Linda Barton

Linda Barton began their career in 2011 as a Sales Development Specialist at Amazon. In this role, they established active communication and engagement with prospects to create new leads and sales openings, anticipated needs by studying services and conducting market research, and created outreach strategies for new lead generation methods. In 2012, they moved to Team8 as a Business Strategy Manager, where they supported the development of long-term organizational strategy, conducted research and analyses of operational effectiveness, and aligned departmental goals, processes and resource allocation with the organizational strategy. From 2013-2021, Linda was an Owner and Business Consultant, where they met with and advised senior executives throughout the consultation process, determined business needs and identified weaknesses, and assessed and analyzed business practices and procedures. Most recently, in 2021, they became the Head of Business Development at Accelario, where they identify and vets potential partnership deals and opportunities, becomes an expert in the company’s products and where they sit within the larger ecosystem, establishes relationships and closes big partnership deals, and travels to business development meetings, industry conferences, trade shows, etc.

Linda Barton received their Bachelor of Business Administration - BBA from Boston University in 2008. In 2013, they obtained a Sales Certified - Software as a Service Solutions certification from Coursera.