
Michael French
Twenty years of global leadership and expansion experience in driving growth and transformation in go-to-market strategy and leading... | Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area, Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area, United States
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Michael French’s Location Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area, Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area, United States
Michael French’s Expertise Twenty years of global leadership and expansion experience in driving growth and transformation in go-to-market strategy and leading diverse teams of 50+ members in execution across Partnerships, Sales, Marketing, Product, Service Delivery, and Management Consulting across NA, APAC, EMEA. Built and optimized global partnership ecosystems including ISV, Service, VARs, and Supply Chain partners, serving the enterprise, mid-market, and SMB segments across Ecommerce, Fintech, SaaS, Enterprise Software, Healthcare, Manufacturing, Consulting. Evangelist, presenter, and SME spokesperson to the market and industry analysts, adept communicator and change agent with board, executives, managers, and teams. P&L Management, Sales Forecasting, Business Case development and implementation, Compensation Plan design and management. • Consistent individual and team-led sales success, exceeding quota targets 9 of 12 years in sales leadership roles. • Built ecommerce partner ecosystem from scratch, negotiating and contracting with 8/10 Gartner “Leaders” and “Visionaries”. • Grew partner channel contribution from zero to 60% of revenue and 40% of pipeline in 3 years. • Grew to 100M run rate with and through partners and direct sales by implementing referral, joint, and indirect selling motions. • Delivered 60% growth in net new international sales by rearchitecting partner segmentation, pricing, and driving geo-expansion. • Drove a 600% increase in service contract renewal revenue through redesigned pricing and reengineering contract sales. • Designed and launched digital-contracting framework and language decreasing contract execution from weeks to days. • Negotiated 150+ complex sales and partnership contracts, winning favorable commercial & business terms, swift legal execution. • Led the design and implementation of revenue ops processes and tools for 100+ go-to-market team. • Implemented Salesforce, Salesloft, RightNow, Siebel for SFA and performance analytics for small and large global teams. • Trained 100+ global Sales Team members on sales methodology, new products, positioning, pitching, and indirect selling motions. • Chartered, staffed, and led Senior Sales Team of 10+ members, exceeding targets, increasing existing customer revenue 40%. • Chartered, staffed, and led two Channel Marketing functions of 10+ members. • Chartered, staffed, and led two Global Business Development functions of 20+ members. • Hosted 20+ expert panels on ecommerce, spokesperson to media outlets and Forrester, Gartner, IDC industry analysts.
Michael French’s Current Industry Save The Brays Donkey Rescue
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French’s Prior Industry
Deloitte Consulting
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Honeywell
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Digital River
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Salesforce
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Work Experience

Save The Brays Donkey Rescue
Board Member and Volunteer
Fri Jul 01 2022 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) — Present
Salesforce
Salesforce Partner Advisory Board, Member
Tue Mar 01 2022 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) — Thu Dec 01 2022 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Digital River
Global Vice President of Sales - Partnerships and Alliances
Mon Jan 01 2018 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) — Thu Dec 01 2022 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Digital River
Head of Sales & General Manager – Partner/B2B Commerce
Mon Mar 01 2010 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) — Fri Dec 01 2017 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Honeywell
Vice President Customer Experience & Partnerships, Honeywell-Vocollect
Wed Oct 01 2008 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) — Mon Feb 01 2010 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Honeywell
Senior Director Partner Channel Services & Aftermarket, Honeywell-Vocollect
Sat Jul 01 2006 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) — Wed Oct 01 2008 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Honeywell
Director – PMO & Corporate Growth Projects - Honeywell-Vocollect
Thu Jul 01 2004 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) — Thu Jun 01 2006 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Deloitte Consulting
Consultant, Senior Consultant, Manager
Fri May 01 1998 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) — Tue Jun 01 2004 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)