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He emphasizes concise, human communication respects prospect timing and uses clarifying questions and “why” questions to understand objections and adapt outreach. Zach has sold to Fortune 500 leaders and legal teams of varying sizes and is experienced with longer enterprise sales cycles as well as both new prospecting and existing leads. As a Senior Business Development Representative at EvenUp, Zach booked 409 meetings, created 325 qualified opportunities at an 80% conversion rate, generated $9.4 million in pipeline, and contributed to $3.7 million in CARR 96 opportunities became customers. His background also includes revenue operations, business development leadership, financial analysis, business analysis, retail customer service, financial reporting, cash-flow management, and startup operations. Zach holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with Finance and Marketing from the University of Colorado Boulder. ## Services - Revenue Management - Data Operations - Revenue Generation - Cold Calling - Customer Relationship Management \(CRM\) - Microsoft Office - Microsoft Excel - Microsoft PowerPoint - Microsoft Word - Public Speaking - Leadership - Social Media - Customer Service - Teamwork - Time Management - C - C++ - Python - Financial Analysis - Accounts Payable - Accounts Receivable \(AR\) - NetSuite - Accounting - Data Analysis - Financials - Data Analytics - Quantitative Analytics - Problem Solving - Finance - Sales ## Highlights - Works as a Revenue Operations Specialist at EvenUp, supporting SDR operations and go-to-market efforts. - Founded Poole & Bloom, applying four years of cold-calling experience to help clients learn about their messaging, market, and offer. - Booked 409 meetings as a Senior Business Development Representative at EvenUp. - Created 325 qualified opportunities at EvenUp, with an 80% conversion rate. - Generated $9.4 million in pipeline at EvenUp. - Saw 96 EvenUp opportunities become customers, nearly one-third of qualified opportunities. - Contributed to $3.7 million in CARR at EvenUp. - Sold EvenUp’s AI-enabled personal-injury lawsuit valuation and demand-package offering. - Served as a Business Development Representative and later Senior Business Development Representative at Rasa. - Led North American BDR onboarding and day-to-day business development at Rasa. - Executed outbound strategy and curated outbound contact lists at Rasa. - Researched ICP companies and prospects to customize outbound messaging at Rasa. - Managed financial reporting and insights for Blue Moose’s $10 million business operation. - Managed cash flow, accounts receivable, and accounts payable at Blue Moose. - Accelerated NetSuite adoption at Blue Moose to improve department-level financial tracking. - Supported annual budget planning at Blue Moose through deeper P&L analysis. - Built Excel reports for Blue Moose marketing and supply-chain teams to inform decisions. - Analyzed financial operations, supply chain, inventory, sales, and marketing as a Blue Moose Analyst Intern. - Reconciled lost money from deductions and past-due accounts receivable at Blue Moose. - Conducted roadshows and product demos, including product setup and direct consumer selling, at Blue Moose. - Identified the need for an escrow process and documented it at Neat Lending. - Performed daily reconciliation of payments and incoming cash receivables at Neat Lending. - Allocated and revised footwear purchase orders across U.S. stores and regions at Running Specialty Group. - Specialized in footwear reallocation for HOKA ONE ONE, Brooks, Nike, Saucony, New Balance, and Adidas. - Provided planning and buying teams with analysis and recommendations based on sales trends at Running Specialty Group. - Provided needs-based product recommendations and customer service as a Fit Expert at Road Runner Sports. - Helped grow the Road Runner Sports VIP Family by presenting the rewards membership program. - Led back-stock replenishment at Road Runner Sports. - Has experience selling to Fortune 500 leaders and legal teams of varying sizes. - Uses CRM-driven follow-up, decision-maker targeting, clarifying questions, and timing-aware outreach in enterprise sales cycles. ## Experience - **Founder at Poole & Bloom** (2026-09-01–present) — Leveraging my 4 years of cold calling for you to help learn about your messaging, market and offer. In the past 2 years: 409 meetings booked 325 qualified opps \(80% conversion\) $9.4M in pipeline generated 96 opps that went on to turn into customers \(almost a third of qualified opps\) contributed to $3.7M in CARR - **Revenue Operations Specialist at EvenUp** (2026-06-01–present) — Working on SDR Operations to support the GTM effort. - **Sr. Business