Jimmy Oyeniyi
Field Sales CDO | ex-CRO Startup | Consultant | Coach | Mentor | Sales Leader | ex-Databricks | ex-Microsoft | ex-Oracle | ex-Informatica | Trusted Data Advisor | Certified CDO George Mason University
As an industry Chief Revenue Officer of a start-up company in the artificial intelligence field, I lead the sales, marketing, and customer success teams to accelerate the adoption of our cutting-edge solutions and services.
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I have over 20 years of experience in the data and cloud industries, where I have helped customers achieve their business goals through data-driven innovation and digital transformation. I have a Masters's Degree in Microbiology from the University of London and an Executive Development Certificate in Chief Data Officer from George Mason University - School of Business. I have skills and expertise in databases, agile methodologies, big data, data integration, data governance, data quality, and artificial intelligence. I have also earned multiple President's Club awards and a Microsoft Top Team Award for Cloud for delivering exceptional results and value to my customers. My passion is to create a product-centric organization that leverages the power of data and AI to solve complex problems and generate positive outcomes. I enjoy coaching and mentoring my team members and fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and excellence. I have strong relationships and partnerships with key stakeholders and decision makers across various industries, especially retail and financial services, where I have demonstrated my ability to understand their needs, challenges, and opportunities.
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- DENODOJOB
- GTM Lead, Field CDO, Finan…7M
GTM Lead, Field CDO, Financial Services
Denodo
In my role at Denodo, I focused on leading go-to-market strategies that positioned the company as a leader in data virtualization and semantic layer for AI. By collaborating with cross-functional teams, I optimized data integration and real-time services, which significantly enhanced client engagement and business agility across multiple sectors. My efforts were aimed at driving ROI for our clients, ensuring they could leverage data effectively in their operations.
- ELEMENTUM AIJOB
- Global Dir Strategic Accou…2M
Global Director Strategic Accounts, Financial Services
Elementum AI
Building an intelligent process automation platform that orchestrates people, rules, LLMs, and AI agents—directly on top of enterprise data warehouses. Elementum enables companies to build custom, production-grade applications that automate workflows, analyze data in real time, and execute decisions at scale—without moving or duplicating data. Focused on turning AI from insight into execution across mission-critical enterprise operations.
- CONFLUENTJOB
- Global Head of Sales Devel…11M
Global Head of Sales Development
Confluent
Global Head of Sales Development overseeing operations across North America, EMEA and ASIA
- AI SQUAREDJOB
- Chief Revenue Officer (CRO)1Y 1M
Chief Revenue Officer (CRO)
AI Squared
Dynamic and results-oriented Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) with a proven track record of driving revenue growth and optimizing business performance. Skilled in developing and executing innovative strategies to maximize sales, expand market presence, and enhance profitability. Adept at leading cross-functional teams, building strong relationships with key stakeholders, and fostering a culture of collaboration and excellence. Passionate about leveraging data-driven insights and emerging technologies to drive business success. Seeking to leverage expertise in revenue optimization and strategic leadership to propel organizational growth and success.
