Grant Kikkert

Grant Kikkert has extensive work experience in sales and account management. Grant has been working at O'Reilly Media since 2017, where they are currently serving as the Senior Manager-Strategic Accounts-Northeast. In this role, they focus on subscription renewal and growth for the SaaS Tech Education platform. Over the years, they have achieved significant success, growing initial revenue by over 15% YoY with a high account retention rate.

Before joining O'Reilly Media, Grant worked as the Manager, National Accounts Sales-Retail from 2012 to 2017. In this position, they managed sales and merchandise marketing programs for existing chain, brick & mortar, and specialty retail stores. Grant also oversaw distribution for O'Reilly content in library and institutional channels.

Prior to that, Grant served as the Special Markets Accounts Manager-Academic/Library/Wholesale from 2007 to 2012 at O'Reilly Media, where they expanded responsibilities to include managing sales to wholesalers as well as pursuing new eBook and digital content re-sellers.

Grant also gained valuable experience at various other companies. Grant worked as the Business Development Manager at Gateway Computers from 2002 to 2003, where they managed retail operations and served as the Small Business Sales Specialist. Before that, they served as the Regional Accounts Executive-NYC at Thomson Reuters from 2001 to 2002, focusing on business development for Fortune 1000 companies in the greater NYC area.

Grant also worked at Pearson Education-Prentice Hall PTR from 1998 to 2001 as the Corporate Sales Accounts Manager, managing sales alliances with Hewlett Packard & Sun Microsystems and co-developing the first online corporate bookstore with Hewlett Packard.

Before that, Grant worked at National Parts Depot as an Account Manager from 1997 to 1998, and at Ingram Micro as a Sales Associate from 1994 to 1996, where they facilitated sales for online/catalog direct retail and managed licensing sales for software products.

Overall, Grant Kikkert's work experience showcases their expertise in sales and account management, as well as their ability to drive revenue growth and maintain strong customer relationships.

Grant Kikkert holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Political Science and Government with a concentration in Pre-Law/Political Theory from the State University of New York at Fredonia.