Development Representative at EvenUp** (2025-07-01–2026-05-01) — 409 meetings booked 325 qualified opps \(80% conversion\) $9.4M in pipeline generated 96 opps that went on to turn into customers \(almost a third of qualified opps\) contributed to $3.7M in CARR - **Business Development Representative at EvenUp** (2024-09-01–2025-06-01) — We are a San Francisco-based tech company, and what we do really well is build proprietary AI that puts a dollar value on personal injury lawsuits. The vehicle which we deliver this valuation to you is through the demand package. We have a team of attorneys, former defense counsel, ex-claim adjusters, even top paralegals that have been in the space for ten plus years that work alongside the AI to produce super comprehensive, persuasive demands at scale. - **Sr. Business Development Representative at Rasa** (2024-01-01–2024-09-01) — Team Lead - North Americas BDR • Leading a group of BDRs through onboarding and day-to-day business development • Increase efficiency and effectiveness of the lead generation process for the team • Responsible for executing outbound strategy • Curating outbound contact list • Research companies and prospects within ICP to customize messaging - **Business Development Representative at Rasa** (2022-06-01–2024-01-01) - **Financial Analyst at Neat Lending** (2021-12-01–2022-03-01) — Identified the need for an escrow process and wrote documentation to outline the process for others to clearly understand • Daily reconciliation of payments and incoming cash receivables • Communication with borrowers to provide up to date information regarding • their account • Meticulous attention to detail before sending anything to a borrower - **Business Analyst at Running Specialty Group** (2021-05-01–2021-12-01) — Allocate purchase orders for new and current footwear styles at a store level and regionally across the United States • Revise purchase orders for products based on sales trends • Provide analysis and recommendations for the planning & buying teams • Specialized in reallocation for HOKA ONE ONE, Brooks, Nike, Saucony, New • Balance, and Adidas - **Fit Expert at Road Runner Sports** (2019-12-01–2021-03-01) — Provide superior customer service by understanding customers’ needs and responding with products to provide a solution • Present information on rewards membership program in order to grow the VIP Family • Educate customers on the benefits behind add-on products to reduce the barrier to entry for walking or running • Head the replenishment process for the back stock - **Financial Analyst at Blue Moose** (2017-11-01–2019-03-01) — Managed entire financial reporting and insights for the $10M business operation • Responsible for entire cash flow and solely managed the accounts receivable and accounts payable • Accelerated the adoption of NetSuite's software in order to more accurately track financials for each department • Aided in the preparation of budget planning for future year by conducting deeper analysis of the P&L • Prepared robust Excel reports for cross-functional marketing and supply chain teams to help inform business decisions • Engaged and hands on with every discipline of the start-up environment to drive overall growth of the company including activities from trade show presence to shopper marketing analysis - **Analyst Intern at Blue Moose** (2017-07-01–2017-11-01) — Analyzed financial operations, supply chain operations, inventory, sales, and marketing • Reconciled lost money from deductions and past due AR • Conducted roadshows and demos with setup and selling of product to the final consumer ## Education - Bachelor of Science, Business Administration Finance Marketing — University of Colorado Boulder ## FAQ ### What does Zach do now? Zach is a Revenue Operations Specialist at EvenUp, working on SDR operations to support the company’s go-to-market effort. He is also the founder of Poole & Bloom. ### What is Zach’s work at Poole & Bloom? At Poole & Bloom, Zach leverages four years of cold-calling experience to help clients learn about their messaging, market, and offer. He reports that over the past two years he booked 409 meetings, created 325 qualified opportunities at an 80% conversion rate, generated $9.4 million in pipeline, saw 96 opportunities become customers, and contributed to $3.7 million in CARR. ### What are Zach’s strengths in sales development and outbound prospecting? Zach’s outbound approach is relationship-based and persistent without being spam-driven. He targets decision-makers with concise messaging, treats prospects as people, respects timing, asks why when prospects are not interested, and adjusts his approach based on what he learns. He uses CRM carefully to manage follow-ups and preserve business