Todd Singleton

Technical Sales & GTM Executive

San Francisco3.8k followers
Duke Universityex-Microsoftex-Team Esface Basketball Academy

I enjoy working with customers - understanding their felt pains, discovering the appropriate solution, and realizing its value quickly. And I enjoy building and leading teams of talented professionals to serve our customers.

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That sums up what I appreciate most about the past thirty years of engineering, sales, and GTM experience for high-growth technology companies.

Career Timeline

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GTM Index

  1. DUKE UNIVERSITYJOB
    1. Kenan Institute for Ethics…
      1Y 10M
  2. AMBITION ANGELSJOB
    1. Chair of the Board of Dire…
      2Y
  3. MICROSOFTJOB
    1. General Mgr, GTM, Digital…
      4Y 10M
    2. Interim Chief Operations O…
      1Y
    3. Eng Leader
      2Y
  4. TEAM ESFACE BASKETBALL ACADEMYJOB
    1. Chairman Of The Board Of D…
      4Y 8M
  5. GOOGLEJOB
    1. Head of Cloud Customer Eng
      1Y
  6. INTEL CORPORATIONJOB
    1. Dir Sales Eng
      5Y 11M
    2. Global Dir of Sales Eng &…
      1Y 9M
    3. Global Head of Sales
      5Y
    4. Entrepreneur in Residence,…
      9M
    5. Global Sales Dir, Mashery
      11M
    6. Global Dir of Sales Eng, I…
      1Y 8M
  7. MASHERYJOB
    1. Sales Eng
      2Y 11M
    2. Dir of Sales Eng
      2Y 4M
  8. NASDAQ CALYPSO TECHNOLOGYJOB
    1. Lead Eng
      3Y 11M
    2. Product & Eng, Capital Mar…
      2Y 5M
  9. IBMJOB
    1. Product & Eng Leader, Chie…
      6Y 6M
  10. ECLIPSE - EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN'S LEADERSHIP INCLUSION PROGRAMS THROUGH SPORTS EDUCATIONJOB
    1. Founder & Chair
      1Y 8M

