Marcus Bennett
Account Executive
marcus.bennett@example.com|(404) 555-0172|Atlanta, GA|LinkedIn
Summary
Account executive with 6 years of B2B software sales. Consistently above quota, with a habit of turning small first deals into long-term accounts.
Experience
Senior Account Executive, Summit Payroll — Atlanta, GA
Feb 2022 – Present- Closed $1.8M in new annual revenue in 2024, 124% of quota and #2 of 14 reps
- Shortened the average sales cycle from 70 to 48 days with a new demo and trial process
- Grew 10 existing accounts by a combined $400k through upsells
Sales Development Representative, Peachtree Software — Atlanta, GA
May 2018 – Jan 2022- Booked 25+ qualified meetings a month through calls, email and LinkedIn
- Promoted to account executive after 2 years; hit 110% of quota in the first year
Education
B.B.A. Marketing
2014 – 2018Georgia State University — Atlanta, GA
Skills
Salesforce, HubSpot, Outreach, Prospecting, Discovery calls, Negotiation, Forecasting, Account management