Sales roles are all about people. That holds true not only when you're building relationships with prospects but also in your day-to-day experience on the team. Having the right culture and people around you can make or break your success, satisfaction, and long-term growth. If you're a job seeker looking for a technology sales role, getting to know the people you'd be working with can help you understand if that company is a place you can flourish and advance your career to the next level.
We asked two experienced sales leaders — Dan Bidwell, Regional Vice President - Central; and Jason Doris, Regional Vice President - East — who recently joined Rapid7 to tell us a little bit about themselves, what's most exciting about being on their teams, and why they chose Rapid7 as the next step in their professional journeys.
What was your background prior to coming to Rapid7?
Dan: I have had a lengthy career selling enterprise technology solutions for both large high-tech providers and startups. My career started with companies like NCR, Sun Microsystems, and Oracle. I left Oracle to pursue a path of working with early-stage startup companies such as Portal Software, Arcsight, Veracode, and Illumio. I enjoyed the cybersecurity space, and once I started, I never looked back.
Jason: After 25 years in the document capture and workflow industry, I transitioned to cybersecurity. I have an eclectic background, having sold in virtually every segment (enterprise, mid-market, consumer) and in every route to market (eCommerce, B2B direct and through the channel, OEM) including 14 years in global roles.
I am coming from Fastly, an edge computing cloud services company focused on website acceleration and web application and API protection. While there, I started a Financial Services vertical where we c ..
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