Christopher Rinaldi

Christopher Rinaldi

Sr. Sales Business Development Manager @ Hibob

Newport Beach, CA
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SKILLS

Sales Management: Team Development, Forecasting, Scalable Sales Process, GTM Strategy, Call Scripts, Message Templates

Servant Leadership: Training Curriculum, Communication Sessions, Presentation Reviews, 1-on-1, Onboarding, OKR, Coaching

Salesforce Lightning, Outreach, ZoomInfo, LinkedIn Sales Navigator, Bombora, Crunchbase Pro, Gong, Intercom, G2, Terminus

Proficient in MS Office w/ advanced certification in Excel: VBA, P-Table, KPI Metrics, Reporting Dashboards, Data Visualization

Revenue Growth Optimization: Prospecting, Cold Calling, Overcome Objection, KPI Metrics, Sales Development, Playbooks

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Experience

2020 Jan - Present
Sr. Sales Business Development Manager
Hibob / New York, NY
  • FY20, FY-21, & Q1-22 Results: 3,801 SQM | 125.9% to quota | 93 Closed Won | $7.38M ARR.
  • Recruited & hired 19 reps -- trained, coached, and successfully promoted 11 BDRs to AE.
  • Designed "Sales Farm System": 3 tiered compensation & segmentation by SDR (inbound), BDR (outbound), & Sr. BDR (discovery calls).
  • Grew rep headcount 433% from 3 to 16 [10 BDRs + 4 SDRs + 2 Leads].
  • Integral in 350% US revenue growth during tenure -- leading to $70M Series B & $150M Series C.
2018 Dec - Present
Enterprise Sales Development
Electric / New York, NY
  • One of the first two Enterprise Sales hires - works closely with Electric's stakeholders (CEO, CTO & VP Sales) to penetrate a new segment for the company
  • With VP & Director of Sales originally designed and constantly improves strategy, pitches, script & templates, and overall approach for the Enterprise business
  • Builds new relationships by owning sales funnel: prospect, engage, and meet key decision makers to move into and through our pipeline efficiently & profitably
  • Top performer - Salesperson of Month for April - Using the KPIs, revenue contribution and % to quota: ranked #1 on my team each month (10 people) & top 3 across all of Sales (36 people)
  • Just 1 of 2 people who has never missed my target quota, and even surpassed 200% on two separate months, with a lifetime aggregate of 172% at Electric
  • Record breaking month in April - I attained a stellar 238% to quota and generated the largest closed deal (Total CV of $546k over 18 months—$364k in ARR) in the company's history, 2x of previous record
  • I came in at the top spot for all of sales and was awarded the Salesperson of the Month for the entire division at Electric
2018 Dec - 2019 Dec
Enterprise Sales Development New York, NY
2019 Jan - 2019 Jan
Team Lead in H2
Total SQM

| 150.7% to quota | 7 Closed Won | $1.33M ARR.

