Ivan Z.

Ivan Zalessov

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Studied at University of Chicago Booth School of Business

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Works at Salesforce

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Work Experience

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Senior Director, Business Value Consulting

Salesforce

June 2024 - Present

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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.

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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.

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Principal, Value Engineering

Twilio

October 2021 - August 2022

Interviewer

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Strategic Account Executive

Salesforce

February 2021 - September 2021

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Director, Business Value Consulting

Salesforce

February 2020 - February 2021

2020 Business Consultant of the Year

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Senior Manager, Business Value Consulting

Salesforce

May 2018 - February 2020

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MBA

University of Chicago Booth School of Business

2014 - 2016

Education

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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

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Eli Broad College of Business

Master of Science, Accounting and Information Systems, Business

2010 - 2011

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Michigan State University

Accounting, Business

2006 - 2010

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