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Elevate Your Career: A Conversation with GitHub Sales Leadership

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Elevate Your Career: A Conversation with GitHub Sales Leadership

GitHub’s sales organization is growing — and they want to meet you.

Talents were invited to a private networking experience with GitHub, the complete AI-powered developer platform to build, scale, and deliver secure software. They’re building a world-class, diverse Sales Development Organization and wanted to share an inside peek into their potential future on the team.

Attendees joined a select group of professionals online to:

💰 Discover career opportunities for you
💬 Network with GitHub sales leaders & recruiters
🔎 Get the inside scoop on GitHub’s work culture — including market-leading perks!
🚀 Hear how GitHub’s Sales Development Organization breaks into the largest companies in the world

Agenda:

3:00 PM ET / 12:00 PM PT - PowerToFly kick-off
3:05 PM ET / 12:05 PM PT - Intro into CoPilot featuring Ryan Parks, Senior Director, Field Services, Corporate (SMB & Mid-Market)
3:15 PM ET / 12:15 PM PT - Panel discussion + audience Q&A featuring:
- Cheri Dean, Manager, Sales Development
- Gurinder Taunque, Manager, Sales Development
- Abby King, Manager, Sales Development
- Thomas Henderson, Manager, Sales Development
- Chris Wheeler, Senior Director, Global Sales Development
3:55 PM ET / 12:55 PM PT - Closing remarks
4:00 PM ET / 1:00 PM PT - Event concludes

About GitHub: As the global home for all developers, GitHub is the complete AI-powered developer platform to build, scale, and deliver secure software. Over 100 million people, including developers from 90 of the Fortune 100 companies, use GitHub to build amazing things together across 330+ million repositories. With all the collaborative features of GitHub, it has never been easier for individuals and teams to write faster, better code.

Home Home Home Home About PowerToFly: PowerToFly is a women-run platform that works with companies to identify skilled professionals for networking and recruiting opportunities. Over the past few years, we’ve produced 2,000+ events across the world with brands like Meta, American Express, Salesforce, and Spotify, resulting in countless hires.

About PowerToFly’s Events: All RSVP’d attendees are welcome, regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, gender identity, pregnancy, physical or mental disability, or age. If you require assistance to participate in this event, please email hi@powertofly.com, and we will contact you to discuss your specific needs.

Meet The Speakers

Cheri Dean

Manager, Sales Development

Cheri is a Sales Development Leader. She has over 20 years of experience in leading sales, sales dev, and admin teams across advertising, secondary mortgage investment, and tech. With 2.5 years at GitHub, she oversees Inbound Sales. Outside work, Cheri enjoys quality time with her family, camping, kayaking, and hitting the golf course.

Gurinder Taunque

Manager, Sales Development

Gurinder is a leader in the Sales Dev Org at GitHub and has been with the company for about 2 years. Prior to GitHub, Gurinder has over a decade of technology sales experience ranging from starting his career as a Sales Development Representative up through various sales roles selling and now leading sales teams. In his spare time, Gurinder enjoys spending time with his family outdoors and working on and racing cars.

Abby King

Manager, Sales Development

I'm based in Seattle with my Fiance, Dusan and our dog, Bowie. I'm currently in my seventh year of sales with a broad range of experiences in positions and company maturity. The through line of every experience has been growing each organization. When I'm not at work, I'm hiking, biking, or zooming with Bowie.

Thomas Henderson

Manager, Sales Development

I was raised in Walnut Creek, California, and pursued my education at UC Berkeley, majoring in American History and Economics. Concurrently, I held a role as a Sales Development Representative at a Series A startup, balancing it with the completion of my thesis. Within a year in the field, I progressed to a management position. Presently, I serve as the Sales Development Manager for Mid-Market at GitHub. Beyond my professional life, I find joy in hobbies such as golf, skiing, and cooking.

Chris Wheeler

Senior Director, Global Sales Development

Chris Wheeler has over 16 years of technology experience, with the last six dedicated to GitHub. With prior experience in enterprise sales, Chief of Staff and Sales Strategy, Chris has focused his career on building world-class revenue organizations. Within Sales Development, Chris is responsible for hiring, developing, and mentoring the sales talent of tomorrow for GitHub.