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Benjamin Knopf

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Strategic Account Executive at Datadog
📍 Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Benjamin is a Strategic Account Executive at Datadog with over 15 years of experience in enterprise sales and IT. He specializes in AI and cloud-driven sales strategies to enhance customer success. He holds certifications as an IT Project Manager and an AI Manager.

Benjamin took a career break for full-time parenting to support his wife and welcome a new child, focusing on learning and personal development during that time. He values self-reflection and building strong professional connections based on mutual learning.

He has a HarvardX Verified Certificate for "Exercising Leadership: Foundational Principles. "

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Experience
23 Years
Current Role
Strategic Account Executive
Location
Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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Enterprise Observability
In his role at Datadog, he partners with C-suite leaders to deliver data-driven insights and optimize enterprise observability strategies across modern tech stacks.
AI in Sales
He is a Certified AI Manager and integrates AI tools and data-driven insights into his sales process to drive measurable business growth.
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Career

Work history

1-2026
Strategic Account Executive
Datadog
7-2025 - 1-2026
Vollzeit-Elternschaft
Career Break
5-2023 - 6-2025
Global Client Executive
NetApp
7-2017 - 5-2023
Enterprise Account Executive
NetApp
3-2012 - 6-2017
Presales Consultant
NetApp
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Education
2007 - 2010
Certified IT Project Manager (IHK)
VWA Hochschule für berufsbegleitendes Studium
Certified AI Manager
IHK Akademie Schwaben
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