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About
Advisory board member; former Chief Revenue Officer at Avaya.
Experience
- Rocket SoftwareSenior Vice President, Americascurrent2026 — presentNorth America
- FlowGen LabsAdvisor to the Boardcurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- LemongrassMember of the Board of Advisorscurrent2025 — presentReading, Uk
- Gaia VenturesMember of the Board of Advisorscurrent2023 — presentNYC, NY
- HireRightChief Revenue Officer (CRO)2023 — 2024Nashville, Tennessee, United States
- AvayaChief Revenue Officer2020 — 2022
- SAP SuccessFactorsChief Revenue Officer2017 — 2020
- SAPSenior Vice President, HANA Enterprise Cloud2013 — 2017
- SAPSenior Vice President, ITM and Middleware2010 — 2013
- SAPSenior Level Executive2003 — 2010
Skills & more
SAP ERP3SaaS6Enterprise Software22Sales Management5HANA2Cloud Computing16
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Stephen Spears?
- Advisory board member; former Chief Revenue Officer at Avaya.
- Where did Stephen Spears go to school?
- Stephen Spears studied at Brigham Young University (Bachelor of Arts (BA)); University of Maryland.
Same school
Also attended Brigham Young University551
Jake StormDeal Partner at Felicis VenturesJen ArdManaging Director, Head of Investment Operations at Intel CapitalNathan MickelsenVice President of Tax at RevolutionJohn SabinChief Financial Officer; President, Revolution Places at RevolutionDiogo MyrrhaPartner at Peak VenturesSid KrommenhoekPartner at Album
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Also attended University of Maryland504
Katrina PagliaChief Legal Officer at Pantera CapitalSujal PatelStrategic Director at Madrona Venture GroupDaniel DemmerInvestor at OpenView Venture PartnersDan RochkindCFO at Lerer HippeauAaron EpsteinGeneral Partner at Y CombinatorKevin NiechenInvestment Team at 8VC
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Shared employers
Also worked at Rocket Software6
Also worked at HireRight8
Garry HillInvestment at Makers FundBrian JacobsVenture Capitalist Emergence, Moai Capital at AIFMark F. DzialgaFounder & Managing Partner at Brighton Park CapitalJeff AndersonGeneral Partner at Palisades Growth CapitalTom BlaisdellInvestorRichard LittleExecutive Officer, Director at Elevate Services
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Also worked at Avaya57
Mark BlakeStrategy & Corporate Development Leader at Joyance PartnersGhazi MasoodVenture Partner at Ansa CapitalJanavi PapriwalInvestment Partner, Co-Head South Asia at Circulate CapitalDave GarlandManaging Partner at Second Century VenturesScott L. RussoManaging Partner at Dasein CapitalBojan JovićMember of Supervisor Committee at TS Ventures
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Also worked at SAP SuccessFactors26
Chad HerrinInvestor at Aspect VenturesThomas OtterGeneral Partner at Acadian Ventures Management, LlcSean MarshallExecutive In Residence at Asymmetric Capital PartnersKirsten Allegri WilliamsChief Marketing Officer, Infor at Gaia VenturesLauren DupontSVP of Operations at Collide CapitalRoss FubiniManaging Partner at XYZ Venture Capital
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