John Kline

Head of Sales at SAM Labs

John Kline has a diverse work experience spanning over several companies and roles. John is currently the Head of Sales at SAM Labs since November 2022. Prior to this, from 2016 to 2022, they worked at WeVideo, initially as the Vice President of Sales & Customer Success, where they played a significant role in growing the education business's revenues from $3M to $14M. Before that, they served as the Director of Sales and Customer Success at WeVideo, where they helped over 6000 schools adopt WeVideo's collaborative creativity toolset.

From 2010 to 2016, John held multiple roles at Connect for Education, a developer and publisher of interactive webtexts and online courses. John started as the Sales and Marketing Manager and later became the Vice President of Sales | Marketing | Customer Success. In these roles, they managed teams, developed and executed strategies, built strategic partnerships, and oversaw various tools and processes for sales, marketing, and customer success.

John began their career at Avid Technology in 2006 as a Sales Manager - Education, where they played a key role in developing the education business, including implementing an inside sales program and establishing a site licensing program for software sales in the US market.

Before that, they worked as an Instructor at Southern Oregon University and Yale University. Additionally, John served as a Technology Clinician, Consultant, and Author at Sibelius Software.

Overall, John Kline has demonstrated their expertise in sales, customer success, marketing, and strategic leadership throughout their career.

John Kline's education history includes a Bachelor's degree in Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities from Indiana University Bloomington. John also holds a Master's degree in Music from Yale University. However, no specific start or end years are provided for either of their degrees.

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Timeline

  • Head of Sales

    November, 2022 - present