meet our board & Investors
Investors in Sales Impact Academy
meet our board & Investors
Mark Roberge
Managing Partner
Stage 2 Capital
Mark Roberge is the Managing Director at Stage 2 Capital, the first venture capital firm backed by 250+ GTM leaders. He is also a Senior Lecturer at the Harvard Business School. Prior to these roles, Mark served as Chief Revenue Officer at HubSpot (NYSE: HUBS) where he scaled annualized revenue from $0 to $100 million and expanded his team from 1 to 450 employees. Mark was ranked #19 in Forbes’ Top 30 Social Sellers in the World. Mark received his MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management and a B.A. in Mechanical Engineering from Lehigh University. Mark is the author of the best-selling book, The Sales Acceleration
Dan Sommer
CEO
Sales impact academy
Dan served as Founder and CEO of Trilogy Education, a Workforce Accelerator that partners with the world’s leading universities to help companies bridge the digital skills gap. Under Dan’s leadership, the company grew to 50 University partners in 55 locations globally, 2500 employees, and over $150M in sales. Trilogy was acquired by 2U, Inc. in May 2019 for $750M.
Jay Po
Co-Founder & Managing Partner
Stage 2 Capital
Jay Po is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Stage 2 Capital where he leads investments and strategy across the firm. Prior to starting Stage 2, Jay was an investor at Bessemer Venture Partners and sourced investments in PhishMe (acquired by Blackrock), Kenna Security (acquired by Cisco), and Weave (Series D led by Tiger Global). Through his work with founders, Jay observed the skills gap around go-to-market and came up with the idea for Stage 2, the first GTM focused VC fund backed by elite GTM professionals.
Paul Fifield
Co-Founder
Sales Impact Academy
Paul is a ‘been around the block’ entrepreneur with 18 years’ experience in founding and scaling global companies. Over the last 7 years he has grown two international technology businesses from zero to $70M in combined sales as CRO and $100s of millions in value. Paul has also raised over $100M of investment across all stages from seed to growth, VC and debt.
Alexandra Damgaard
Co-Founder
Sales Impact Academy
Alex has spent the last decade working in sales and professional education. After working on Amazon’s growth strategy, Alex moved on to head up UNiDAYS’ EMEA Prospecting Team. Having previously authored and taught online courses, Alex ensures our courses are pedagogical whilst sharing her own expertise from the world of business development.
Jan Lynn-Matern