Erik Smithson

Erik Smithson currently serves as a Senior Account Executive for Large Enterprise at Gartner, having joined the company in 2023. Prior experience includes roles such as Enterprise Account Executive at Gem (2021-2022) and Large Enterprise Account Director at LinkedIn (2016-2020), where Erik excelled in managing significant revenue accounts and mentoring emerging sales talent. Previous positions encompass Account Executive for Large Customer Sales at Google (2014-2016) and various sales roles at Vibrant Media (2006-2014), where Erik contributed to strategic initiatives for major clients and drove substantial revenue growth. Earlier experience includes media planning for Microsoft campaigns at Universal McCann (2004-2006). Erik holds a Certificate in Negotiation Mastery from Harvard Business School (2023) and both a Master’s and Bachelor’s degree in Advertising from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (2002-2003 and 1998-2002, respectively).