David McPherson

GTM Executive, Executive Coaching, Global Presales, Customer Success & Value Engineering Leader

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NEXT Canadaex-Observe, Inc.ex-BMC SOFTWARE LIMITED INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND

Experienced Vice President with a history of growing and transforming large PreSales teams into Digital Consultive Sellers in support of Customer Success.

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Strong Value & Solution Engineering professional skilled in Values-based Selling, Leadership, Agile Development, Machine Learning, AIOPs, IT Service Management, IT Strategy, and Digital transformation across public and private clouds.

Career TimelineNOW → PAST

GTM Index

  1. NEXT CANADAJOB
    1. Mentor / Advisor
      3Y 4M
  2. MENTOJOB
    1. Executive Coach
      3Y 7M
  3. SERVICENOWJOB
    1. Senior Solution Sales Exec…
      1Y 7M
  4. TRELLIXJOB
    1. Sales Specialist & Custome…
      1Y
  5. OBSERVE,JOB
    1. VP of Customer Success
      1Y 11M
  6. INDEPENDENT IT CONSULTANT/CONTRACTORJOB
    1. GTM Consultancy
      1Y 11M
  7. BMCJOB
    1. Head of Strategy & GTM, Va…
      1Y 11M
    2. AVP, Worldwide Presales
      5Y 11M
    3. AVP, Worldwide Performance…
      2Y 11M
    4. Dir, North American Pre-Sa…
      3Y 11M
  8. BMC SOFTWARE LIMITED INCORPORATED IN ENGLANDJOB
    1. UK Software Consulting Mgr
      1Y 8M
    2. EMEA Practice Lead
      1Y 8M
    3. Senior Software Consultant
      6Y 4M
  9. ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLANDJOB
    1. Senior Technical Analyst
      7Y 11M

Time in market 32Y 7MOpen 3Closed 11Stints 14

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  1. Job: Observe, Inc. — Vice President of Customer Success · 2023 – 2024
  2. Job: NEXT Canada — Mentor / Advisor · 2023-04 – present
  3. Job: BMC SOFTWARE LIMITED INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND — Senior Software Consultant · 2001-04 – 2007-08
  4. Job: BMC SOFTWARE LIMITED INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND — UK Software Consulting Manager · 2009-05 – 2011-01
  5. Job: Royal Bank of Scotland — Senior Technical Analyst · 1994 – 2001
  6. Job: Trellix — Sales Specialist & Customer Success · 2024 – 2025-01
  7. Job: BMC — AVP, Worldwide Presales · 2016 – 2021
  8. Job: Independent IT Consultant/Contractor — GTM Consultancy · 2022 – 2023
  9. Job: Mento — Executive Coach · 2023-01 – present
  10. Job: BMC — AVP, Worldwide Performance & Analytics Solution Engineering · 2014 – 2016
  11. Job: BMC SOFTWARE LIMITED INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND — EMEA Practice Lead · 2007-09 – 2009-05
  12. Job: BMC — Director, North American Pre-Sales · 2011 – 2014
  13. Job: ServiceNow — Senior Solution Sales Executive - Technology Workflows · 2025-01 – present
  14. Job: BMC — Head of Strategy & GTM, Value & Solution Engineering · 2021 – 2022

Skills

Snowflake CloudTechnology ConsultingDirect Line ManagementPresentationsTechnical PresalesRevenue GenerationConsultingExecutive CoachingValues-based LeadershipConsultative SellingValue Based SellingGo-to-market StrategyPre-salesValue EngineeringProject ManagementLeadershipTeam LeadershipManagementSalesCustomer Success

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