Swain is vice president of sales at Center7. With more than 15 years of experience in all aspects of technology sales, Swain is a proven sales leader with a thorough understanding of direct, major account and channel sales management. Swain has lead sales teams that consistently exceed corporate goals. Most recently, Swain was VP of Sales at ARKONA, a provider of automotive dealership software as a service. At ARKONA, he and his sales team developed single tier and OEM partner channels and successfully grew the company at double and triple-digit rates. Additionally, Swain managed regional sales managers, systems engineers, and the company�s inside sales team, while personally managing relationships with Automobile manufacturers. Previously, Swain was Director of Channel Sales for Legato System�s high-availability division. At Legato, Swain delivered impressive sales metrics, attaining a software maintenance sales increase of 400% during one sales promotion and increasing overall channel sales by 40% in less than six months. Prior to Legato, Swain was an award-winning salesman for Informix and Novell, and managed multimillion-dollar accounts in the government sector. Swain studied Business Management and Psychology at Brigham Young University. |