continuity. ### What sales environments has Zach worked in? Zach is strong at handling objections by asking clarifying questions, understanding timing constraints, and following up strategically. He has experience selling to Fortune 500 leaders and legal teams of varying sizes, particularly through longer enterprise sales cycles rather than purely transactional volume sales. ### What did Zach accomplish as a Senior Business Development Representative at EvenUp? As a Senior Business Development Representative at EvenUp, Zach booked 409 meetings and generated 325 qualified opportunities, an 80% conversion rate. He generated $9.4 million in pipeline, with 96 opportunities becoming customers, and contributed to $3.7 million in CARR. ### What did Zach do as a Business Development Representative at EvenUp? As a Business Development Representative at EvenUp, Zach represented a San Francisco-based technology company that uses proprietary AI to assign a dollar value to personal-injury lawsuits through demand packages. The company’s AI works alongside attorneys, former defense counsel, former claim adjusters, and experienced paralegals to produce comprehensive, persuasive demands at scale. ### What did Zach do at Rasa? Zach worked as both a Business Development Representative and a Senior Business Development Representative at Rasa. In the senior role, he served as Team Lead for North America BDRs, leading onboarding and day-to-day business development, improving lead-generation efficiency and effectiveness, executing outbound strategy, curating outbound contact lists, and researching ICP companies and prospects to customize messaging. ### What did Zach do at Blue Moose? As a Financial Analyst at Blue Moose, Zach managed financial reporting and insights for a $10 million business operation. He managed cash flow, accounts receivable, and accounts payable helped accelerate NetSuite adoption for more accurate departmental financial tracking supported budget planning through deeper P&L analysis built Excel reports for marketing and supply-chain teams and contributed across startup activities, from trade-show presence to shopper-marketing analysis. Earlier, as an Analyst Intern, he analyzed financial, supply-chain, inventory, sales, and marketing operations reconciled lost money from deductions and past-due accounts receivable and conducted roadshows and demos, including product setup and consumer sales. ### What did Zach do at Neat Lending? At Neat Lending, Zach identified the need for an escrow process and wrote documentation to make that process clear for others. He performed daily reconciliation of payments and incoming cash receivables, communicated current account information to borrowers, and applied close attention to detail before sending borrower communications. ### What did Zach do at Running Specialty Group? At Running Specialty Group, Zach allocated purchase orders for new and current footwear styles at store and regional levels across the United States. He revised orders based on sales trends, provided analysis and recommendations to planning and buying teams, and specialized in reallocation for HOKA ONE ONE, Brooks, Nike, Saucony, New Balance, and Adidas. ### What did Zach do at Road Runner Sports? As a Fit Expert at Road Runner Sports, Zach provided customer service by understanding customer needs and recommending products as solutions. He presented the rewards membership program to grow the VIP Family, educated customers on add-on products that could reduce barriers to walking or running, and led back-stock replenishment. ### What is Zach’s education? Zach has a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with concentrations in Finance and Marketing from the University of Colorado Boulder. ### What skills does Zach bring to revenue operations and business development? Zach’s skills include revenue management, data operations, revenue generation, cold calling, CRM, financial operations, financial analysis, financial reporting, finance, accounting, accounts payable, accounts receivable, NetSuite, data analysis, data analytics, quantitative analytics, analytics, problem solving, sales, startups, coaching, leadership, public speaking, customer service, teamwork, time management, social media, Microsoft Office, Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and the programming languages C, C++, and Python. ### How does Zach approach new versus existing leads and startup work? Zach sees value in both hunting for new opportunities and working existing leads, enjoying different aspects of each. He also works effectively in fast-moving startup environments and has built a career around SDR work and continued growth. ## Links - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zachkuzma