Women in Tech Sales

In this episode, I am joined by Devon Banks.

Devon is a 2 x LinkedIn Sales Star and recently joined Haas Alert as their only BDR.

She shares her story of how she had to change her direction of travel last year, 2020, due to covid decimating the hospitality industry where she held the position of GM for Training & Development for Wild Wing Hospitality Inc - Canada's largest Chicken Wing company.

Her story starts out early in her career working in a restaurant, gas station, to teaching English in Taiwan, followed by 5 years at Wild Wing before covid hit.

We chat through what the transition has been like and how she feels her skills are transferable to the modern-day sales world.

How she motivates herself when selling on her own as well as manages all this as a single parent.

We also discuss the conversation of women and diversity in sales, as well as, more broadly, skills for today versus yesterday.

Please follow her story here - https://www.linkedin.com/in/devonbanks/

And links to Janelle and Gabrielle who also get a mention as voices to follow -

Janelle https://www.linkedin.com/in/janellebenjamin/

Gabrielle https://www.linkedin.com/in/gabrielleblackwell/

And other links to resources you all may find helpful to broaden your horizons

Sales for the Culture : https://salesfortheculture.com/

Sales for the Culture is a communal movement of Black tech sellers, for Black tech sellers. We exist to make sure that Black people are attracted to, empowered in, enabled for, and included by the tech sales profession. From the VP at the $3B enterprise to the SDR who got hired last Friday, we are building the community that we need so that we don’t have to run alone anymore.

WOMEN IN TECH SALES (VIRTUAL) BOOTCAMP : https://www.talentminded.ca/women-in-tech-sales-1

THE WOMEN IN TECH SALES BOOTCAMP CONNECTS TOP EMPLOYERS TO DIVERSE TALENT

Less than 20% of tech sales positions are held by women - even less if you are a woman of colour. We created the Women in Tech Sales Bootcamp to change that - one cohort at a time.

Join us for a special evening of lightning talks and networking with the growing Women in Tech Sales Community!

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/women-in-tech-sales-april-mixer-2021-tickets-149007763231

Thank you Devon for sharing your story.