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Stephen Brandes

Enthusiast · DISC type i
VP of Sales at Confido
📍 New York, New York, United States

Stephen is a go-to-market leader specializing in scaling sales teams to generate predictable revenue. A graduate of Yale and Harvard Business School, he was pivotal in accelerating Wunderkinds annual recurring revenue from $30M to $150M in seven years.

He has a stated preference for joining mission-driven organizations with industry-changing products, a key factor in his career moves.

Stephen helped lead Wunderkind from $20M to over $150M in ARR, personally bringing in over $113M in ARR with his teams.

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Experience
9 Years
Current Role
VP of Sales
Job Level
Senior
Location
New York, New York, United States
Personality Overview

How Stephen shows up

Non-Confrontational
Consensus Focused
Story Driven

They prefer to build relationships rather than staying totally transactional. Unlike D or C types, they are convinced more by stories and testimonials. They tend to be agreeable by nature, so take their promises with a pinch of salt.


Priorities

Topics Stephen cares about

Scaling Revenue Teams
His career highlights scaling sales and account management teams at Wunderkind, Nitrogen, and Taktile to drive significant, predictable revenue growth.
Go-to-Market Strategy
Described as a "go-to-market leader, " he was hired at previous roles to leverage this experience and transform commercial efforts to serve enterprise markets.
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Career

Work history

1-2026
VP of Sales
Confido
12-2024 - 11-2025
VP of Sales
Taktile
4-2023 - 10-2024
Chief Revenue Officer (CRO)
Nitrogen
7-2021 - 1-2023
SVP, Sales
Wunderkind (Formerly BounceX)
7-2020 - 7-2021
VP, Sales
Wunderkind (Formerly BounceX)
In the press

Media appearances

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Education
2012 - 2014
Master of Business Administration (MBA)
Harvard Business School
2005 - 2009
BA
Yale University
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

i

Influence (I)

Influence (I) reflects the degree to which a person prefers to work by influencing or persuading others. Those scoring high tend to be people oriented, motivated by social recognition and building relationships.

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