Ageism in the Age of AI: How Experienced Professionals Can Stay Competitive
with Helen Sanchez
Stop Selling Yourself Short & Start Thriving in Sales in a Male-Dominated Environment
Adrianne Ward, Kristen McGee
As the amount of women in Security Sales increases, the “traditional sales journey” is being challenged. Women are driving a fresh perspective on engaging prospects among other things. As two women in Sales, we want to help you understand how to advocate for yourself in your career journey while building a strong selling team to help you achieve your individual and team goals.
In this chat we want you to walk away with:
- Tangible strategies on how to take sorry out of your vocabulary
- Gain a better understanding of the variety of pre-sales paths at your disposal
- Find more resources to help you be your biggest hype-woman
Meet The Speakers
Adrianne Ward
Commercial and Alliances Pre-Sales Director at Okta, Inc.
Adrianne Ward is the Director of Pre-Sales for North America. Providing leadership and guidance to her team, customers and partners on Security Solutions Okta provides. This includes understanding of customer issues and vision, education, presentations on solutions, value proposition, and technical effectiveness and fit. Adrianne leads a team of highly innovative and motivated individuals that are at the forefront of Cybersecurity expertise; that can look at business problems and translate those in technical programs that organizations can move forward on and see value in the long term.
Kristen McGee
Manager, Sales Development at Okta
I'm a Southern Californian helping Okta build the next generation of sales leaders in the greater Chicago area. My job is to motivate, coach, and grow our BDRs into curious, innovative, and top-performing salespeople. My favorite thing about this role is being able to help my reps find what makes them uniquely talented and use that to take the next step in their careers.
