Pierre Thompson-Lukas

GTM lead CEMEA @ Pigment

Frankfurt Rhine-Main Metropolitan Area4.4k followers
Pigmentex-Bundeswehr (German Federal Armed Forces)ex-Tableau Software

Sales Leader, who built the early market presence in Central Europe for some of the hottest companies in the last years pre and post IPO. Passionate about modern technology, Go-To-Market strategies, customer success and leadership.

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Repeatedly grew teams and revenue by multiples and constantly overachieved revenue and growth targets.

Career Timeline

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GTM Index

  1. PIGMENTJOB
    1. AVP & GTM Lead Central Eur…
      6M
    2. RVP & Country Lead DACH
      11M
  2. DATADOGJOB
    1. RVP DACH
      4Y 9M
  3. SNOWFLAKEJOB
    1. Regional Dir - DACH
      1Y 1M
  4. TABLEAU SOFTWAREJOB
    1. Dir Enterprise Sales
      3Y 2M
    2. Enterprise Account Mgr
      1Y 2M
  5. HIRE-XJOB
    1. Founder and Managing Dir
      2Y 1M
  6. CONSISTJOB
    1. Product Sales Mgr
      1Y 1M
    2. Territory Account Mgr
      1Y 1M
  7. BUNDESWEHR (GERMAN FEDERAL ARMED FORCES)JOB
    1. PA/PR
      2Y 5M
    2. Navy Officer
      11Y 11M
  8. TTP THYEN, THEILEN & PARTNER AG,JOB
    1. Freelancer in management c…
      2M

Time in market 26Y 1MOpen 6Closed 11Stints 17

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  1. Job: Bundeswehr (German Federal Armed Forces) — PA/PR · 2010-01 – 2012-06 — - something very similar to Sales
  2. Job: Tableau Software — Director Enterprise Sales · 2016-01 – 2019-03 — 2018: 125% 2017: 136% 2016: 103% Grown quarterly quota from 620k (Q1/16) to 6.4M (Q4/18)
  3. Job: Datadog — RVP DACH · 2020-04 – 2025-01 — 2024: 135% Q3/24: 1 Promotion from my team to 1st line leader Hitting annual quota Q2/24: Awards: EMEA RD of the quarter & Highest Bookings RD Initiating the GTM for Eastern Europe 09/23-04/24: Sabbatical with family 2022: President‘s Club 3 promotions from my team to Major and Senior Strategic 1 promotion from my team to 1st line leader 2021: 140% President‘s Club Top Global Enterprise Leader award Sales hire no 4 in region
  4. Job: hire-x GmbH — Founder and Managing Director · 2012-11 – 2014-12
  5. Job: Snowflake — Regional Director - DACH · 2019-03 – 2020-04 — 2019: 260% Sales hire no 5 in region
  6. Job: Pigment — RVP & Country Lead DACH · 2025-02 – 2026-01 — 2025: 100%+ Land within several fortune 500 Initiated x-functional GTM incl. Sales, Marketing, Channel Established playbook discipline and motion
  7. Job: Tableau Software — Enterprise Account Manager · 2014-10 – 2015-12 — 2015: 132% 2014: 102% Employee no 8 in DACH
  8. Job: ttp Thyen, Theilen & Partner AG, — Freelancer in management consulting · 2008-04 – 2008-06 — - Sector and market analysis - Contribution to the development of entrepreneur business plans
  9. Job: Bundeswehr (German Federal Armed Forces) — Navy Officer · 2000-07 – 2012-06 — - External Corporate Communications (PA/PR) - Several mission deployments - Officer in multinational staff (Arabic Peninsula/Norway) - Operations Officer in German Fleet Command - Nautical Officer - Officer Exchange Programme with US Navy - Personnel responsibility for up to 50
  10. Job: Consist — Product Sales Manager · 2013-09 – 2014-10 — - Key Account Manager for enterprise software customers in D-A-CH - Established new product sales section incl. team set up
 - Responsible for all product sales activities
 - Focus on Big Data and Security solutions such as splunk, ObserveIT and Lieberman Software - Partner relation and contract management (tier-1 and -2)
  11. Job: Pigment — AVP & GTM Lead Central Europe · 2026-02 – present
  12. Job: Consist — Territory Account Manager · 2012-07 – 2013-08 — Responsible for Northern Germany (Hamburg) and South West (Frankfurt). . Consist provides IT services throughout the full software lifecycle, from development to maintenance and operation to modernization. Literally "Pushing IT forward!" Consist's customers ensure their competitive advantage by powerful, flexible IT applications. More than 600 satisfied customers benefit from 30 years of experience, a wide range of technological know-how, and the expert knowledge of the Consist team in a variety of industries.
  13. School: Fernuniversität Hagen — Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.), Law
  14. School: Universität der Bundeswehr München — Diplom, Business Informatics
  15. School: SPLUNK — Splunk Certified Sales Representative
  16. School: Lieberman Software — Lieberman Software Sales Professional Accreditation
  17. School: KP2 — Miller Heiman Certified Sales Professional

Skills

VertriebsmanagementMEDDICManagementSoftware as a Service (SaaS)Sales

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