Asia Laird
Business Development & Sales Executive | AI/Consumer Tech Growth Leader | Scaling from 0 to 1 | French/Italian/Arabic
- Role
- Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer, North America at Histovery Inc
- Location
- New York, NY, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Asia Laird
Strategic sales executive with 12+ years driving significant growth for emerging…
Experience
Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer, North America
Feb 2023 — Present · New York, NY, US
Foundational Sales lead in North America- Spearheaded market expansion for educational software, targeting museums and institutions - Closed three seven-figure deals, marking the company’s largest institutional sales to date- Developed a distribution strategy that achieved seven-figure revenue within 21 months of launching in the US- Reduced sales operations by 25% implementing automation and advanced CRM system upgrades- Increased qualified pipeline by 40% using advanced CRM analytics - Generated 3X qualified leads in 4 months via tailored outreach sequences for institutional buyers- Led competitive analysis on AI, gaming, and VR technologies ensuring competitive market positioning- Created sales playbook that enabled Account Executives to exceed quota - Recruited and developed high-performing AE team with quota achievement rates significantly above industry average
Education
Yale University
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Art History, Criticism and Conservation
2006 — 2010
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