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Thrive in Your Technical Sales Career: How to Strengthen Relationships & Upskill Yourself

Priyanka Amrith, Kelly Kitagawa
April 27, 2023 3:00 – 4:00 PM ET Virtual Free to attend
Thrive in Your Technical Sales Career: How to Strengthen Relationships & Upskill Yourself

About this session

Ever wonder just how technical you must be to succeed in technical sales? Are you worried you’re not technical enough? Feeling stalled on your tech sales journey? Hang on; we’re here to help!

Kelly Kitagawa, Sr. Solutions Engineer, and Priyanka Amrith, Regional Director, Solutions Engineering at HashiCorp, will join us to demystify technical sales and what it takes to thrive. HashiCorp has encouraged their professional development and allowed them to make career moves that best served their objectives.

Kelly and Priyanka will share their tips for technical selling — and show you how to upskill your journey with value-based practices that leverage relationships and build trust.

You’ll learn:

  • How to upskill your technical storytelling
  • How to identify the three customer personas (champion, coach, detractor) + test them
  • Strategies to strengthen customer relationships
  • How to change the conversation to value-based selling
  • Ways to map your goals + take your success to the next level

We’ll debunk all the myths, answer your questions, and have fun along the way.

Meet the speakers

Priyanka Amrith

Priyanka Amrith

Regional Director - Solutions Engineering at HashiCorp

Priyanka is a leader with more than a decade of experience in Solutions Engineering and Technical Sales. She was a Sales Engineering Leader at Akamai Technologies, Stripe and is currently at HashiCorp. She is passionate about making an impact through work, building teams & empowering people to Excel.

Kelly Kitagawa

Kelly Kitagawa

Senior Solutions Engineer at HashiCorp

Kelly is a fast paced, growth mindset leader - known for her inclusive empowerment and driving to exceptional results. An evangelist who speaks globally on technology and why it matters. She is currently a Senior Solutions Engineer at HashiCorp, helping their largest customers solve multi-cloud challenges through HashiCorp Enterprise products like Terraform, Consul, Vault, and Boundary.

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