ENCORE 087: Salesforce Public Sector Sales Chief Dave Rey Shares Why Patience, Persistence, and Passion are the Cornerstones of his Successful Career

Published: Nov. 27, 2018, 7 a.m.

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Encore episode with Salesforce Public Sector sales leader Dave Rey. DAVE\\u2019S CLOSING TIP TO EMERGING SALES LEADERS: \\u201cYou need to find a mentor, you need to emulate the traits that you admire, you need to get some formal sales training and don\\u2019t be afraid to make mistakes, always working to earn your customer\\u2019s trust and do your homework about their mission.\\u201c

Dave Rey is the Executive Vice President for North America Public Sector Sales for Salesforce.

Prior to coming to Salesforce 5 years ago, he spent 18 years at Oracle running the public sector technology sales.

He was with Falcon Microsystems which was one of the leading sellers of Apple products to the government. He also spent some time as a consultant at Booz Allen, interestingly he began his career as an employee of the National Security Agency, the NSA.

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