Dan Tesnjak

Workforce Data & AI Infrastructure | Product–GTM Architect | Converting Strategy into Enterprise Revenue

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Cornerstone OnDemandex-Degreedex-GlobalEnglish Corp.

I operate at the edge of emerging categories where the product is powerful, the data is fragmented, and revenue exists but isn’t yet structurally scalable. My work sits at the intersection of Product, GTM, and Revenue.

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I identify structural constraints, then design the narrative, operating model, and commercial architecture required to turn innovation into repeatable enterprise growth. Over the past decade, I’ve built and scaled GTM engines across emerging HRTech and AI-driven workforce platforms, from zero-to-revenue environments to PE-backed growth stages, commercializing complex data and AI capabilities at enterprise scale. I believe durable advantage sits beneath the application layer. AI and transformation only scale when the underlying data model is explicit, governed, and tied to economic decisions. My focus is the capability and context layer that makes organizations computable - transforming workforce intelligence into structured infrastructure that scales with the business.

Career Timeline

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  1. CORNERSTONE ONDEMANDJOB
    1. Head of Product & GTM Stra…
      5M
    2. Principal, Workforce Data…
      1Y 5M
  2. MERKUR GROUP ADVISORYJOB
    1. Founder & Lead Consultant
      2Y 4M
  3. HOCHSCHULE FÜR WIRTSCHAFT ZÜRICH HWZJOB
    1. Lecturer
      11M
  4. TECHWOLFJOB
    1. VP of Global Sales
      1Y 4M
  5. DEGREEDJOB
    1. VP EMEA & APAC
      2Y 8M
    2. Head of EMEA
      3Y 2M
  6. LEARNLIGHTJOB
    1. Head of Sales and Mktg
      7M
  7. GLOBALENGLISHJOB
    1. Senior Dir - Head of Sales…
      2Y
    2. Dir Strategic Accounts
      3Y
    3. Global Account Executive
      2Y 9M
  8. UNITECH INTERNATIONALJOB
    1. Coach specializing in Cros…
      4Y
  9. APERIAN GLOBALJOB
    1. Dir of BD - Sr. Consultant…
      4Y 11M
  10. CEBJOB
    1. Associate Dir, Europe
      2Y 7M

Time in market 25Y 2MOpen 3Closed 11Stints 14

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  1. Job: Degreed — VP EMEA & APAC · 2020-02 – 2022-10
  2. Job: Cornerstone OnDemand — Head of Product & GTM Strategy - WorkforceAI · 2026-03 – present
  3. Job: GlobalEnglish Corp. — Senior Director - Head of Sales Europe · 2014-01 – 2016-01
  4. Job: CEB — Associate Director, Europe · 2001-06 – 2004-01
  5. Job: Merkur Group Advisory — Founder & Lead Consultant · 2024-04 – present
  6. Job: Learnlight — Head of Sales and Marketing · 2016-01 – 2016-08
  7. Job: TechWolf — Vice President of Global Sales · 2022-12 – 2024-04
  8. Job: Hochschule für Wirtschaft Zürich HWZ — Lecturer · 2025-09 – present
  9. Job: GlobalEnglish Corp. — Director Strategic Accounts · 2011-01 – 2014-01
  10. Job: Degreed — Head of EMEA · 2016-12 – 2020-02
  11. Job: GlobalEnglish Corp. — Global Account Executive · 2008-04 – 2011-01
  12. Job: Aperian Global — Director of Business Development - Sr. Consultant/Coach · 2003-05 – 2008-04
  13. Job: Cornerstone OnDemand — Principal, Workforce Data & AI GTM · 2024-10 – 2026-03
  14. Job: Unitech International — Coach specializing in Cross-Cultural/Global Communications · 2007 – 2011-01

Skills

AI InfrastructureData ArchitectureProduct StrategyEnterprise AIAI StrategyWorkforce DataSkills-IntelligenceGo-to-Market StrategyHigher Education TeachingGuest LecturingClassroom InstructionUniversity LecturingHigher EducationCapital ManagementSales NegotiationSales ExcellenceOpportunity IdentificationFortune 1000Executive VisibilityComplex Sales

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