Gerald Geis

Gerald Geis is an accomplished Executive & Leader specializing in Sales and Business Development with a demonstrated history of success.

With extensive experience in building and leading international teams in business development across inside and field sales, Gerald currently serves as a business consultant focusing on driving the digital transformation of businesses. His responsibilities include designing and implementing sales campaigns and providing guidance and mentorship to team members.

Previously, Gerald spearheaded a team of Business Development Representatives at Salesforce, where his proactive approach significantly contributed to pipeline growth and ensured future revenue streams. Prior to his role at Salesforce, he spent nearly 12 years at Citrix, overseeing the Two Tier Channel in Central and Eastern Europe.

During his tenure at Citrix, Gerald concentrated on enhancing channel ecosystem value by recruiting, training, and aligning value-added resellers and distributors selling cloud infrastructure solutions. His career commenced as a pipeline generation specialist for an Internet provider, leading to a Sales Leader position at Oracle within a short span of 17 months.

Gerald is deeply passionate about coaching, career progression, and foundational work. His core strengths lie in team building, channel and direct sales models, growth strategies, selling techniques, and non-profit governance.

Educationally, Gerald pursued studies in Economics at Hochschule Landshut and completed courses at IHK München. Professionally, he has held various roles, including Director Sales EMEA at Kaseya, Manager Business Development at Salesforce.com, Director Business Development at Total Defense Inc., and Division Manager Distribution Central Europe at Citrix Systems GmbH, among others.

Currently, Gerald operates as a Consultant and Coach in a self-employed capacity, leveraging his extensive expertise to empower businesses in their digital journeys and sales initiatives.