financial planning solutions to individuals, families and corporations\. In charge of B2B sales and also providing current customers assistance\. Conduct all in\-house reporting for customer analysis and sales team performance analysis\. Monitoring the sales team KPIs, and establishing new strategies to achieve the company's goals\. Constantly in the search to create long lasting relationships with clients in order to assist them achieve their financial goals\. - **Financial Analyst/ Sales Internship at Lodgify** (2017\-06\-01–2018\-01\-01) — Assisted the head of the Finance department in one of Barcelona's fastest growing companies\. In charge of in\-house accounting reports\. Managed competitor, pricing, and customer analysis\. Simultaneously assisted the Sales department as a leads specialist, being the first person of contact between the leads generated and the sales representatives\. - **Account Executive & Financial Representative at StateTrust** (2015\-07\-01–2018\-02\-01) — Worked as a Financial Representative at StateTrust Investments\. Obtained Series 7 license\. Provided customer service and assistance to domestic and international clients as part of my training\. Worked directly with the "Head Broker" of the firm\. Provided financial advice for our clients with regards to portfolio management\. ## Education - Master of Business Administration \(MBA\) — EAE Business School (2016\-01\-01–2017\-01\-01) - Bachelor of Science \(B\.Sc\.\), Economics\-Finance — Bentley University (2013\-01\-01–2015\-01\-01) - Economics — Suffolk University (2011\-01\-01–2013\-01\-01) ## FAQ ### What does Rene do at OpenText? Rene is a Commercial Sales Executive at OpenText\. Rene partners with mid\-market organizations across industries to identify content\-management challenges and bring together solution consultants, technical experts, and implementation partners to address them\. ### What are Rene’s core professional strengths? Rene’s strengths include consultative and solution selling, complex sales, account management, strategic accounts, deal closure, new\-business development, sales strategy, sales operations, churn management, channel partnerships, and financial analysis\. Rene also brings experience in high\-tech, SaaS, private banking, customer service, research, market analysis, and data analysis\. ### What has Rene accomplished at OpenText? Rene supported an accounts\-payable automation initiative for a function processing 80,000 invoices annually, contributing to a significant reduction in manual processing time and operational risk\. Rene also helped a product team gain control of a complex, multi\-department onboarding process requiring multiple approvals, resulting in faster customer onboarding and fewer document bottlenecks\. In addition, Rene guided an operations team through content consolidation across three business units, improving visibility and reducing duplication\. ### What did Rene accomplish at Gartner? At Gartner, Rene helped C\-level technology leaders across Spain and Portugal navigate strategic decisions by connecting them with Gartner research, analyst expertise, and resources related to market expansion, growth strategy, and vendor selection\. Rene facilitated pricing\-research access for a technology startup CEO that was associated with 40% revenue growth, guided a CMO to relevant analyst relationships that increased brand recognition across multiple markets, and supported an international expansion initiative that reached market two months faster through targeted research and partner resources\. ### What was Rene’s role at Apicbase? Rene worked in Iberia and LATAM sales at Apicbase, engaging directly with hospitality\-industry CXOs at hotels, restaurants, and caterers\. Rene worked to help protect their bottom line by reducing food\-and\-beverage operational costs through back\-of\-house digitalization\. ### What were Rene’s responsibilities in Iberia and LATAM at Apicbase? At Apicbase, Rene owned sales and growth strategy for Iberia and LATAM developed, executed, forecasted, and monitored sales targets collaborated with marketing, customer success, and product teams developed channel, strategic, and technology partnerships and built and managed a sales team that included sales engineers, SDRs, and business developers\. ### What did Rene do as Head of Sales at BairesDev? Rene served as Head of Sales at BairesDev, working with sales and marketing teams across global markets and multiple industries to help them reach B2B growth targets through bulk lead provision and verification\. Rene focused on designing and implementing sales strategy, acquiring new customers, growing the existing customer base, and reducing churn\. ### What did Rene do as a Solutions Expert at BairesDev? Rene was also a Solutions Expert at BairesDev, working with Skrapp’s email\-search and verification offering\. Skrapp helps businesses discover and engage target audiences through accurate, actionable data\. ### What was Rene’s internship experience at Lodgify? At Lodgify, Rene assisted the head of finance at a rapidly growing Barcelona company, produced in\-house accounting reports, and managed competitor, pricing, and customer analysis\. Rene simultaneously supported the sales department as a leads specialist and served as the first point of contact between generated leads and sales representatives\. ### What did Rene do at STC Advisors? At STC Advisors, Rene helped grow the customer base by providing financial\-planning solutions to individuals, families, and corporations\. Rene handled B2B sales and current\-customer assistance, conducted in\-house reporting for customer and sales\-team performance analysis, monitored sales KPIs, established strategies to pursue company goals, and focused on building long\-term client relationships to support financial goals\. ### What was Rene’s experience at StateTrust Investments? Rene worked as both an Account Executive and Financial Representative at StateTrust Investments\. Rene obtained a Series 7 license, provided customer service and support to domestic and international clients during training, worked directly with the firm’s Head Broker, and provided financial advice on portfolio management\. ### What is Rene’s educational background? Rene holds a Master of Business Administration from EAE Business School, a Bachelor of Science in Economics\-Finance from Bentley University, and studied Economics at Suffolk University\. ### What analytical and business systems skills does Rene have? Rene has experience with Salesforce\.com and CRM, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office, PowerPoint, Microsoft Word, databases, accounting, financial modeling, finance, investments, economics, market research, market analysis, and data analysis\. ### What sales, communication, and leadership skills does Rene have? Rene’s sales and leadership skills include direct sales, cold calling, sales presentations, sales and marketing, marketing strategy, customer service, communication, interpersonal skills, public speaking, organization, time management, teamwork, leadership, team leadership, and high energy level\. ### What languages does Rene list? Rene lists English and Spanish among professional skills\. ### What professional interests does Rene have? Rene is interested in technological impacts, personal finance, private equity and venture capital, and sports\. Rene is also interested in founding or early\-stage sales positions\. ## Links - LinkedIn: https://www\.linkedin\.com/in/ACoAABCBhqoBw6FP\_scRZyMiFju2f7GyK9S7\-EY