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Dan Palay

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VP of Sales at FranConnect
📍 Vienna, Virginia, United States

Dan Palay is a sales leader specializing in complex enterprise sales for Cloud, PaaS, and SaaS solutions. He has a proven track record of building and scaling high-performing teams, notably growing a sales organization from 0 to 40 at StackPath and driving 20x revenue growth. He is a graduate of Washington University in St. Louis.

Outside of his professional life, Dans background includes leadership in team environments. During his university years, he was the captain of the rugby team and an active member of the Zeta Beta Tau fraternity, highlighting his early development of teamwork and leadership skills.

He anchors his sales philosophy in a baseball statistic: two-thirds of the time, the winning team scores more runs in one inning than their opponent scores all game.

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Experience
19 Years
Current Role
VP of Sales
Job Level
Senior
Location
Vienna, Virginia, United States
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Priorities

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Scaling Sales Teams
He scaled an enterprise sales team from 0 to 40 people at StackPath, including managers across North America and Europe, demonstrating his expertise in building teams from scratch.
Enterprise Sales Frameworks
He pioneered an "Account Scoring" framework and emphasizes establishing repeatable processes to guide sales reps toward consistent, incremental improvements and major wins.
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Career

Work history

1-2024
VP of Sales
FranConnect
6-2020 - 8-2023
Vice President, Enterprise Sales
StackPath
4-2017 - 5-2020
Director of Sales
NTT Ltd.
3-2014 - 3-2017
Global Account Manager
NTT Ltd.
3-2012 - 3-2014
Strategic Account Manager
NTT Ltd.
In the press

Media appearances

StackPath Exec: Enterprise Products In The Pipeline Will Drive Channel Strategy. Featured in CRN
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Education
2002 - 2006
BA
Washington University in St. Louis
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