DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL M&A • ACCELERATED GROWTH • BUSINESS REENGINEERING • GLOBAL MARKET EXPANSION • BOARD, FINANCE & INVESTOR RELATIONS • CORPORATE VISION
Seasoned business leader with multi-function experience including operations, sales & marketing, human resources, finance and product management. Led senior teams to deliver strong and sustainable gains in performance, productivity, and profitability.
Over 20 years of global general management experience in dynamic, high growth private, public and venture backed companies
Successfully designed, implemented and directed global go to market strategies for Enterprise and SaaS business models in both mature and emerging markets
High integrity leader with excellent communication and people skills, that is strategic and inspirational.
President @ Accolo is a leading Recruitment Process Outsourcing solution, driven by our patented Cloud Recruiting Platform with embedded social network recruiting and job marketing campaign functionality. Our customers benefit from the industry’s first and only ‘Hiring Intelligence’ Knowledgebase enabling a proven, data-driven approach to hire performance in Recruitment Process Outsourcing. - See more at: http://www.accolo.com From May 2014 to May 2015 (1 year 1 month) Larkspur, CAPresident @ From 2015 to 2015 (less than a year) President @ From 2015 to 2015 (less than a year) President @ HumanConcepts enables enterprises to better manage organizational change of all types, including growth, rightsizing and reorganization.
Reporting to the CEO, responsible for P&L, managed sales (field, inside), marketing, pre-sales, business development, and professional services.
Target audience – HR, IT
Sample of customers- Johnson and Johnson, CVS, Merck, Las Vegas Sand, Roche, Bayer, HBO, Disney.
The company got acquired by Saba as of March 2012 where I became the SVP Talent Market. Reported into the CEO and was responsible for all sales go to market activities into HR department for Saba Product. P&L responsibility for the second largest unit in the company. From 2011 to January 2013 (2 years) CEO @ Lyris is a leading global provider of digital marketing solutions that help companies engage with their customers in more meaningful ways.
During my tenure revenues grew from $4M to $45M and transitioned company to a SaaS/Cloud model.
Increased customer base from a few hundred to over 7000 including enterprise accounts like
Verizon, Ticketmaster, Expedia, McCafee, and NBC. From May 2001 to August 2010 (9 years 4 months) Dir. International Sales @ Turbolinux is a Japanese Linux distribution. They wanted to further expand internationally and I was asked to open sales and marketing offices in Europe, Australia and Latin America. Successfully built and managed an international sales and marketing organization from the ground up. Managed over 100 employees around the world. From 1999 to 2001 (2 years) VP International Sales @ Started as Director where I built up sales through distribution and eventually open offices in several locations.
Took over global business development initiatives,
including oversight of all sales and marketing strategy.
* Responsible for $25M+ in annual sales from untapped/
underdeveloped markets. Exceeded sales targets 11
consecutive quarters.
* Transitioned sales from traditional publishing model
to more profitable and lower-risk licensing model.
* Spearheaded launch of 3 international subsidiaries
IMSI Brazil, IMSI Nordic, and IMSI Japan. From 1996 to 1999 (3 years) Consultant @ Tapped and expanded Latin America market for
several companies within this billion-dollar
conglomerate. From 1994 to 1996 (2 years)
Luis Rivera is skilled in: Human Resources, SaaS, Salesforce.com, Enterprise Software, Lead Generation, Start-ups, Email Marketing, Cloud Computing, Marketing Automation, Product Management, Business Development, Online Advertising, Analytics, Strategic Partnerships, Mergers, Strategic Planning, Online Marketing, E-commerce, Strategy, Web Analytics, Go-to-market Strategy, SEO, Product Marketing, Mergers & Acquisitions, Professional Services, Solution Selling, Management, Account Management, Integrated Marketing, CRM, Sales, Leadership, Multi-channel Marketing, Change Management, Demand Generation, Executive Management, Sales Process, B2B, Entrepreneurship, International Sales, Sales Enablement, Software Industry, Direct Sales, P&L Management