We The Sales Engineers: A Resource For Sales Engineers, By Sales Engineers

Mike Orth is a Data Center Architect of Software-Defined Solutions and a presenter for Dell Technologies. He helps salespeople, customers, and partners with HCI and IT infrastructure and is currently based in Limerick, Ireland. shownotes: https://wethesalesengineers.com

Steve Benson, the CEO of Badger Maps,  shares with us what it's like to lead remote sales teams, why he chose to merge CSA and SE roles in his company, the challenges of training and coaching remote salespeople, and what companies can do to enable their remote salespeople to perform better.   https://wethesalesengineers.com/show143

Our guest, Oscar Santolalla, is the author of the book ‘Rock the Tech Stage: How the Best Speakers in Tech Present Ideas and Pitch Products, and is also a podcast host himself, having his personal podcast Time to Shine, where he talks about all things public speaking and is the host of the company podcast at UbiSecure called “Let’s Talk about Digital Identity”, connecting identity and business. shownotes: https://wethesalesengineers.com/show142

Meet Jeff Lewis, not a Sales Engineer, but a customer who works with Sales Engineers. Listen to our conversation with Jeff as he gives his insights on what he thinks Sales Engineers can do to serve their customers better and some things they should probably stop.

Russ gives us a no holds barred answers on how he realized he needed to step up his game as a Sales Engineer, how Sales Engineers can put themselves out there, and how to become a better SE leader. https://wethesalesengineers.com/show140

In this episode, Garin helps us understand the buyer’s journey and what that means for us Sales Engineers. We also talk about how sales teams can shorten B2B sales cycles and drive sales more effectively by equipping the right people promoting their solution and improving the customer’s buying experience. 

Jon Scott is the founder of ScopeStack.io and they provide a way to automate the creation of a Statement of Work. He started is because he hated the manual creation of the SOWs and was pulled to solve it.   shownotes: https://wethesalesengineers.com/show138

Joshua Smith is currently the Senior Sales Engineer at Varonis, a cybersecurity company pioneering in data security and analytics. In this episode, he talks about how he was able to bounce back after losing a job due to the pandemic and the highs and lows of starting out in a new company and industry. https://wethesalesengineers.com/show137 Show sponsored by CloudShare.com. Check out CloudShare.com/wetheses for a free month

John Hodgson is an independent presales specialist recruiter working mainly in the enterprise software application and SaaS space in the UK. Join us in our conversation as he shares with us his perspective as a recruiter for presales professionals and answers all our burning questions! https://wethesalesengineers.com/show136

It’s always tough looking for a new job. But there are some things you can do to make it easier for yourself. Our guest today is no stranger to the podcast, and if you’ve been tuning in long enough then he might not even need an introduction. Nevertheless, I wanted to interview Binayak Konungo on this episode because he just moved to a new company and I thought it might be nice for you, the listener to get an insider look at how he did it.   shownotes: https://wethesalesengineers.com/show135

Tim Brömme and Jan-Erik Jank are presales professionals and leaders with a passion for technology, people, and leadership. They are also hosts of the Sales Excellence Podcast, a podcast for Software B2B Sales & Presales. In this episode, we chat about how they started podcasting, what they love about it, and what they want to improve upon.   shownotes: https://wethesalesengineers.com/show134

When someone is writing their resume, the most common thing is to just write down what their role entails, however, the focus should be more about what they have done for that company and what they can do for the next company. So here are 8 questions you should ask yourself while building your resume

In this episode, Tony Matos drops in to discuss what is a proof of concept, when we use it, and how we can put ourselves in a position to win the deal through a POC shownotes: https://wethesalesengineers.com/show132

SEs are an underutilized resource. One major obstacle we need to overcome is going from a GoFor to proactively help customers, which adds value for our organization, and trust from our AEs.   https://wethesalesengineers.com/show131

James Kaikis is a solutions engineering leader at SalesForce and co-founder of the Presales Collective. He has spent most of his presales career in startups, and before that worked in leadership roles in various industries - athletic, facility, recreation, and hospitality. As the host of PreSales Podcast, he is dedicated to growing the Sales Engineering and solution consulting community together by providing resources, knowledge, network, and mentorship to develop long, impactful careers.   https://wethesalesengineers.com/show130

One of the first books that helped me become a better Sales Engineer and made me change the way I did my demos, it was Demonstrating to Win, and we’re very lucky to have the author of that book on our podcast today. Bob Riefstahl shares with us how we as Sales Engineers can give more impactful demo presentations, how much the selling landscape has changed and how we can adapt and thrive in it, and why he believes salespeople should be able to do demos.    show notes: https://wethesalesengineers.com

We sit down with Dr. Amanda Rico to discuss how you can effectively leverage your resume and LinkedIn profiles to build your online presence, stand out and get noticed by recruiters, and advance in the hiring process.   Shownotes: https://wethesalesengineers.com/show128

In today’s episode, we chat with Matthew Darrow, who has spent a huge chunk of his career as a Sales Engineer before starting his own company. It was a blast learning about his experiences from starting out as the youngest SE to becoming the VP of pre-sales almost overnight, the strategies he and his team used in raising money to fund the startup, and the influence of having great mentors and a support system on building and leading his own team today.   show notes: https://wethesalesengineers.com/show127

In today’s podcast, we get to see how having a background in pre-sales can be beneficial in leading a startup or founding your own company. Join me in my chat with Larson Stair, a former Sales Engineers, as he gives us a peek behind the non-traditional path he took towards becoming a CEO. Shownotes: https://wethesalesengineers.com/show126

In this episode, Jeroen Corthout shares his perspective on building a startup – from leaving his secure job as an Account Manager to leading his own company to build their online presence to getting customers the unusual way (without a dedicated sales team).   Shownotes: https://wethesalesengineers.com