About Mike Benayoun

Mike Benayoun, Accomplished Sales & Marketing Executive with exceptional Business Development acumen. 25+ years experience in Technology & Digital Media industries. Mike Benayoun established new streams of revenue and channel ecosystems from the ground up in his past 3 companies.  Double Masters: - MBA from Northwestern University – Kellogg School of Business - Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from ESIEE (top 10 Engineering School in France) Mike Benayoun, Bilingual in French and English. - Accomplished technology seller and marketer - Unique ability to articulate and position solutions to C-level executives as well as technical audiences - Very strong quantitative and analytical skills - Excellent project management and attention to detail - Exceptional problem-solving ability - Proven track record in working with cross-functional teams and complex projects across continents - Experience selling Technology Solutions, including in the following areas: - Customer Relationship Management (CRM) - DRaaS (Disaster Recovery as a Service), Business Continuity, Backup - Enterprise Content Management (ECM) - Web Content Management (WCM), Content Management Systems (CMS) - Portals & Collaboration - Social Enterprise, Intranet - Digital Marketing - Analytics - Social Media - Digital Measurement (Web, Social, Mobile Analytics) - Digital Asset Management - eCommerce (B2C, B2B) - Email Marketing (ESP) - Digital Optimization, Testing & Targeting (A/B, MVT) - Open Source - Records Management - Business Process Management Mike Benayoun has a diverse work experience, with their most recent role being Head of Business Development at OLOID since February 2024. Prior to this, they were the Co-founder of 196 flavors since October 2012. He also served as the Global Director of Partnerships at Socotra from February 2022 to February 2024. From March 2019 to February 2022, they held the position of VP of Business Development at Hiver (GrexIt, Inc.). Before that, they worked at Copper as the Global Director of Channel Sales from March 2016 to February 2019, and at Datto, Inc. as the Global Director of Channel Sales from April 2014 to February 2016. Mike Benayoun has also held various roles at Webtrends, ImageSource, Inc., IBM, and Magento in the past. Overall, they have extensive experience in business development, partnerships, and channel sales.