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Derek Bayford

Wildcard · DISC type cis
Vice President Corporate Sales at Higher Logic
📍 Canada

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Experience
16 Years
Current Role
Vice President Corporate Sales
Job Level
Senior
Location
Canada
Personality Overview

How Derek shows up

Curious But Skeptical
Friendly But Slow
ROI Driven

They typically tend to be late adopters even when they seem friendly and excited about what you have to sell They are often friendly and nice, but can sometimes suprise you with their piercing questions They are unlikely to ever become strong champions even when the conversations are going well; you should focus on cultivating other champions

Priorities

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Career

Work history

5-2021
Vice President Corporate Sales
Higher Logic
6-2018 - 5-2021
Vice President Sales
Vanilla Forums
10-2015 - 6-2018
Vice President Sales
Searidge Technologies
6-2010 - 9-2015
Area Director North America
Halogen Software
1-2009 - 6-2010
Sales Team Lead
Thermo Fisher Scientific
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Education
Biology
Western University
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

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Calculativeness (C)

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