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Frank Perkins

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CRO Chief of Staff at Datadog
📍 San Francisco Bay Area, United States

Frank Perkins is the CRO Chief of Staff at Datadog, with over two decades of experience boosting revenue at tech companies like Salesforce and Apple. He specializes in using sales intelligence to develop targeted revenue programs. Colleagues describe him as a dynamic, inspirational, and hard-working leader.

Outside of his executive role, Frank identifies as a lifelong athlete. He draws parallels between his proactive approach to physical well-being and his professional philosophy of deeply understanding customers to deliver value and create win-win scenarios.

He has a bold vision for the future of sales, predicting an "agents selling to agents" model where AI handles the early sales cycle.

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Experience
11 Years
Current Role
CRO Chief of Staff
Location
San Francisco Bay Area, United States
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AI in Sales
He has a bold vision for the future where AI agents handle the early sales cycle, believing traditional outbound methods are broken.
Sales Methodology
He focuses on data-driven, targeted revenue programs and advocates for deeply knowing customers before any sales effort, making sales a "noble profession. "
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Career

Work history

4-2024
CRO Chief of Staff
Datadog
2-2024
Board Advisor
Databook
8-2023
Board Advisor
Aviso AI
5-2023 - 10-2023
Group Vice President, Global Digital Sales & Sales Development
Informatica
2-2019 - 4-2023
Area Vice President, Enterprise Corporate Sales
Salesforce
In the press

Media appearances

188: The New Sales Landscape | Datadog's Frank Perkins. Featured in Apple Podcasts
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Episode 56: The death of traditional prospecting and the future of AI agents with Frank Perkins (Datadog). Featured in Pocus
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Education
Bachelor of Arts
University of Vermont
2015 - 2015
Program Certificate
Cornell University
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