Andrew Simpson

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ABOUT ANDREW SIMPSON

I am an Enterprise Account Executive at Akeneo, the leader in Product Experience Management (PXM).Prior to Akeneo, I worked for two AI companies focused on digital ad campaign optimization - Infinite Analytics and PreciseTarget, Before that I had 14 years experience in the PIM industry as a Sr. Account Executive at Precisely and Vice President of Sales and Business Development for Riversand (now Syndigo), managing Sales, Global SI and Technology Partnerships, Marketing, and Inside Sales. Before joining Riversand, I launched my own company, LeadPort, a performance-based business development company. Prior to LeadPort, I was Sales Director in the Financial Services group at Compete, Inc, an online market research company. Prior to Compete, I managed and led the Sales organization at iXmatch, an advanced search technology company. Earlier in my career, I worked for Net Perceptions in a variety of roles including Sales, Business Development and Product Manager(for Net Perceptions for Ad Targeting, the company\'s behavior-based ad targeting and interactive campaign optimization product line). I was also a co-founder and VP of Marketing & Sales for The Sona Network, which pioneered the concept of ad-sponsored software. Even earlier in my career (lol), I worked in strategic Marketing and Sales roles at IBM, Parametric Technology Corporation and the Open Software Foundation(now the Open Group). I have a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Harvard University.Specialties: PXM, PIM, MDM, ROI/Business Case Development, CRM, Business Development, GTM, Sales, Marketing, Sales Management, Personalization, Search, B2B Omni-channel commerce, eCommerce, Digital Marketing.