Hiltsje Smilde

Hiltsje Smilde is an accomplished professional currently serving as a Senior Sales Engineer and Team Lead at Pendo.io since October 2022. Previously, Hiltsje held various leadership roles, including Senior Manager of Sales Consulting at LivePerson, where the focus was on leading Sales Consulting for the EMEA region after the merger with E-bot7. Hiltsje’s extensive experience spans roles such as Brand Manager at A Cup of Ambition, Team Lead Sales Engineering at e-bot7, and Lead Solutions Architect at Optimizely, demonstrating a strong background in sales engineering, technical implementation, and team leadership. In earlier roles, Hiltsje contributed to research in neuroscience and served as a teaching assistant while completing a Master of Science in Human Movement Sciences from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.