Bas Pleune

Bas Pleune has a diverse range of work experience in sales, business development, and account management roles. Their most recent position is as a Strategic Account Executive at Contentsquare, a fast-growing SaaS company. Prior to this, they worked as an Enterprise Account Executive at Contentsquare.

Bas also has experience as a Business Development Director and Business Development Manager at MessageBird, a Forbes Cloud 100 CPaaS company. In these roles, they were responsible for individual contribution in the EMEA region and achieved target attainment of over 100% and >130%.

Before MessageBird, Bas worked at Quby (acquired by Eneco), where they held various positions including Enterprise Account Executive - Europe, Enterprise Account Executive - Spain, and Business Development Manager. In these roles, they had responsibilities in commercial success, client acquisition, and building long-term commercial plans.

Bas also served as a Private 1st class infantryman in the 30 Natresbattalion, Bravo-company of the Korps Nationale Reserve (Army reserve) from 2013 to 2016. Additionally, they had a full-time board position at AIESEC The Netherlands, a student association.

Bas began their career at Werkspot.nl as a Sales Specialist, focusing on membership retainment, before eventually taking on additional responsibilities.

Overall, Bas Pleune has a strong background in sales, business development, and account management, with experience in both SaaS and technology companies.

Bas Pleune has a diverse education history. Bas started their higher education at the Jan Tinbergen College, where they completed their TVWO degree with a focus on Economie & Maatschappij from 2003 to 2009. Following this, they pursued a BSc in International Business Administration from Tilburg University, from 2009 to 2013. During their bachelor's studies, they had the opportunity to study abroad at the University of Ottawa for a year, further expanding their knowledge in International Business Administration.

After completing their undergraduate degree, Bas Pleune continued their education at Tilburg University, where they pursued the International Entrepreneurship Program from 2012 to 2013. This program had a particular focus on Corporate Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management.

Seeking further specialization, Bas Pleune pursued a Master of Science (MSc) degree in the Management of Innovation field at the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University from 2014 to 2015.

In terms of additional certifications, Bas Pleune has obtained various trainings and certifications. These include the following: Web Accessibility Basics from Contentsquare (obtained in July 2022), Persuasive Leadership (3-day training) from Erasmus University Rotterdam (obtained in October 2018), Value-Based Large Account Sales Training (4-day training) from Krauthammer (obtained in January 2018), Scaled Agile Framework Foundation (2-day training) from Gladwell Academy (obtained in November 2016), Sales and Account Management Training (5-day training) from Krauthammer (obtained in October 2016), Train the Trainer from AIESEC The Netherlands (obtained in March 2014), International Entrepreneurship from Universiteit van Tilburg (obtained in May 2013), and International Baccalaureate (IB) English from International Baccalaureate (obtained in July 2009).

In addition to their formal education, Bas Pleune has actively pursued professional development through these certifications to enhance their skills and knowledge in various areas such as accessibility, leadership, sales, entrepreneurship, and training.