- DATABRICKSJOB
- Global Strategic Account E…4Y 3M
Global Strategic Account Executive, Financial Services and Retail
Databricks
Databricks’ mission is to accelerate innovation for its customers by unifying Data Science, Engineering and Business. Founded by the team who created Apache Spark™, Databricks provides a Unified Analytics Platform for data science teams to collaborate with data engineering and lines of business to build data products. Users achieve faster time-to-value with Databricks by creating analytic workflows that go from ETL and interactive exploration to production. The company also makes it easier for its users to focus on their data by providing a fully managed, scalable, and secure cloud infrastructure that reduces operational complexity and total cost of ownership. Databricks, venture-backed…
- INFORMATICAJOB
- Global Strategic Account E…2Y 1M
Global Strategic Account Executive, Financial Services
Informatica
Currently helping deliver value to the enterprise with Informatica's Enterprise Cloud Data management, Data Integration, Governance and business intelligence tools. Informatica helps financial services companies leverage data as a strategic business asset with trusted, governed, relevant, and accessible data to improve customer engagement, identify new revenue opportunities, comply with regulations, and respond quickly to new market opportunities. For over 25 years, Informatica helps financial services companies leverage data as a strategic business asset with trusted, governed, relevant, and accessible data to improve customer engagement, identify new revenue opportunities, comply with r…
- MICROSOFTJOB
- Azure Data and AI Regional…2Y 4M
Azure Data and AI Regional Sales Director
Microsoft
Responsibilities includes providing strategic leadership for Microsoft customers and partners to adopt, deploy, and support solutions based on Azure, Machine Learning, SQL Server, Data Management technologies, including Analytics, Reporting, Big Data and Business Intelligence. Microsoft helps customer provide value from their data. The massive growth of data and devices is having a profound impact on business. Every company in every industry around the world is being challenged to transform into a digital organization where Microsoft has been a tremendous value. Organization already engaged in this process of digital transformation, understand its potential to improve every aspect of your…
- PIVOTAL SOFTWARE, INC. (NOW VMWARE)JOB
- Global Sales Dir, Financia…2Y
Global Sales Director, Financial Services
Pivotal Software, Inc. (now VMware)
In April 2013, EMC and VMware united key technology, people, and programs to form a new company called Pivotal. At Pivotal, our mission is to enable customers to build a new class of applications, leveraging big & fast data, and do all of this with the power of cloud-independence. The wide-scale move to cloud computing is transforming the ways that infrastructure and applications will be built and used. Enterprises require a new generation of increasingly mobile and data-centric applications to drive new business value. To meet this opportunity, and build a new platform for a new era, Pivotal will integrate technology and products from Pivotal Labs, Greenplum, Pivotal Hadoop, HAWQ, Cetas,…
- VMWAREJOB
- Strategic Account Executiv…1Y 4M
Strategic Account Executive, Financial Services
VMware Inc.
Accomplished trusted adviser for VMware Enterprise clients delivering successful enterprise solutions with VMware Cloud Applications Platform. Currently serving clients in Northern Virginia, Washington D.C.,Pennsylvania and Maryland, helping modernize and migrate applications to public, private or hybrid cloud.
- ORACLEJOB
- Principal Sales Consultant…3Y 3M
Principal Sales Consultant (TOGAF CERTIFIED)
Oracle
• Successfully assisted in closing over $700M at my tenure at Oracle • Providing technical solution for fortune 500 companies. • As a Principal Sales Consultant with Oracle Corporation, I am responsible as the expert for formulating and leading presales technical / functional support activity to prospective clients and customers while ensuring customer satisfaction. • Focused on large or complex sales opportunities requiring creative and complex solutions. • Developed productivity tools and training for other Sales Consultants and Customers. • Developed and delivers outstanding Oracle presentations and demonstrations. • Lead many and all aspects of the technical sales process. • Advises int…
- Job: Elementum AI — Global Director Strategic Accounts, Financial Services · 2026-01 – 2026-03 · 2 mo — Building an intelligent process automation platform that orchestrates people, rules, LLMs, and AI agents—directly on top of enterprise data warehouses. Elementum enables companies to build custom, production-grade applications that automate workflows, analyze data in real time, and execute decisions at scale—without moving or duplicating data. Focused on turning AI from insight into execution across mission-critical enterprise operations.
- Job: AI Squared — Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) · 2024-02 – 2025-03 · 1y 1mo — Dynamic and results-oriented Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) with a proven track record of driving revenue growth and optimizing business performance. Skilled in developing and executing innovative strategies to maximize sales, expand market presence, and enhance profitability. Adept at leading cross-functional teams, building strong relationships with key stakeholders, and fostering a culture of collaboration and excellence. Passionate about leveraging data-driven insights and emerging technologies to drive business success. Seeking to leverage expertise in revenue optimization and strategic leadership to propel organizational growth and success.
- Job: Confluent — Global Head of Sales Development · 2025-03 – 2026-02 · 11 mo — Global Head of Sales Development overseeing operations across North America, EMEA and ASIA
- Job: Denodo — GTM Lead, Field CDO, Financial Services · 2026-03 – present · 5 mo — In my role at Denodo, I focused on leading go-to-market strategies that positioned the company as a leader in data virtualization and semantic layer for AI. By collaborating with cross-functional teams, I optimized data integration and real-time services, which significantly enhanced client engagement and business agility across multiple sectors. My efforts were aimed at driving ROI for our clients, ensuring they could leverage data effectively in their operations.
