Ryan Leyden

About Ryan Leyden

Senior Sales Manager with 15+ years of experience, demonstrating a unique blend of technical acumen and sales expertise. Known for fostering trusted advisor relationships with complex partners and driving digital transformation initiatives. Adept at identifying emerging industry trends and leveraging them for growth and competitive advantage. Proven track record of exceeding revenue and margin goals.

Experience

1. Senior Field Sales Manager

   Ingram Micro

   Dec 2024 — Present · Buffalo, NY, US

   Solutions-oriented leadership: Leading sales team with a focus on providing effective solutions Strategic project management: Involvement in strategic projects and change initiatives to contribute to the overall success of the sales function.Customer-facing skills: Ability to meet with partners face-to-face and actively participate in customer and vendor facing sales events.Revenue accountable representation: Serving as the face of account enabling and accountable, complementing team efforts to ensure a well-rounded sales approach.Customer experience focus: Dedication to enabling a great customer experience to foster customer satisfaction and loyalty.Market share maintenance and growth: Responsible for maintaining and growing market share in alignment with corporate and divisional objectives.Mentorship: Actively engage in mentoring activities to develop emerging sales leaders within the organization.Collaboration: Ability to collaborate with various teams and departments to support and drive corporate and divisional objectives.Strategic sales and negotiation skills, closing sales, order management, coaching and developing associates in a high-performance culture.Excellent verbal and written communication skills, ability to present in both technical and nontechnical terms to large and small audiences.Proven success leading others, setting performance expectations, and managing execution.Proven ability to successfully coach and developing the skills and knowledge of others.Strong business and financial acumenSkilled in managing relationships and resources and setting realistic and achievable goals/objectives and timelines.

Education

• University at Buffalo

  Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Political Science, History

  2001 — 2004

• University at Buffalo

  Master of Business Administration (MBA)

  2010 — 2013

• University at Buffalo

  Master of Education (M.Ed.), Social Studies Education

  2004 — 2007