Digital transformation is enabling deep analysis like never before. Digital selling has become a way for companies to address clients' needs in a consistent and scalable way with investment in sales technology. Listen as Rakhi Voria, Director of Global Digital Sales at IBM, and Justin Michael, Vendor Neutral’s Futurist discuss the shift to digital selling, aligning sales and marketing, and the keys to measuring the success of digital selling.
About Our Guest:
As the Vice President of IBM Global Digital Sales Development, Rakhi Voria manages a team that is responsible for the strategy, implementation, and revenue of the Digital Sales Development (DSD) function globally. Within the DSD sales force, there are ~350 Digital Development Representatives and Business Development Representatives responsible for driving client engagement, deal progression, and closure of select deals. Rakhi previously worked at Microsoft and most recently served as the Chief of Staff to the Corporate Vice President of WW Inside Sales, where she played a key role in building a new digital sales force for Microsoft, growing the team to 2,000 digital sellers globally and the business to over $5B in under 3 years.
Rakhi has a strong passion for advancing women in sales and millennials in business and regularly shares her thoughts on these topics by speaking at conferences and writing publications in Forbes as a member of the Forbes Business Development Council. She currently serves as Executive Co-Chair of Women@IBM NYC, which is focused on attracting, retaining, and advancing women.
Rakhi has been featured in Geekwire, The Seattle Times, Career Contessa, and other publications. She was named a Top 100 Global Sales Leader by the Modern Sale in 2021, a Top Woman in Sales Keynote Speaker in 2020, and a Top Sales Woman to Watch in 2019. She earned her M.Sc. from the University of Oxford and her B.A. from Colorado College. Rakhi is based in New York City.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rakhivoria
Forbes articles: https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesbusinessdevelopmentcouncil/people/rakhivoria/#48e2218175a1
Women in sales documentary feature: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHAnPbQJSHQ
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