Primary Job Title Co-Founder, Managing Partner Primary Organization My Wine Guide
Location Redwood City, California, United States Regions San Francisco Bay Area, Silicon Valley, West Coast Gender Male
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John Kirst has more than 40 years of sales, marketing and operations experience with a proven track record of leadership in emerging, venture funded, enterprise and SaaS software technology companies with multiple successful including two IPOs.
Sequent, Inc. Chief Revenue and Customer Officer 2014 - 2019 Santa Clara, CA Responsible for Global
Sales, Business Development, Marketing, Professional Services Delivery, and Customer Success. Sequent, a VC funded pioneer in mobile payment technology, was acquired by TIS, Inc. (Japan) in February 2020.Responsible for Global Sales, Business Development, Marketing, Professional Services Delivery, and Customer Success. Sequent, a VC funded pioneer in mobile payment technology, was acquired by TIS, Inc. (Japan) in February 2020.
ThreatMetrix Inc. SVP Worldwide Sales and Field Operations (CRO) 2012 - 2014 San Jose, CA Responsible for Global Enterprise, Inside Sales, Business Development, Professional Services, Customer Support and Customer Success. ThreatMetrix, a VC funded leader in Cyber Security and Fraud Detection, was acquired in January 2018 by Lexis Nexis for $835 million.Responsible for Global Enterprise, Inside Sales, Business Development, Professional Services, Customer Support and Customer Success. ThreatMetrix, a VC funded leader in Cyber Security and Fraud Detection, was acquired in January 2018 by Lexis Nexis for $835 million.
TuVox/West Corporation Senior Vice President of Sales (CRO) 2003 - 2012 San Jose, CA Responsible for Global Sales, Marketing and Customer Success at Tuvox, Inc. a VC funded innovator of natural language processing software and customer service automation to Fortune 2000 enterprises. West Corporation acquired TuVox, Inc. in 2010. West Corporation completed an IPO in March 2013.
Edify Corporation Co-Founder, SVP Global Marketing. Asia Pacific Operations and Global Indirect Distribution 1990 - 2003 Santa Clara, CA Co-Founded Edify in 1990. Edify completed an IPO in 1996 and was ranked within the Silicon Valley Fast Fifty for three years from 1996 to 1998. Edify was acquired by S1 Corporation for $380 million in 1999. Edify built the world's first software platform for internet banking applications.
