
Ivan Zalessov
Studied at University of Chicago Booth School of Business
Works at Salesforce
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Work Experience

Senior Director, Business Value Consulting
Salesforce
June 2024 - Present
Interviewer
Led business value engagements for Salesforce's largest enterprise accounts, partnering directly with C-suite executives to articulate the strategic and financial impact of Salesforce's platform. Developed account strategies, ROI business cases, value propositions, investment justifications, and commercial deal structures. Collaborated with sales leadership to prioritize pursuits, identify new opportunities, and guide deal negotiation strategy. Progressed from Manager to Senior Director within one of the most competitive sales support organizations in enterprise SaaS.

Global Head of Business Value Consulting
Braze
August 2022 - May 2024
Hiring Manager
Recruited to build the Business Value function from the ground up at Braze, a high-growth public customer engagement platform (NYSE: BRZE). Established the team, methodology, and tooling to help enterprise sales quantify the ROI of Braze's cross-channel marketing platform for prospective and existing customers. Partnered with sales leadership, product marketing, and customer success to create business cases that accelerated deal cycles and supported expansion revenue.

Principal, Value Engineering
Twilio
October 2021 - August 2022
Interviewer

Strategic Account Executive
Salesforce
February 2021 - September 2021

Director, Business Value Consulting
Salesforce
February 2020 - February 2021
2020 Business Consultant of the Year

Senior Manager, Business Value Consulting
Salesforce
May 2018 - February 2020

MBA
University of Chicago Booth School of Business
2014 - 2016
Education

University of Chicago Booth School of Business
Master of Business Administration (MBA), Strategy, Analytics, and Entrepreneurship
2014 - 2016
Activities and societies: Booth Technology Club Co-Chair

Eli Broad College of Business
Master of Science, Accounting and Information Systems, Business
2010 - 2011

Michigan State University
Accounting, Business
2006 - 2010