Aaron Baker 🇪🇺

Business Development Enablement Manager (intl) at Rapid7

Aaron Baker has a diverse work experience spanning multiple industries. In 2010, they began their career as a waiter at Bella Italia and quickly rose to the role of supervisor, where they managed a team and developed skills in administration and performance evaluation.

In 2012, Aaron joined Xact Marketing Limited as a Telemarketing Agent, responsible for lead generation in vendor, distribution, and reseller campaigns. Aaron gained knowledge in servers, storage, networking, virtualization, unified communications, security systems, DR, and hosted services.

Moving on, Aaron worked at Clarify as a Business Development Executive, providing services to technology organizations like HP, IBM, Symantec, and VMware. Aaron specialized in high-value business propositions and complex sales environments.

Next, they joined Maindec as a Business Development Executive, delivering quality IT support services and solutions to SMBs, corporates, and public sector clients. Aaron continued to excel in business development, surpassing sales targets.

In 2016, Aaron joined Workbooks.com, where they identified and developed key prospects into sales opportunities, consistently exceeding sales targets and providing field sales support.

Aaron joined Rapid7 in 2018 and held various roles, including Senior Business Development Representative, Sales Development Representative, and Team Leader in Business Development for different regions. Rapid7 specializes in reducing the security achievement gap by embedding security into operational workflows.

Throughout their career, Aaron has also pursued a passion for football refereeing. Aaron served as a Level 4, Supply League Referee for the Gloucestershire Football Association and the Berks & Bucks Football Association. Additionally, they completed the FA Developing the Developer Course and aimed to become an FA licensed Referee Tutor.

Overall, Aaron Baker has demonstrated their ability to excel in business development, IT support services, and management roles across various industries.

Aaron Baker studied at the University of Gloucestershire from 2005 to 2011, where they earned a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree in Journalism. Prior to that, they attended Waingels Copse from 2002 to 2004 and obtained A-Levels in English Language, Geography, and History. In addition to their formal education, Aaron also acquired several certifications, including becoming an InsightVM Certified Administrator from Rapid7 in November 2019, earning the Leadership in Running Fitness (LiRF) certification from England Athletics in May 2017, and obtaining the IT User Skills and Application Specialist certification from Intraining in December 2014.

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