Andrew Aiken

GTM Operator | I help founders figure out how to sell

Charlotte Metro3.5k followers
QC Growthex-QA.techex-Checkly

My passion is helping builders figure out their business. In a previous life, I sold for Red Hat before taking an adventure into startup-dom.

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Unexpectedly wound up with a unique perspective spanning pre-market fit through enterprise scale. Mistakes were made, I don't regret them, lets talk about it.

Career Timeline

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GTM Index

  1. QC GROWTHJOB
    1. GTM Lead
      1Y 9M
  2. DISCOVERY LED SALESJOB
    1. Operator
      3Y 9M
  3. QA.TECHJOB
    1. Founding Account Executive
      1Y 1M
  4. CHECKLYJOB
    1. Founding Account Executive
      1Y 11M
  5. CYPRESS.IOJOB
    1. Account Executive
      9M
  6. RED HATJOB
    1. Account Executive
      1Y 10M
    2. Market Development Rep - O…
      1Y 1M
  7. THE SELECT GROUPJOB
    1. Delivery Mgr
      5M
    2. Associate Delivery Mgr
      6M
  8. ENTERPRISE RENT-A-CARJOB
    1. MT/Assistant Mgr
      3Y 11M

Time in market 11Y 9MOpen 3Closed 8Stints 11

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  1. Job: QC Growth — GTM Lead · 2025 – present · 1y 7mo — An elite fellowship of the smartest GTM minds I've ever met.
  2. Job: Discovery Led Sales — Operator · 2023 – present · 3y 7mo — Documenting adventures in go to market.
  3. Job: QA.tech — Founding Account Executive · 2025-01 – 2026-02 · 1y 1mo — This was fun, was part of a great crew as we went from near zero to over $600k in ARR.
  4. Job: Checkly — Founding Account Executive · 2022 – 2023 · 1y — First AE to cover the globe
  5. Job: Cypress.io — Account Executive · 2022-01 – 2022-10 · 9 mo
  6. Job: Red Hat — Account Executive · 2020-03 – 2022-01 · 1y 10mo — Covered North West Acquisition territory, + 130% of quota FY 2021
  7. Job: Red Hat — Market Development Rep - Open Source Advocate · 2019-03 – 2020-04 · 1y 1mo — MDR of the year 2019
  8. Job: The Select Group — Delivery Manager · 2018-10 – 2019-03 · 5 mo — Recruiter and Talent Advisor across multiple industries focusing on engineers and regulatory pros
  9. Job: The Select Group — Associate Delivery Manager · 2018-04 – 2018-10 · 6 mo
  10. Job: Enterprise Rent-A-Car — MT/Assistant Manager · 2015 – 2018 · 3y — "They've got an excellent corporate structure, and they give you the tools to be your own boss"
  11. School: Appalachian State University — Bachelor's of Science, Healthcare Management

Skills

Go-to-Market StrategyConsultative SellingContract NegotiationStrategic PartnershipsMEDDIC Sales MethodologyHealthcare ManagementHealthcareData EntryEHRClinical ResearchAdministrationRevenue CycleMedicineInvoicingVital SignsPayrollAccount ManagementBusiness DevelopmentTime ManagementManagement

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