Jessica Meilinger

WORK HISTORY

EDUCATION

ABOUT JESSICA MEILINGER

When I was growing up I had no idea what I wanted to do but I knew that I wanted to make a difference with my chosen career. I was 19 years old when I started working with nonprofit political organizations and felt that I had finally found my way to make an impact with the work that I did each day. In that first job, I created relationships with strangers to understand why they thought the way that they did and challenged them to approach civic issues with an open mind. I knocked on doors to canvass, registered voters, held volunteer events and phone banked for various issues I felt passionately about. I knew that my outreach in my community could change the way people thought if they just viewed current events in a more empathetic way. After working campaigns for 9 years, I realized that those skills would translate into a sales career because I was used to speaking with strangers and challenging them on topics that may make a difference in their lives or their children\'s lives. It turns out that I was right because I am now 5 years into my career in tech sales and I still find ways to overcome obstacles, challenge the status quo and build relationships along the way. I began as an SDR with an outbound cold calling job and have never looked back. I can relate a lot of my success to my lessons learned during political campaigns - always make that one last call, always knock on that one last door, always talk to that one stranger because that can make or break the outcome. I live by the adage of \'shavings make a pile\'. I am ambitious, persistent and driven to succeed. I set lofty goals and break them down into measurable action items to crush them. I am currently an Enterprise Sales Executive with Citrix and my job is simple - build relationships with customers and enhance the way they work. I am responsible for the \'patch of dirt\' in South Central United States and I help my customers by enhancing existing workflows to achieve their desired outcomes. I support our work solutions products of Sharefile, Rightsignature and Podio. Connect with me to learn more.