  • Sales Development of the Year Award and Top Salesperson Award for Q2.
  • Generated five $100k+ closed won opportunities -- largest deal all--time in April for $586k.
  • Ranked #1 in key KPI areas: various conversion rates, %--to--quota, revenue contribution and average deal size.
  • Team Lead in H2 -- became a 'player coach' onboarding and ramping 4 Enterprise SDRs.
2017 Mar - 2018 Oct
Manager Strategic Partnerships
Kodiak Pictures / Los Angeles, CA
  • Spearhead a $10M capital raise with company's three principles to formalize existing entity into a 'film fund'.
  • Closed round from 6 private investors in just under 11 months at a 40% greater efficiency than expected.
  • Recruited & hired a team of 2 to accelerate prospecting, outreach, & client engagement.
2015 Oct - 2016 Dec
Founder & CEO
Evocoa / New York, NY
  • Founded Evocoa, LLC (Evolution Coaching) -- designed as a 'connection economy' for sports coaching.
  • Formed & filed LLC, company branding, website development, sales & marketing, etc.
  • Successfully raised $575k of seed financing: $300k equity & $275k convertible note across 4 investors.
  • Capital used to hire 4 employees to bolster MAU & partnership efforts, outsource web & software design, & legal.
2015 Oct - 2016 Dec
Founder & CEO
Evocoa, LLC / New York, NY
  • Founded Evocoa, also known as Evolution Coaching, a company in which installed a connection economy in sports coaching to reward value through transparent relationships, aimed to link and streamline the connection between coaches with schools, leagues, and individuals.
  • Successfully formed an LLC, trademarked all assets associated with the organization, and built out a transparent business plan and investor presentation deck.
  • The company stalled its momentum as a result of lack of management experience that was necessary to get the idea off the ground within the appropriate vision.
2015 Jan - 2015 Sep
Business Development Manager
Penguin Random House / New York, NY
  • Managed 5-person team on 'Accelerate' task force: focusing on new organic revenue -- amplify monetization of books adapted into media.
  • Negotiated and closed signed partnerships for new initiatives with AMC Theaters and Google's YouTube.
  • Designed & launched book vending machine prototypes--first-ever in N. America w/initial placement of 4 in NYC & LA theaters.
  • Oversaw testing & roll-out of first-ever integration of book ads on movie trailers on YouTube by using buyer intent data innovation.
2013 Oct - 2014 Dec
Sales Analyst
Penguin Random House / New York, NY
  • Negotiated merchandising strategy w/ Amazon: physical & Kindle POS accelerated an aggregate $7.2M (+21% YoY).
  • Placed $2.6M in additional revenue into Costco (+82% YoY) and negotiated several six-figure advertising deals.
  • Pitched collaboration with Sam's Club by leveraging select media titles for cross promotion: $875k in new revenue (+38% YoY).
  • Forged new relationship with BJ's leading to a new $325K revenue stream.
2012 May - 2013 Sep
Research Analyst
Point72 / Stamford, CT
  • Apart of Consumer-Discretionary Retail portfolio team managing $200M: developing proprietary research & analysis for manager.
  • Published 18 fundamental research reports by using analytical tools to forecast financials for publicly traded companies.
  • Built and updated integrated financial models for large cap equities to uncover profitable long/short investment strategies.
2012 May - 2013 Sep
Research Analyst
Point72 Asset Management / Stamford, CT
  • Worked for a discretionary consumer & retail sector pod to develop proprietary fundamental research and analysis at the direction of the portfolio manager.
  • Provide analytical support by building and updating integrated financial models for publicly traded large cap equities by extracting and synthesizing quantitative and qualitative data from research and developing profitable long/short investment strategies.
  • Collaborate with sell-side analysts to interpret conclusions from research and communicate findings to Portfolio Managers to develop investment solutions.
  • Crafted weekly comprehensive investment report to present to sector lead and investment teams
2010 Aug - 2012 May
Business Development Associate
BroBible / New York, NY
  • Worked alongside the founder and CEO of the website, which was still in the early stages of its development at the time.
  • Began writing part-time throughout the school year in 2010, and then came on full-time during the summer of 2011.Organized a variety of company events throughout New York City, and coordinated sponsored parties and events during the Fall 2011 BroBible college tour: aimed to expand site's key demographics.

Education

2014
NYU
Master's, Sales Analytics

Guest Lecturer at Master's Program

NYU • 2014 • Sales Analytics

2013
Lehigh University
Bachelors in Political Science and Government, Business, History, Communications

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Bachelors in Political Science and Government

Lehigh University • Bethlehem, PA • 2013 • Overall GPA: 3.1; Major: 3.4 -- Minors: Business, History, Communications

2011
Yale
  • Began mentoring 4 young men in 2011 (age 12) to end of high school -- each received D1 offers (Yale, Virginia, Penn, Bucknell).

Member

New York Athletic Club • January 2014 - Present

  • Founded in 1868: a private social and athletic club in New York City.
  • The club encompasses 8,600 members -- admission by invitation only.
  • Member of the Men's Lacrosse Team -- 2x Amateur National Champions.
2010
Lehigh University
, Private Lacrosse Coaching Business

Lehigh University • Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity • January 2010 - Present

  • Rush & Social Chair (2011 & 2012): organized activities & events with other Fraternities & Sororities.
  • Contributed 250+ hours of community service to local community during my tenure at school.
  • Served as Athletic Ambassador for 2 years: foster a healthy relationship between fraternity & athletic department.

Head Coach

Private Lacrosse Coaching Business • June 2011 - May 2016

  • Coached several high-level travel teams (ages 10-15) - spurred idea to start my own company.
  • Started with camps, clinics, and private lessons: generated $100k+ revenue in 5-year period.
2009
Berkshire School
High School Diploma

High School Diploma

Berkshire School • Sheffield, MA • 2009

COURSEWORK

2002 - 2006
Rye Country Day School
High School
  • Private day school located in Rye, NY that I attended for grades 6-9
  • Varsity Letters:
    • 1x Football, 1x Lacrosse, 1x Hockey
  • Wildcat Award:
    • Honored as a 3 sport varsity athlete only freshman to do so in the previous 4 years
NYU
master's, Anatomy of a Bestseller
  • Invited by a colleague (also an Adjunct Professor at NYU) to guest lecture a master's course titled, "Anatomy of a Bestseller".
  • Deconstructed stages of full sales cycle, GTM strategy, data aggregation, KPI measurement -- reviewing analytics step-by-step.
  • Prepared & presented a 62-slide PowerPoint deck: 3-hour presentation for a class audience of ~ 40 students.

INVOLVEMENT

Midfielder

Skills