Patrick Stakenas
CEO-NASDAQ/TSX, C-Level, - Corporate Development, Innovation, Strategy, M&A - Customer Acquisition
Newport Beach, California, United States
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Experienced Chief Executive Officer and past public company Board Member, with a very strong record of driving revenue and building the bottom line of Middle Market private and public companies (NASDAQ/TSX), start-up corporations, and Fortune 500 divisions of publicly owned and private equity firms.
Proven success leading SaaS Technology Companies, in highly complex situations/environments particularly those in growth mode, M&A mode, or challenged with stalled profitability or declining revenues, customer problems, expense increases, competitive encroachment and major internal issues.
Adept at significantly growing, turning around, and when appropriate positioning companies for an acquisition. Direct P&L accountability and precise forecast accuracy with dozens of SaaS technology lines and worldwide facilities. Drive peak performance resulting in significantly increasing profitability, margins, revenues, pricing, customer penetration, office productivity, cost savings,employee /mgmt, culture/morale and organizational productivity, by applying experiences from:
- Determine Inc./Corcentric (NASDAQ; DTRM) – CEO of leader in SaaS solutions for the procurement industry, growing from $14 to $28 million in revenue and profitability; launched industry’s first true SaaS platform.
- Gartner – Research Director, advised C-Level executives on go to market and performance best practices.
- ForceLogix/SAP (TSX; FLT) – CEO, Led this analytics business to hyper growth, IPO and acquisition.
- CCC Information Services – Senior Vice President of market leader in SaaS solutions for the insurance industry. Built and executed on go to market plan; increasing revenue and profitability to record levels.
- FileNet/IBM – VP, Grew division revenue from $125 million to $150 million.
- Open Text – VP of Sales/Operations, increased revenue from $113 to $148 million.
Completed numerous acquisitions, divestitures, fund-raising events, an IPO, and relaunch on the NASDAQ.
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Great opportunity at Gartner in the UK! https://lnkd.in/gAcveuPQ
Great opportunity at Gartner in the UK! https://lnkd.in/gAcveuPQ
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Think Big, Make an Impact... Join Gartner... Are you a visionary current or former CEO with a proven track record of scaling high-growth software…
Think Big, Make an Impact... Join Gartner... Are you a visionary current or former CEO with a proven track record of scaling high-growth software…
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🚀 Predicting 2024: How AI Will Revolutionize Customer Acquisition for Tech CEOs 🚀 The landscape of customer acquisition is set for a seismic shift…
🚀 Predicting 2024: How AI Will Revolutionize Customer Acquisition for Tech CEOs 🚀 The landscape of customer acquisition is set for a seismic shift…
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Magic Quadrant - Sales Performance Management, Gartner
Gartner
Sales Performance Management
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Born Ready Films
Board Member, Managing Director
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Hi Sales Leaders! A great opportunity is open at Gartner to join the Tech CEO team. Please let me know if you are interested as I am happy to refer…
Hi Sales Leaders! A great opportunity is open at Gartner to join the Tech CEO team. Please let me know if you are interested as I am happy to refer…
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I am thrilled to announce that I will be participating in the upcoming Gartner C-suite event! 🎉 This exclusive gathering of industry leaders…
I am thrilled to announce that I will be participating in the upcoming Gartner C-suite event! 🎉 This exclusive gathering of industry leaders…
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Hi Business Executives! https://lnkd.in/gr-b6QCt Please take 3-5 minutes out of your busy schedule today to participate in this Gartner Research…
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Webinar: The Tech CEO’s Guide to Sales Effectiveness New survey data from Gartner reveals that the average conversion rate from sales-accepted…
Webinar: The Tech CEO’s Guide to Sales Effectiveness New survey data from Gartner reveals that the average conversion rate from sales-accepted…
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