Time in market 24Y 11MOpen 6Closed 17Stints 23

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  1. Job: Duke University — Kenan Institute for Ethics, Board Member · 2024-12 – present · 1y 8mo — • Contributed to the strategic direction of the Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University. • Engaged with interdisciplinary teams to address contemporary moral challenges faced by students. • Advocated for ethical education initiatives that enhance students' understanding of complex societal issues.
  2. Job: Ambition Angels — Chair of the Board of Directors · 2024-10 – present · 1y 10mo
  3. Job: Microsoft — General Manager, GTM, Digital App Innovation · 2019-12 – 2024-10 · 4y 10mo — • Spearheaded the global go-to-market strategy for Microsoft’s Digital App Innovation portfolio. • Set the playbook, incentives, programs, and enablement for the global sales team. • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to ensure alignment and execution of strategic initiatives.
  4. Job: Microsoft — Interim Chief Operations Officer · 2022-07 – 2023-07 · 1y — Served as Interim COO for the SVP leading Microsoft's Industry Cloud initiative — overseeing business operations, rhythm of business, communications, and culture & inclusion across the organization.
  5. Job: Microsoft — Engineering Leader · 2020-07 – 2022-07 · 2y — Responsible for Azure Databricks product and engineering partnership — one of Azure's most strategic partnerships.
  6. Job: Team Esface Basketball Academy — Chairman Of The Board Of Directors · 2018-01 – 2022-09 · 4y 8mo — • Oversaw initiatives to make camps, teams, and training more broadly accessible. • Collaborated with coaches to improve effectiveness.
  7. Job: Google — Head of Cloud Customer Engineering · 2018-11 – 2019-11 · 1y — As the Head of Cloud Customer Engineering, I led a team of Pre-sales teams (Solution Architects) who aligned Google Cloud solutions with customer needs. • Advocated for customers by designing tailored architectures and building proofs-of-concept. • Tackle complex challenges to expedite the deployment of workloads into production. • Fostered strong relationships with clients to ensure their business objectives were achieved.
  8. Job: Intel Corporation — Global Director of Sales Engineering & Services, Saffron AI · 2017-01 – 2018-10 · 1y 9mo — Led sales engineering and professional services teams globally. We leveraged a proprietary hypergraph matrix store to deliver machine learning solutions for predictive maintenance & financial crimes use cases.
  9. Job: Intel Corporation — Global Head of Sales · 2013-07 – 2018-07 · 5y — Grew annual recurring revenue by over 700% over five years; served as Global Sales Leader in year five.
  10. Job: Intel Corporation — Director Sales Engineering · 2013 – 2018 · 5y — Designed and delivered AI-powered solutions for the Department of Defense, major banks, aerospace companies, and complex manufacturers.
  11. Job: Intel Corporation — Entrepreneur in Residence, Intel New Business Initiatives · 2016-03 – 2016-12 · 9 mo — Researched the business feasibility of capturing air and water quality data at the edge (at the point of consumption) for residential and commercial buildings.
  12. Job: Intel Corporation — Global Sales Director, Mashery · 2015-01 – 2015-12 · 11 mo — Led the global team of API Management sales professionals - Account Executives, Sales Engineers, Solution Architects, and Inside Sales Reps. We landed the platform that turned APIs into well-managed APIs.
  13. Job: Intel Corporation — Global Director of Sales Engineering, Intel Software and Services · 2013-05 – 2015-01 · 1y 8mo — Led a global team of Solution Architects and Sales Engineers to sell a suite of products aimed at supporting Intel's IOT software strategy. Acted as an evangelist at various conferences and industry events.
  14. Job: Mashery — Director of Sales Engineering · 2011-01 – 2013-05 · 2y 4mo — Founded, built, and led a global team of sales engineers to bring the newly formed concept of API Management to the market.
  15. Job: Mashery — Sales Engineer · 2011 – 2013 · 2y — Championed the reframing of APIs from an engineering concept to a core business imperative.
  16. Job: Nasdaq Calypso Technology — Product & Engineering, Capital Markets · 2008-08 – 2011-01 · 2y 5mo — In this role, I acted a Senior Software Engineer. I also completed Level 1 of the CFA program (https://www.cfainstitute.org/pages/index.aspx).
  17. Job: Nasdaq Calypso Technology — Lead Engineer · 2008 – 2011 · 3y — Overhauled the test-driven design and implementation framework.
  18. Job: IBM — Product & Engineering Leader, Chief Evangelist, IBM · 2002-02 – 2008-08 · 6y 6mo — As a member of IBM Tivoli's Global Architectural Board, I architected a service-oriented approach for deploying and managing our various applications. This included leading a team of software engineers, evangelizing our roadmap with customers, and participating in industry consortiums.
  19. Job: ECLIPSE - Exceptional Children's Leadership Inclusion Programs through Sports Education — Founder & Chair · 2001-11 – 2003-07 · 1y 8mo — In 2002, while competing against an international pool of 31 contestants, we took 1st prize in Stanford's 1st annual Social Entrepreneurship Challenge (http://bases.stanford.edu/150k/socialechallenge). We were on a mission to advance and socialize the recreational inclusion of children with special needs. By collaborating with E-Soccer (http://e-soccer.org/), we did just that.
  20. School: Stanford University — Masters of Electrical Engineering, Software Systems
  21. School: Duke University — Bachelors of Electrical Engineering, Electrical & Computer Engineering
  22. School: Stanford University — Master of Science, Electrical and Electronics Engineering
  23. School: Duke University — Bachelor of Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Skills

Program DeploymentCloud StrategyCustomer EngineeringAzure Resource ManagerSoftware AcquisitionThought LeadershipChannel PartnersCloud DevelopmentCloudera ManagerIBM TivoliAzure DatabricksIntelExceeding TargetsIBM Spectrum ProtectAutomated Feature EngineeringMicrosoft AzureMicrosoft PartnerCredit Default Swaps (CDS)StrategyResearch and Development (R&D)

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