Jeff Valadez is a highly experienced sales and business development executive in the energy and utilities and education sectors. He has worked with top firms such as National Computer Systems, Orcom, SPL WorldGroup (now a division of Oracle), Tantalus Systems, and ABB Ventyx. Jeff has successfully supported new market entry as well as worked with firms with established territories and client bases. With SPL WorldGroup/Oracle, Jeff developed the business case for entry into Latin America and built a customer base over various countries. Currently, Jeff is the Head of Sales, North America at Open International, where he is part of an exciting market launch that is pioneering the energy/utilities space with a cutting-edge customer engagement, revenue management, and workforce management platform. Jeff's academic background includes a BA in Linguistics from the University of Iowa and an MBA in International Business from Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey.