Dave Simon, Vice President of Sales at Viant

The Ramped Podcast

IN THIS EPISODE, WE COVER:

• 01:47 - Who is Dave Simon?
• 03:52 - Question #1: What is the best early career investment a salesperson can make?
• 09:00 - Question #2: How has your view of sales changed over the years and why?
• 14:22 - Question #3: What is one mistake you made early in your sales career and how has it affected you in the present?
• 18:22 - Question #4: Who has had the biggest impact on your career and why?
• 22:01 - Question #5: If you could go back in time what would you do differently?

MORE ON DAVE:

Currently VP of Sales at Viant Technology, Dave is charged with leading Sales & Strategy across a multi-leveled 6 office territory that includes the Central and Southwest regions of the US. Driving vision for hiring, training, talent development, product roadmap, cross-team collaboration & customer growth, focusing on the adoption of Adelphic, our omnichannel DSP. Prior to Viant, Dave was at Convoy, where he was Head of Mid-market and Small Business sales. Prior to Convoy, Dave was at Cuebiq, a location measurement & analytics startup where he led the Programmatic Sales team as well as standing up their Partnerships team. Prior to Cuebiq Dave spent over 10 years at BrightRoll, and then Yahoo!/Oath via their acquisition of BrightRoll. At BrightRoll he led their Midwest sales team. Post acquisition, Dave pivoted to building the newly created Agency-focused DSP Sales team, eventually leading it for all of North America. He held a similar, US role, at Oath/Verizon Media after Yahoo was acquired by AOL. Dave will be based in Chicago and will oversee the central region as well as the Texas and Colorado offices. Outside of work, Dave can be found on his bike, on the golf course, or in his home gym. Dave lives in River Forest, a Chicago Suburb with his wife Sendy and their two kids, Avery & Luke.

Connect with Dave here:

• https://twitter.com/DaveSimon18
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/davesimon1/

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