Mike Pekala is an accomplished entrepreneur and relationship builder with over eight years of experience in social media sales and operational excellence. He currently serves as the Director of Sales at Skopenow, spearheading business growth in the government, insurance, and global security sectors by blending organizational strategy with sales acumen.

Pekala has a bachelor's in entrepreneurship from Kent State University and has further honed his skills through courses such as Full stack + Python, Data science, and API integrations(Codecademy) and JavaScript Accelerated Course, Coding (Flatiron School).

Prior to Skopenow, Pekala held various positions at AiR Everywhere, Digimind, Meltwater, Fundable, and SparQ Innovation, providing outstanding revenue growth, partner relationships, and sales optimization strategies. He has a proven track record of shortening sales cycle, scaling RFP opportunities, and delivering outstanding communication strategies. Pekala is a problem solver with a passion for fundraising and data visualization.