Drew Madison

2× Founding Seller | Winning Enterprise Customers Before There’s a Playbook

Denver3.2k followers
DMM Digital Venturesex-AdRollex-Automox

I'm a 2× Founding Seller (one exit, one pre-seed to Series C) who builds repeatable enterprise revenue before there's a playbook. I closed the first 150 customers at Automox, building the GTM engine from zero.

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Before that, I built and led AdRoll's NYC Mid-Market business as the company scaled from $10M to $200M+ in After founding, selling and leading teams, I keep coming back to the early stage, where every customer has to be Outside of work, you'll usually find me in the mountains around Boulder, preparing for an endurance event that sounded like a good idea at the time. Right now, I'm training for the Grand Traverse ultra from Crested Butte to Aspen in September.

Career Timeline

GTM Index

  1. DMM DIGITAL VENTURESJOB
    1. Founder | GTM Operator
      3Y 6M
  2. ADROLLJOB
    1. Sr. Mgr of New Business Sa…
      2Y 3M
    2. Head of Sales, NYC Mid-Mar…
      3Y 11M
  3. AUTOMOXJOB
    1. Dir of Enterprise Sales (F…
      4Y 5M
  4. TECHTARGETJOB
    1. Sales (Exit - Acquired by…
      6Y 5M

Time in market 20Y 11MOpen 1Closed 4Stints 5

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  1. Job: DMM Digital Ventures — Founder | GTM Operator · 2023-04 – present · 3y 4mo — Partner with early-stage SaaS founders on ICP, outbound and early sales execution through advisory and embedded operator engagements. • Advise pre-seed and Series A SaaS founders on enterprise GTM strategy, ICP, outbound pipeline generation and early sales execution using the same zero-to-one motion I've built twice as a Founding Account Executive • Build repeatable outbound and enterprise sales motions for early-stage SaaS companies selling complex technical products to engineering, IT and security teams • Built profitable AI-assisted digital media businesses and content operations
  2. Job: AdRoll — Sr. Manager of New Business Sales (Promoted from Manager, Strategic AE) · 2021-04 – 2023-07 · 2y 3mo — • 2022 President’s Club, ranking #1 globally in New Business Leadership (127% attainment) • Exceeded quota as a Strategic AE (126% attainment), consistently ranking top 10% in weekly pipeline generation • Recruited back based on prior success as a top IC and leader during hypergrowth ($10M → $200M+)
  3. Job: Automox — Director of Enterprise Sales (Founding AE/VP of Sales) · 2016-11 – 2021-04 · 4y 5mo — • Founding sales hire and early executive team member, responsible for all company revenue generation as the initial VP of Sales and founding seller, building outbound motion, ICP, pricing and sales playbook from zero in a pre-seed environment • Closed first 150 customers by building pipeline through outbound prospecting and converting technical champions into enterprise deals without SDR support • Exceeded quota from 2017-2019 and closed $250K-$750K enterprise deals with CISO and CTO stakeholders at NTT, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Xerox, Canada Goose, Yale University and others • Following Series B, transitioned from founding VP of Sales to Director of Enterprise Sales, continuing to lead…
  4. Job: AdRoll — Head of Sales, NYC Mid-Market (promoted from Team Lead and Account Executive) · 2012-05 – 2016-04 · 3y 11mo — 2013: Inc 5000 #12 Fastest-Growing Private Company in the U.S. • Selected as foundational hire to launch NYC office; built NYC Mid-Market division to $20M+ • As AE: 156% in 2012; 113% in 2013; never missed a quarter • As leader: Ranked #1 of 7 (2014) and #2 of 12 (2015)
  5. Job: TechTarget — Sales (Exit - Acquired by TechTarget) · 2005-11 – 2012-04 · 6y 5mo — TechTarget acquired BeyeNETWORK in April 2010. • Founding sales hire at BeyeNETWORK; scaled revenue through acquisition by TechTarget and transitioned to strategic accounts team • Closed Fortune 500 logos including Microsoft, Oracle, IBM, CA and SAP

Skills

Outbound SalesGo-to-Market StrategyPipeline GenerationEnterprise Software SalesConsultative ApproachSoftware SalesSales StrategyC-Level RelationshipsSales ProcessLead QualificationDeal ClosureStartup EnvironmentsC-LevelCybersecurityStrategic NegotiationsExecutive RelationshipsEnterprise Software Sales, Strategic Accounts, Complex SalesNegotiationSoftware as a Service (SaaS)Presentation Skills

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