Vinod Devan

President, Go-to-Market at Globality

San Francisco3.1k followers
Globality, Inc.ex-Emaex-Cohere

I build the commercial operating models that help enterprise technology companies scale - from early product-market fit through IPO and

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As President, Go-to-Market at Globality, I lead the company's commercial organization - sales, marketing, customer success, and partnerships - driving the strategy and operating model for its next growth Before Globality, I was the Chief Commercial Officer at Accel-backed Ema, an agentic AI company automating enterprise workflows, where I built the company's first commercial At Cohere, I developed consultative, value-based go-to-market plays across enterprise use cases, and established the partner ecosystem that contributed to the company's 10→100M scaling phase and valuation growth from 2B to At Confluent, as a member of the senior leadership team, I helped scale revenue from ~$150M to nearly $700M ARR and helped shape the GTM operating model and global partner ecosystem that carried the company through its NASDAQ IPO and the growth that followed as a public Earlier, as a Partner at Deloitte, I advised executive leadership teams across the corporate spectrum - from established global giants to hyper-growth technology companies - on scaling, operating discipline, and the integration of emerging I began my career as an engineer conducting applied research in the space industry and designing wireless networks for I am an active investor and advisor to growth-stage technology companies.

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  1. GLOBALITY,JOB
    1. President, GTM
      1M
    2. Executive Advisor to the CEO
      2M
  2. EMAJOB
    1. Chief Commercial Officer
      11M
  3. COHEREJOB
    1. Global Head
      2Y 11M
  4. CONFLUENTJOB
    1. Global VP | BD
      2Y
  5. DELOITTEJOB
    1. Partner
      6Y 11M
  6. STRATEGY&JOB
    1. Principal
      8Y 11M
  7. NEXTEL™️ COMMUNICATIONSJOB
    1. Eng, Corporate Development
      6Y 11M

Time in market 26Y 7MOpen 3Closed 7Stints 10

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  1. Job: Globality, Inc. — President, Go-to-Market · 2026-07 – present
  2. Job: Globality, Inc. — Executive Advisor to the CEO · 2026-04 – 2026-06
  3. Job: Ema — Chief Commercial Officer · 2025 – 2025 — - Accountable for global GTM strategy and revenue - Built all commercial teams, including sales, partnerships, and supporting functions
  4. Job: Cohere — Global Head | GTM - Business Development and Partner Ecosystem · 2023 – 2025 — - Helped drive GTM differentiation and category leadership in a highly competitive AI market. - Accelerated revenue expansion across priority industries and with strategic partners. - Supported valuation growth from $2.2B → $5.5B.
  5. Job: Confluent — Global VP | Business Development · 2020-07 – 2022-07 — - Helped scale revenue from ~$200M → ~$700M ARR, including a successful IPO. - Grew indirect(sourced) revenue to ~30% of global sales. - Strengthened GTM operating discipline during the shift to public-market expectations.
  6. Job: Deloitte — Partner · 2014 – 2020 — - Scaled Deloitte’s global high-growth tech practice 8×, serving pre-IPO and Fortune 500 clients. - Led CEO- and board-level programs on GTM scale, operating models, and enterprise transformation.
  7. Job: Strategy& — Principal · 2006 – 2014 — - Led CxO-level strategy and operating-model transformations across global technology clients. - Built and led two global consulting offerings that became firm-wide growth engines.
  8. Job: Nextel™️ Communications — Engineering, Corporate Development · 2000 – 2006 — - Contributed to growth from $3B → $13B in revenue. - Led critical engineering and corporate development initiatives.
  9. School: University of Florida — Master of Business Administration (MBA)
  10. School: University of Central Florida — Master of Science (MS), Electrical Engineering

Skills

New Business DevelopmentEnterprise OperationsManagement ConsultingBusiness Process ImprovementProduct DevelopmentPortfolio ManagementMergers & AcquisitionsOperational ExcellenceGo-to-market StrategyProduct ManagementStrategic PartnershipsSalesSoftware as a Service (SaaS)StrategyStrategic PlanningBusiness StrategyBusiness DevelopmentLeadershipCross-functional Team LeadershipCustomer Success

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