Chris Naegele
Co-Founder · Moxii
Santa Cruz, CA
In My Own Words
I am a seasoned employee of the outdoor, action sports, and tech industries with experience building and leading teams of 2-200. My career has spanned nearly all disciplines within a business but my primary focuses have been in Customer Support, Sales, and Education/Training.
My time at three rapidly growing startups has enabled me to learn from experiences beyond simply what my titles would indicate. I have gone on international tours to sell-in products, built and run large international teams, dictated GTM strategy, acted as keynote speaker at launches, run trade shows, lead long sales-cycle negotiations, and more importantly I have been responsible for identifying, growing, and maintaining relationships with sales partners both domestically and internationally.
Work Experience
VP of Sales
Inboard Technology2018 – 2019
• Built and managed an international team and budget to facilitate sales of the Inboard suite of products. • Developed all project, process, and day-to-day task management tools and processes for the department. • Oversaw all facets of Channel Sales with consistent QoQ growth, including over 400% growth in my first quarter running the North American retail channel. • Recognized YoY growth with our flagship product despite the product being in it's 2nd year without a refresh. • Built and fostered relationships with international distribution channels as well as a large team of outside reps. • Took the lead in developing all facets of the strategy for enterprise sales, a new channel with a new product for Inboard.
Director of Global Education
GoPro2017 – 2018
• Managed a large international team and associated budget. • Launched and managed an international "Strikeforce" of 150+ contracted trainers. • Acted as Keynote speaker and sales lead on multiple international tours to launch and sell-in new products. • Reworked the internal onboarding process for all GoPro employees. • Built out a process for cross-functional collaboration on all education-related initiatives throughout the company. • Developed processes and procedures for KPI reporting and real-time budget tracking. • Managed team morale and budget through multiple restructures while maintaining approval from leadership and without any employee attrition.
Senior Manager Global Education
GoPro2016 – 2017
• Managed a large international team and associated budget. • Launched and managed an international "Strikeforce" of 150+ contracted trainers. • Acted as Keynote speaker and sales lead on multiple international tours to launch and sell-in new products. • Reworked the internal onboarding process for all GoPro employees. • Built out a process for cross-functional collaboration on all education-related initiatives throughout the company. • Developed processes and procedures for KPI reporting and real-time budget tracking. • Managed team morale and budget through multiple restructures while maintaining approval from leadership and without any employee attrition.
Senior Global Training Manager
Nest Labs/Google2015 – 2016
• Planned, developed, and executed training programs with retailers and distributors • Executed market research to develop global messaging for positioning and selling our products • Collaborated with creative, media and marketing teams to ensure a comprehensive storyboard consistent with the brand tone and messaging • Assisted training team in planning, creation, execution and ROI metrics
Sales Training Content Narrator
GoPro2013 – 2014
April 2013 - August 2014 • Planned, developed, and executed training programs with retailers and distributors • Executed market research to develop global messaging for positioning and selling our products • Collaborated with creative, media and marketing teams to ensure a comprehensive storyboard consistent with the brand tone and messaging • Assisted training team in planning, creation, execution and ROI metrics
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