International client looking for a Sales Leader to start their US presence - with particular focus on MSSP. My client has been in business over 15 years, and has over 20 offices internationally, fairly established channel program-MSSP partners- they have a handful of US clients and 4 heads currently in states- including a C-level, they have plans to open a US office in Western Suburb of Chicago this year. The plan is to bring on a Sales Leader to develop a plan of attack for US- projected 3 additional sales heads this year that you would hire-train-manage. If succesful this could lead to a VP of Sales- NA title in 2-3 years. I'm looking for a candidate that has a mixture of sales management- carrying a bag yourself- channel experience- and particularly history of recruiting-onboarding MSSP partners. Comp is approx $260k OTE with base over $100k- the upside is endless.

• Not looking for pure sales management history- looking for a mixture of direct sales-channel- sales leadership.
• Real experience in Security Software is required- preferred Network Security- prefer early stage start up where you've worn many hats. 

Known-name SDN start up for a NYC Metro based SE looking for pre sales position that is customer facing. Ideal candidates will have deep Networking experience, and preferably experience with OpenStack-SDN-NFV-SDDC-NSX. Comp for this role is $210k On Target Earnings with base around $150k. My client is a maturing start up with a growing customer list, growth over 40% last 12 months! I can provide detailed info-job description via email.

• BS/BA in EE/CS or equivalent
• 7+ year's general networking industry experience with LAN switches, routers, and associated protocols
• Experience selling and supporting hyperscale networking infrastructures
• Strong understanding and knowledge of SDN and NFV technologies, IP protocols, tunneling technologies and security
• Strong understanding of datacenter virtualization technologies, preferably Openstack