Andela

Chief Revenue Officer

Background

Andela is a global tech talent platform that connects companies with vetted, remote engineers in emerging markets.

The problem

Andela is in a highly competitive market. The business is expanding its offerings and has been on a 7-month search for a Chief Commercial Officer before contacting Plenty. They hired a new CEO and needed a revenue leader who aligned with the vision of moving up market (enterprise selling), launching new products, and shortening sales cycles.

Stage
Series E
Industry
Information Technology and Services
Funding
$381M
Investors
SoftBank Vision Fund, Google Ventures

Plenty's solution

Identified and placed a CRO (in ~50 days after a 7-month stalled search with differnent firm), bringing proven experience scaling enterprise sales, launching new products, and driving 300%+ growth in competitive markets.

Geoff MacNeil

Geoff previously led a 70-person U.S. sales team at Infusion for seven years, scaling revenue from millions to hundreds of millions, ahead of its acquisition by Accenture. He later helped scale Gigster from Series B through acquisition, leading a global sales and operations team with 90%+ NPS. Most recently, at Crowdbotics, he led GTM across sales, customer success, and partnerships, driving 300% YoY growth through Series C.