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Carmine (Marco) Orlando

Carmine (Marco) Orlando

Summary

Sales professional with 20 years of experience in IT sales and management, including five years at Microsoft. Specializes in managing accounts, renewing contracts, and sourcing new business within mid-to-enterprise markets across Italy, Ireland, Iceland, and Denmark. Combines IT sales expertise with strategic marketing initiatives to drive business growth. Skilled in solution selling, C-level negotiations, and leveraging marketing strategies for customer engagement and brand positioning. Goal-oriented and organized professional aspiring to advance career on strategic digital transformation projects. Aims to help enterprises improve competitiveness and reduce costs through innovative sales and marketing approaches.

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Career Break - Travellling and Learning Yoga

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02.2024 - Current

Attained certification as a yoga instructor while also honing expertise in Thai Massage techniques through dedicated training. Enriched my understanding of Eastern practices and cultures during extensive travels across South East Asia.

Marketing and Business Development Manager

PeoItaly
09.2023 - 01.2024
  • Responsible to drive Business Development motions for new logo, up-sell and cross-sell on existing customers
  • Responsible for the content management strategy: website creation and design, content creations, social media, display activities
  • Collaborating with external marketing agencies, web designer, and BD executors
  • Streamlined opportunity lifecycle internal processes, aligning them with CRM
  • Achieved a year-over-year revenue increase of 200%, growing from 5M to 15M in FY2023.

Field Sales Executive

TuoTempo – Docplanner Group
11.2020 - 11.2023
  • Drove sales of TuoTempo CRM product line in outpatient clinics and hospitals across the South Italian Region.
  • Successfully prospected and identified buyer influences while effectively overcoming objections in order to introduce products and services through impactful sales presentations ultimately resulting in closing.
  • FY2021: 102% yearly quota achievement, Quota: 120K ARR, Average deal size: 60K over 3 years investment.

ERP/HCM/EPM Solution Specialist

Oracle Corporation
02.2019 - 08.2020
  • Responsible to drive sales within a defined portfolio – Distribution Vertical (retail, utilities, pharma, energy, GDO)
  • Secure strategic new business wins for Oracle: Business Applications workloads
  • Collaborating with Partner resources to present Oracle’s value propositions that align to customer’s business objectives and IT initiatives
  • Develop and maintain a Territory Plan.

Azure Inside Sales Executive

Microsoft Corporation
03.2017 - 01.2019
  • Responsible to drive sales from Azure marketing generated leads (cross-segments)
  • Accounting for SMB clients
  • Responsible for putting in place a structured plan of accounting for top non-managed SMB accounts
  • Acting as Sales Solution Specialist Apps and Infra on selected accounts
  • FY2018: 117% yearly quota achievement, Quota – 700K, Average deal size: 70K over 3 years investment.

Premier Service Renewal Sales

Microsoft Corporation
11.2011 - 08.2014
  • Responsible for the renewal of Premier Support Services Contracts to designed accounts (market covered Italy, Ireland, Iceland, Denmark)
  • Establishing customer relationships with appropriate customer personnel (such as purchasing, management and end-users) and technical recommenders and developing plans business strategies and activities for customers such as identifying buyer influences, overcoming objections, introducing new services, making sales presentations and negotiating discount points
  • Generating and forwarding sales leads to Field Sales Account Managers
  • FY 2014: 124% yearly quota achievement, 115% yoy growth, Quota – 2.5 M, Average deal size – 35K.

Client Manager – Enterprise

SAS Institute
07.2015 - 03.2017

Progressed from sales of SAS Analytics software in the small-medium business market to providing support for field account managers at large financial institutions. Managed positioning of banking/insurance compliance solutions and back-office tasks.

Renewal Inside Sales Team Leader

Service Source / Computer Associates
01.2011 - 11.2011

Started off as a sales rep responsible for handling Computer Associates book of business renewals before advancing to the role of managing a diverse team consisting of 12 professionals.


Education

Post-Graduate in Digital Marketing -

Dublin Business School
Dublin, Ireland

Diploma in Marketing, Advertising and Public Relations -

Galway Business School
Galway, Ireland

Systems technician and Information technology certificate -

Pacinotti Institute
Taranto, Italy

Certificate of Microsoft Network Administrator -

Ifoa Institute
Bologna, Italy

Faculty of Commerce And Economics -

University of Bari
Bari, Italy

Skills

  • Friendly, Positive Attitude
  • Teamwork and Collaboration
  • Customer Service
  • Problem-Solving

Telcontact

+39 3792163479

Languages

English
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Italian
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Spanish
Advanced (C1)
French
Intermediate (B1)

Certification

Microsoft AZ900 / SC900 / MS900

Over 30 courses completed on LinkedIn Learning

Customer Success Manager LinkedIn Learning Program



Timeline

Career Break - Travellling and Learning Yoga

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02.2024 - Current

Marketing and Business Development Manager

PeoItaly
09.2023 - 01.2024

Field Sales Executive

TuoTempo – Docplanner Group
11.2020 - 11.2023

ERP/HCM/EPM Solution Specialist

Oracle Corporation
02.2019 - 08.2020

Azure Inside Sales Executive

Microsoft Corporation
03.2017 - 01.2019

Client Manager – Enterprise

SAS Institute
07.2015 - 03.2017

Premier Service Renewal Sales

Microsoft Corporation
11.2011 - 08.2014

Renewal Inside Sales Team Leader

Service Source / Computer Associates
01.2011 - 11.2011

Post-Graduate in Digital Marketing -

Dublin Business School

Diploma in Marketing, Advertising and Public Relations -

Galway Business School

Systems technician and Information technology certificate -

Pacinotti Institute

Certificate of Microsoft Network Administrator -

Ifoa Institute

Faculty of Commerce And Economics -

University of Bari
Carmine (Marco) Orlando