Corporate Development & Strategy Technology / SaaS

Commercial operating experience, applied to inorganic growth.

Technology commercial leader with eight years in SaaS sales and two years in strategic partnerships—now applying that experience in market expansion, negotiation, and cross-functional execution to corporate development, M&A strategy, valuation, and build / buy / partner decisions.

8+ yearsTechnology / SaaS experience
~$1MMAnnual quota-carrying role
12+ partnersOnboarded in 2.5 years
50 repsOutside market-expansion network

Selected experience

Experience that transfers to the deal team

My professional foundation is commercial rather than transactional: evaluating opportunities, understanding buyer economics, building partner cases, negotiating agreements, and coordinating execution across functions.

Mar 2024–Present

Senior Sales and Partner Team Manager

Elite Extra / Epicor Corporation

Leads a three-person partnerships team developing software integrations, referral channels, and other commercial relationships across Product, Engineering, Finance, Marketing, and Legal.

  • Partnership strategy
  • Opportunity assessment
  • Executive stakeholders
  • Cross-functional execution

Sep 2017–Mar 2024

Sales Associate, Enterprise and Strategy

Elite Extra

Managed a roughly $1 million annual quota-carrying role and full-cycle enterprise opportunities from discovery and solution scoping through pricing, contract negotiation, legal coordination, and operational onboarding.

  • Market analysis
  • Commercial economics
  • Contract negotiation
  • GTM strategy

Corporate development portfolio

Analysis tied to an investment decision

Interactive projects show how I frame strategic questions, test assumptions, connect valuation to operating evidence, and communicate a recommendation.

Relevant capabilities

Operating strengths and developing transaction skills

The distinction matters: commercial execution is experience-backed; formal valuation and transaction analysis are being developed through the MBA and portfolio.

Transaction analysis

Developing through MBA coursework and independent portfolio work

  • Valuation
  • DCF
  • Trading comps
  • Precedent transactions
  • Financial modeling
  • Scenario analysis

Strategic analysis

Applied commercially; transaction applications demonstrated in portfolio work

  • Market mapping
  • Competitive analysis
  • Build / Buy / Partner
  • Synergy assessment
  • Commercial due diligence

Commercial execution

Demonstrated through technology sales and strategic partnerships

  • Strategic partnerships
  • Negotiation
  • Executive communication
  • Cross-functional coordination
  • Relationship development
  • GTM strategy

Technology

Hands-on experience across SaaS commercial operations and personal projects

  • SaaS economics
  • CRM and analytics
  • Technical integrations
  • AI tools
  • Data analysis

MBA / Education

Building the finance toolkit around an operating foundation

Currently completing an MBA at the University of Wisconsin–Madison with badges in Entrepreneurship, Strategic Growth, and AI.

Education and development
Expected March 2027University of Wisconsin–Madison

Master of Business Administration

Outside the office

Curious beyond the job description

Languages, technology projects, stories, and a life outside work keep my perspective broad.

Kyrsten with Woden, their dog, outdoors
Kyrsten and Woden

Reading & worldbuilding

Leadership, strategy, and expansive science-fiction and fantasy—plus original worldbuilding projects.

Gaming

League of Legends, World of Warcraft, Hitman, and other systems-rich games.

Languages & travel

German at approximately B2, Swedish at approximately A2, and a longstanding interest in international experience.

Home lab & technology

Hands-on projects across Linux, Docker, home automation, private infrastructure, and applied AI.

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Corporate development, informed by the commercial operating side.

I’m exploring Corporate Development Manager and selective Senior Manager opportunities in technology and software. Remote is preferred; relocation is open for the right role.