Christopher Rinaldi
Sr. Sales Business Development Manager @ Hibob
Summary
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
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.
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
Enterprise Sales Development New York, NY
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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
NYU
Master's, Sales Analytics
Guest Lecturer at Master's Program
NYU • 2014 • Sales Analytics
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
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.
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.
Berkshire School
High School Diploma
High School Diploma
Berkshire School • Sheffield, MA • 2009
COURSEWORK
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