- Job: Pivotal Software, Inc. (now VMware) — Global Sales Director, Financial Services · 2013-04 – 2015-04 · 2y — In April 2013, EMC and VMware united key technology, people, and programs to form a new company called Pivotal. At Pivotal, our mission is to enable customers to build a new class of applications, leveraging big & fast data, and do all of this with the power of cloud-independence. The wide-scale move to cloud computing is transforming the ways that infrastructure and applications will be built and used. Enterprises require a new generation of increasingly mobile and data-centric applications to drive new business value. To meet this opportunity, and build a new platform for a new era, Pivotal will integrate technology and products from Pivotal Labs, Greenplum, Pivotal Hadoop, HAWQ, Cetas,…
- Job: Microsoft — Azure Data and AI Regional Sales Director · 2015-05 – 2017-09 · 2y 4mo — Responsibilities includes providing strategic leadership for Microsoft customers and partners to adopt, deploy, and support solutions based on Azure, Machine Learning, SQL Server, Data Management technologies, including Analytics, Reporting, Big Data and Business Intelligence. Microsoft helps customer provide value from their data. The massive growth of data and devices is having a profound impact on business. Every company in every industry around the world is being challenged to transform into a digital organization where Microsoft has been a tremendous value. Organization already engaged in this process of digital transformation, understand its potential to improve every aspect of your…
- Job: Informatica — Global Strategic Account Executive, Financial Services · 2017-10 – 2019-11 · 2y 1mo — Currently helping deliver value to the enterprise with Informatica's Enterprise Cloud Data management, Data Integration, Governance and business intelligence tools. Informatica helps financial services companies leverage data as a strategic business asset with trusted, governed, relevant, and accessible data to improve customer engagement, identify new revenue opportunities, comply with regulations, and respond quickly to new market opportunities. For over 25 years, Informatica helps financial services companies leverage data as a strategic business asset with trusted, governed, relevant, and accessible data to improve customer engagement, identify new revenue opportunities, comply with r…
- Job: Oracle — Principal Sales Consultant (TOGAF CERTIFIED) · 2008-06 – 2011-09 · 3y 3mo — • Successfully assisted in closing over $700M at my tenure at Oracle • Providing technical solution for fortune 500 companies. • As a Principal Sales Consultant with Oracle Corporation, I am responsible as the expert for formulating and leading presales technical / functional support activity to prospective clients and customers while ensuring customer satisfaction. • Focused on large or complex sales opportunities requiring creative and complex solutions. • Developed productivity tools and training for other Sales Consultants and Customers. • Developed and delivers outstanding Oracle presentations and demonstrations. • Lead many and all aspects of the technical sales process. • Advises int…
- Job: VMware Inc. — Strategic Account Executive, Financial Services · 2011-11 – 2013-03 · 1y 4mo — Accomplished trusted adviser for VMware Enterprise clients delivering successful enterprise solutions with VMware Cloud Applications Platform. Currently serving clients in Northern Virginia, Washington D.C.,Pennsylvania and Maryland, helping modernize and migrate applications to public, private or hybrid cloud.
- Job: Databricks — Global Strategic Account Executive, Financial Services and Retail · 2019-11 – 2024-02 · 4y 3mo — Databricks’ mission is to accelerate innovation for its customers by unifying Data Science, Engineering and Business. Founded by the team who created Apache Spark™, Databricks provides a Unified Analytics Platform for data science teams to collaborate with data engineering and lines of business to build data products. Users achieve faster time-to-value with Databricks by creating analytic workflows that go from ETL and interactive exploration to production. The company also makes it easier for its users to focus on their data by providing a fully managed, scalable, and secure cloud infrastructure that reduces operational complexity and total cost of ownership. Databricks, venture-backed…
- School: University of London — Masters Degree, MicroBiology
- School: University of Surrey — Masters Degree, Education and Information Technology
- School: Lagos State University — Bachelor, BioChemistry
- School: George Mason University - School of Business — Executive Development Certificate, Chief Data Officer
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