Sharon Barry has a diverse and extensive work experience. Sharon is currently working as a Senior Director of Client Services at MarketStar since June 2021. Prior to that, they were the Global Director of Sales Enablement at Origina from January 2021 to June 2021. During their time at Origina, Sharon achieved significant growth in the pipeline of new opportunities and improved conversion rates at each stage of the sales process. Sharon also designed and implemented a new CRM system and developed demand generation processes and strategies.
Before joining Origina, Sharon held various roles at CoreHR and iQuate. At CoreHR, they worked as a Business Development Team Manager from June 2016 to January 2018. In this role, they focused on recruitment, training, management, and development of a business development team. Sharon was successful in streamlining Salesforce processes, training the team in strategic research and transformational selling, and meeting revenue quotas consistently.
Prior to CoreHR, Sharon worked as a Business Development Team Manager at iQuate from December 2014 to May 2016. Sharon was responsible for building a global business development team from recruitment and training to process development and system implementation.
Sharon also briefly worked as a Sales Team Manager at JV Facility where they managed a team of 26 sales agents for a 6-month contract in 2018. This role involved recruitment, training, and management of the sales team, focusing on the Irish public sector as the target market.
Overall, Sharon Barry has a strong track record in sales and business development roles, with expertise in team management, process improvement, CRM implementation, and generating business growth.
Sharon Barry completed their Executive MBA in Marketing, Leading Organizations, Innovation, Operations, and Advanced Corporate Level Strategy at the Quantic School of Business and Technology from 2019 to 2020. In addition, they obtained various certifications, including Supporting Remote Work in Organizations from Vitae Consulting in 2020, the American Association of Inside Sales certification from AA-ISP in 2019, and a Digital Marketing Certificate from Udemy in 2018. Sharon also completed Sales Excellence with Pareto Law and Sales Management & Leadership with Pareto Law certifications from The Institute of Sales Management (ISM) in 2017. Furthermore, they obtained Salesforce Admin - Data Management certification from Salesforce in 2016, and Supervisory Management Fetac Level 6 and Train the Trainer Fetac Level 6 certifications from FETAC in 2016 and 2011, respectively.
June, 2021 - present