Matt Crane
Pre-Sales, Sales, Product, GTM @ Salesforce | Pre-Sales, Sales, Post-Sales @ Cognos
I make it easier for Salesforce to Make, Market, Sell, and Implement our products. I started with the company @ $350M and it's now $37B (2025).
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Led the launch, acceleration, and growth of 8 products (legacy, acquired, and homegrown, including the fastest from 0-$100M). Work across Sales and Solution Engineering, Finance, Support, Product Operations, Customer Success, Partnerships, Product Management, Product and Field Marketing, UX, Research & Insights, Documentation, and external SI Partners and Customers to deliver the optimal product, support, sales, and purchase experiences. Key accomplishments: • Define product market fit and sales qualification guides (drove improved opportunity quality and win rates) • Create product pricing and business value calculators (streamlined quoting and ROI) • Develop strategic ISV partnerships to fill product or industry gaps across product lines • Leverage Voice of Customer input, industry analysts, and ISV partners to drive product strategy & features • Create and moderate external product communities for partners and customers (delivering customer and partner success) • Product margin analysis to support packaging/pricing changes (ensured appropriate margins, removed selling friction, & increased wins for price-competitive deals) • Define, build, and deliver worldwide SI product enablement (2700 attendees, 700 firms, 74 countries) • Define, build, and deliver internal sales, customer success, and support product enablement • Manage R&D product pilot programs • Build and deliver product demonstrations and best practices • Build product documentation and best practices for industry and functional use cases • Deliver customer roadmap & executive presentations • Customer Support process mapping, education, & improvement (>50% drop in escalations) • Trained internal Product Managers on best practices for customer executive presentations Products covered: Partner Relationship Management (PRM), Sales Engagement, Conversational AI, Einstein GPT, Workforce Planning & Scheduling | CRM (Sales, Service, Marketing) | Contact Center Telephony | Digital Service channels (Chat, SMS, WhatsApp, Apple Business Chat, FB Messenger) | IoT | Bots | Automation
GTM Index
- SALESFORCEJOB
- Service Cloud Specialist (…9M
Service Cloud Specialist (Sale Engineer)
Salesforce
Product specialist for Service Cloud solutions across CCAS, Service AI and automation, and call center solutions.
- Sr. Dir, Product Managemen…2Y 11M
Sr. Director, Product Management/GTM - Partner Cloud
Salesforce
- GTM4Y 10M
GTM / Product Management - Service Cloud
Salesforce
- GTM IoT Cloud11M
GTM IoT Cloud
Salesforce
- Strategic Account Executiv…11M
Strategic Account Executive, Analytics Cloud (Retail/CPG)
Salesforce
- GTM Analytics Cloud11M
GTM Analytics Cloud
Salesforce
- Senior Sales Eng8Y
Senior Sales Engineer
Salesforce
- COGNOS AUSTRALIAJOB
- Various7Y 11M
Various
Cognos Australia
Cognos delivered industry-leading reporting and analytics products, eventually becoming one of the leading Business Intelligence companies in the world. It acquired enterprise planning and budgeting solutions as well as a financial consolidation application making it a critical solution for financial executives as well. Led teams and also acted as an individual contributor. Positions held: Sales Account Executive (mid-market) Pre-sales leader Pre-sales engineer Post-Sales Consultant
- PWCJOB
- Management Consultant - Pe…1Y 11M
Management Consultant - PeopleSoft ERP Practice
PwC
- AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER & BANC ONEJOB
- ERP & Technical Consultant1Y 11M
ERP & Technical Consultant
American Electric Power & Banc One
PeopleSoft analyst and developer at AEP Technology consultant to the CEO at Banc One
- THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITYJOB
- Network Mgr (ARMS PeopleSo…2Y 11M
Network Manager (ARMS PeopleSoft Project)
The Ohio State University
- VARIOUS COMPANIESJOB
- Various10Y 11M
Various
Various Companies
A variety of interesting part-time roles (some simultaneously) during 4th-12th grades and into college years: Paper route Sales, inventory, and loss prevention (Toy Train Hobbies) TV/VCR repair (VCR Hospital) Produce Department (Dorothy Lane Market) Merchandiser (Coca-Cola) Landscaper (Horticulture Management + Lawnscapers) Office Furniture installer (APG)
- Job: Salesforce — Service Cloud Specialist (Sale Engineer) · 2026-01 – present · 7 mo — Product specialist for Service Cloud solutions across CCAS, Service AI and automation, and call center solutions.
- Job: Salesforce — Sr. Director, Product Management/GTM - Partner Cloud · 2022-12 – 2025-11 · 2y 11mo
- Job: Salesforce — GTM / Product Management - Service Cloud · 2018-01 – 2022-11 · 4y 10mo
- Job: Salesforce — GTM IoT Cloud · 2017-01 – 2017-12 · 11 mo
- Job: Salesforce — Strategic Account Executive, Analytics Cloud (Retail/CPG) · 2016-01 – 2016-12 · 11 mo
- Job: Salesforce — GTM Analytics Cloud · 2015-01 – 2015-12 · 11 mo
- Job: Salesforce — Senior Sales Engineer · 2006-12 – 2014-12 · 8y
- Job: Cognos Australia — Various · 1999 – 2006 · 7y — Cognos delivered industry-leading reporting and analytics products, eventually becoming one of the leading Business Intelligence companies in the world. It acquired enterprise planning and budgeting solutions as well as a financial consolidation application making it a critical solution for financial executives as well. Led teams and also acted as an individual contributor. Positions held: Sales Account Executive (mid-market) Pre-sales leader Pre-sales engineer Post-Sales Consultant
- Job: PwC — Management Consultant - PeopleSoft ERP Practice · 1998 – 1999 · 1y
- Job: American Electric Power & Banc One — ERP & Technical Consultant · 1997 – 1998 · 1y — PeopleSoft analyst and developer at AEP Technology consultant to the CEO at Banc One
- Job: The Ohio State University — Network Manager (ARMS PeopleSoft Project) · 1995 – 1997 · 2y
- Job: Various Companies — Various · 1984 – 1994 · 10y — A variety of interesting part-time roles (some simultaneously) during 4th-12th grades and into college years: Paper route Sales, inventory, and loss prevention (Toy Train Hobbies) TV/VCR repair (VCR Hospital) Produce Department (Dorothy Lane Market) Merchandiser (Coca-Cola) Landscaper (Horticulture Management + Lawnscapers) Office Furniture installer (APG)
- School: Miami University — MBA, Finance
- School: The Ohio State University — Bachelor of Science - BS, Management Information Systems, General
- School: University of Cincinnati Carl H. Lindner College of Business — Accounting and Finance
- School: Kotter — Change Leader
- School: Salesforce Accelerate Leadership Program
- School: Xavier University - School of Business Administration — MBA, Finance
- School: 280Group — Optimal Product Management
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