Sales Enablement Leader | GTM Operator | Revenue Execution Specialist

Sales Enablement Leader | GTM Operator | Revenue Execution Specialist

A broader revenue leader, not just an advisor.

My work sits at the intersection of revenue strategy and execution. I have led and rebuilt functions across growth, product marketing, sales enablement, forecasting, and GTM operations, helping companies improve the way sales, marketing, and customer-facing teams work together.

That means defining clearer revenue motions, tightening qualification, improving handoffs, strengthening operating cadence, and turning strategy into systems teams can actually use. In some companies, the need is better pipeline discipline. In others, it is stronger positioning, cleaner execution, or more reliable forecasting. The throughline is the same: build a revenue engine that scales.

I bring a practical operator’s mindset shaped by leadership roles inside growth-stage companies, enterprise environments, and founder-led businesses including time spent owning revenue outcomes directly.

What I Do

How I help companies strengthen revenue performance.

Revenue Strategy & GTM Architecture

Design the operating model behind predictable growth across sales, marketing, RevOps, and customer success.

  • GTM system design
  • ICP, segmentation, and revenue motion clarity
  • Operating cadence, scorecards, and executive visibility

Pipeline, Forecasting & Revenue Discipline

Improve how pipeline is built, qualified, inspected, and forecasted so leadership can trust the numbers and act earlier.

  • Stage criteria and qualification rigor
  • Forecast process design
  • Conversion-risk visibility and accountability structures

Sales Enablement & Execution

Equip teams to execute inside real deals through methodology adoption, value messaging, reinforcement, and frontline coaching.

  • Onboarding and ramp support
  • MEDDPICC / MEDDICC / Challenger / SPIN alignment
  • Playbooks, talk tracks, and deal execution support

Product, Marketing & Sales Alignment

Translate positioning, programs, and product strategy into field execution that improves readiness, consistency, and pipeline quality.

  • Value narrative and messaging refinement
  • Sales-ready launch support
  • Handoffs, SLAs, and lifecycle alignment

The Need Is Real

When Companies Call Me

Founder-Led → Scaled Organization

Revenue execution relies on individuals rather than systems.

Portfolio Expansion or Integration

Multiple companies, inconsistent execution, and limited board-level insight.

Cross-Functional Misalignment

Sales, marketing, RevOps, and CS operate without a consistent execution model.

Board and Investor Pressure

Decision-making relies on anecdotal reporting rather than operating dashboards.

Work With Me

How I Engage

Operating Partner
(Portfolio or Firm)

Portfolio-level execution system design across multiple companies.

GTM Enablement Architect

Designing and operationalizing scalable sales enablement systems.

Embedded
Executive Leader

3-12 month rotations inside companies installing operating cadence and governance.

Interim Revenue
Operator

Temporary leadership during scale, turnaround, or transition.

Been There Done That

Experience Snapshot

I’ve spent 15+ years building and scaling revenue execution systems inside B2B SaaS, technology, and services organizations.

Highlights include:

Operating Partner - Michael Hoard

  • Advises PE- and VC-backed companies on revenue execution, forecasting discipline, GTM operating cadence, and cross-functional alignment.
  • Helps leadership teams move from fragmented execution to repeatable revenue systems across sales, marketing, and RevOps.

Head of Growth - ThriveDX Enterprise

  • Led a cross-functional growth team spanning demand generation, marketing operations, and sales enablement.
  • Redesigned lifecycle execution across HubSpot and Salesforce to improve qualification, opportunity creation, and revenue visibility.

VP of Product Marketing & Sales Enablement - Xeeva

  • Owned the link between product positioning and field execution across sales, customer success, and partner motions.
  • Built enablement, messaging, onboarding, and governance systems that improved readiness and handoff discipline.

Fractional GTM / Revenue Executive - IMPACTUS Growth Advisors

  • Worked with founder-led companies to build repeatable GTM operating models, reporting, pipeline reviews, and revenue accountability.

Head of Sales & Marketing (CMO) - Case FMS

  • Aligned GTM strategy, pipeline governance, and seller execution to drive significant revenue growth and close-rate improvement.

Across these roles, my focus has been consistent:

Building enablement systems that turn fragmented revenue activity into disciplined revenue operations.

Selected Outcomes

Representative Revenue Results

Built a $75M qualified pipeline engine that contributed to a 60% revenue growth (+$16.75M) in 12 months.

Drove 4x opportunity creation in 4 months by redesigning lifecycle execution across systems, handoffs, and operating rhythm.

Increased lead gen by 50% and improved qualification by 25% in 6 weeks through stronger funnel instrumentation and guardrails.

Increased demand generation by 43% in 6 months through sharper value narrative and tighter qualification discipline.

Reduced lead handoff time by 37% in 12 weeks with stronger governance and weekly execution cadence.

Reversed projected 30% churn into 15% net revenue expansion across enterprise accounts in North America and APAC.

Capabilities

Where I add the most value

  • Revenue strategy
  • Forecast discipline
  • Sales enablement
  • RevOps alignment
  • Cross-functional leadership
  • Messaging and positioning
  • GTM architecture
  • Pipeline quality
  • Product marketing
  • Board-ready reporting
  • Seller execution support
  • Operating cadence

Contact

Let's talk about your revenue engine.

If your company needs tighter GTM execution, stronger forecasting, better alignment across commercial teams, or a more repeatable revenue system, I’d be glad to connect.

Email: michael@michaelhoard.com

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/mikehoard

Location: Hope Valley, Rhode Island

About

Michael Hoard is a Sales Enablement and Revenue Execution Leader who partners with founders, CEOs, and investors to install the systems that make growth predictable.

He has led cross-functional teams across Sales, Marketing, RevOps, and Customer Success, helping organizations move from founder-driven execution to repeatable operating discipline.

Michael holds a BFA in Industrial Design from RISD and is a Lean Six Sigma Green Belt, bringing process discipline to complex revenue environments.