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Episode 29: How Custom Solutions Leads to Long Term Customers for Marlin Technologies

Spiro Technologies

And then our electrical engineering guys will get involved and design a custom circuit board, and we’ll get into our own manufacturing to make that. John’s been in the business for like 12 years as a commercial leader, but he really has a finance background. And I have been around technical stuff most of my career.

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PODCAST 145: Lessons Learned From Winning by Design with Jacco van der Kooij

Sales Hacker

He holds a BSc in electrical engineering and an executive MBA from the University of Leicester. Prior to founding Winning By Design, Jacco held sales leadership roles at QUMU, Kontiki, Technicolor, Ericcson, and Philips. He is proud to have helped marquee customers over the years, including Amazon, AT&T, DISH, and Disney.

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SaaStr Podcast #388 with Okta CMO Ryan Carlson

SaaStr

I studied electrical engineering. If you’re in finance, you’re going to work with vendors. If you’re in engineering, you’re going to talk with a partner, for example, and how you interact with people outside your company is going to affect your brand. I started in Silicon Valley a long time ago.