Peyton Winston

About Peyton Winston

Welcome on my profile! I am a strong believer that passionate people can and will make the difference. Making a difference with and for people makes me tick. With 15+ years of experience in Business and IT leadership positions in Software and Services I have managed large, international, multi country sales and delivery teams. Always client facing in the field. Worked in high growth business environments, experience in organizational transformation. Interest & ExpertiseDigital revolution and transformation to new business models to serve business and society better is my key interest and expertise. Business & ServicesAfter concluding my MSc of Business, I build an extensive foundation of 10 years in Strategic Outsourcing and Service Delivery with IBM. With that I gained a rich experience in looking at and understanding businesses from multi disciplinary perspective (Business, Financial, HR, Legal, Quality Assurance). In various professional and management roles developed strong business and financial acumen and ability to translate business strategy into strong operational performance. SoftwareOver the last 10+ years I have had leadership positions in Software with IBM, HP and LinkedIn. Proven track record of building and scaling sales organizations. Consultative Selling delivering business solutions. Consistently meeting and exceeding sales targets (Tripling size of business and Global TOP 5 fastest growing country). Demonstrated ability to leverage established networks both internally and with clients and the ability of hiring and retaining top level sales professionals. Gaining deep understanding of and passion for themes like Big Data and IoT.WorkstyleMy workstyle centers around getting the best out of people by inspiration, intrinsical motivation, growing and leveraging talent, strong emphasis on teaming and positive thinking and of course laser focus on results and making the actual difference.

Experience

1. General Manager Benelux & Nordics

   Freshworks

   Mar 2019 — Present · Atlanta, GA, US

   Joining Freshworks as a leader for Benelux and Nordics has been amazing, for three reasons: 1) Disruption in the way we do things and the solutions itself, 2) Culture, it is important how we do things and not only achieving the staggering results 3) Adventure in setting up a business hiring people with sparkling eyes and high energy and opening up offices.At Freshworks, we believe your business deserves better software - software that’s ready to go, easy to set up and use, and requires minimal customization. All of our products live up to this promise and are backed by our world-class support. And the best part is, you don’t have to break the bank to get them working.Founded in October 2010, Freshworks Inc. is backed by Accel, Tiger Global Management, CapitalG, and Sequoia Capital. Freshworks has its HQ in San Mateo, California and global offices in India, UK, Australia, Germany, France and The Netherlands. The company\'s cloud-based suite of SaaS products (Freshdesk, Freshservice, Freshsales, Freshcaller, Freshteam, Freshchat, and Freshmarketer) are widely used by over customers around the world including Honda, Bridgestone, Hugo Boss, University of Pennsylvania, Toshiba and Cisco.We believe it’s just the beginning.

Education

• Københavns Universitet - University of Copenhagen

  Study Abroad, Communications and International Business

  2001 — 2002

• The University of Edinburgh

  Master of Science - MS, International Marketing (Honors)

  2005 — 2007

• Clear Springs High School

  High School Diploma

• The University of Texas at Austin

  Bachelor of Science - BS, Advertising

  1999 — 2003