Ciarán Smyth

Ciarán Smyth's work experience begins with their current role as EMEA Sales Manager at LearnUpon. In this position, they help businesses enhance their training programs using LearnUpon's user-focused learning management system.

Prior to joining LearnUpon, Ciarán worked at Datadog, first as an EMEA Sales Development Manager where they scaled out the EMEA Sales Development Representative (SDR) function and led a team of Sales Executives. Ciarán then transitioned to the role of Commercial Sales Manager for the UK/I region, where they led a sales team and positioned Datadog's SaaS Monitoring and Observability platform to Cloud-teams in the UK/IRL region.

Before Datadog, Ciarán was a Senior Sales Executive at Qualtrics, where they were responsible for acquiring new clients in the UK/I and South Africa region. Ciarán focused on delivering outstanding customer experience, market research, and digital experience management solutions.

Ciarán also held positions at Symantec Ltd as a Partner Manager and at Dell Inc., where they worked as a Snr. Channel Account Manager, a Large Opportunity Manager, and a UK Relationship Account Manager. In the latter role, they managed the Dell relationship within a set account base, grew the Dell portfolio, identified new opportunities, managed the sales pipeline, and ensured customer satisfaction.

Overall, Ciarán has a strong sales background with experience in leading teams, driving growth, and delivering value to clients across various industries.

Ciarán Smyth's education history is as follows:

From 2017 to 2019, Ciarán attended Technological University Dublin and obtained a Bachelor of Business (Honours) degree with a focus on Business/Commerce, General.

Between 1999 and 2001, Ciarán studied at IT Tallaght and earned a Certificate in Business Studies & Accounting.

From 1992 to 1999, Ciarán attended St. Benildus and achieved a Leaving Certificate in Secondary Education.

In addition to their formal education, Ciarán has obtained various certifications throughout their career. These include:

- In March 2023 and October 2022, Ciarán completed the "Getting Started with Gong: Revenue Professionals" certification from Gong.

- In September 2022, Ciarán obtained the "Sales Prospecting" certification from LinkedIn.

- Also in September 2022, Ciarán earned the "Social Selling: Reaching Prospects" certification from LinkedIn.

- In March 2020, Ciarán completed the "Managing Distributed Employees" certification from LifeLabs Learning.

- In February 2020, Ciarán obtained the "Leadership Communication Styles" certification from LifeLabs Learning.

- In January 2018, Ciarán earned the "Command of the Message" certification from Force Management.

- In June 2015, Ciarán completed the "Sales Expert in ATP & SUEP Cloud Service" certification from Symantec.

- In May 2015, Ciarán obtained the "Presentation Skills" certification from SureSkills.

- Ciarán also has a certification in "Sandler Sales Training" from Sandler Training, although the specific details regarding the month and year of obtaining this certification are not provided.