Pi School

As an AI Innovation Partner, I act as the strategic bridge between forward-thinking organizations and Pi School’s world-class AI engineering and research team.

My role focuses on helping companies explore, define, and execute impactful AI innovation by:
	•	Advising organizations on how to identify and scope real-world challenges that can be solved through AI
	•	Guiding partners through our 8-week innovation programme — from ideation to fully functional AI prototypes
	•	Aligning internal stakeholders across product, engineering, and delivery to ensure business and technical goals are met
	•	Ensuring outcomes, not outputs — our AI solutions are built for business impact, not just code
	•	Managing strategic relationships with clients ranging from startups to global enterprises (Amazon, Meta, ESA, etc.)
	•	Shaping repeatable frameworks for rapid AI exploration, validation, and integration
	•	Supporting growth through referrals and long-term collaboration, not transactional deals

We don’t sell software. We co-design and deliver custom AI prototypes — fast, fixed-price, and with academic-grade quality — so companies can unlock innovation without the overhead or risk.

AI Innovation Ambassador

PORTFOLIO PLAY

Recruited to build the sales organization; initially focused on the lead generation business while other ventures were developed.

Built pipeline from scratch, achieving 5+ weekly meetings with decision-makers leveraging outbound.

Closed my first high-value end-to-end deal 6 weeks after joining.

Recognized by leadership as a “world-class” sales closer and praised by clients as the best salesperson in competitive deals—two attempted to recruit me.

Sales Director - EIR

ELTic Ltd

Revitalised sales for a new product, generating 12 active trials, 15 opportunities, and 4 paying customers within 3 months.

Conducted customer interviews to refine messaging and improve the product-market fit.

Launched content-driven initiatives, including a podcast and newsletter, to enhance lead generation and customer engagement securing 400 new followers.

Sales Director (Co-founder)

Rev-Engine

Fractional sales director helping tech founders turn around sales performance and transition away from founder-led sales.

Achieved triple-digit pipeline growth and sales activity through targeted outbound campaigns and structured sales processes.

Achieved up to 100% conversion increase and 60% sales cycle reduction through sales process, technology and methodology.

Closed several 6-digit deals while diagnosing issues and documenting playbooks.

Sales Director (Founder)

Brandwatch

First and only internal promotion into the Strategic Accounts Team.
Leading growth for Strategic Accounts (+2 Bn revenue) in EMEA.
Achieved 200% of sales quota, earning recognition as the top sales representative for two consecutive quarters.
Secured the company's 7th largest client.

Strategic Account Director

Sector Lead Technology, Telecommunications, Energy & Transportation

Senior Account Executive - Enterprise Sales

Gartner

Enhancing the visibility of emerging technology vendors. Providing Strategic Advisory Services for all go-to-market key initiatives. 

Achieved 168% quota attainment within 6 months, unofficially qualifying for Winner’s Circle (top 20%).

Account Executive - Emerging tech providers

Kimberly-Clark Professional

Enhancing field sales effectiveness through the co-management of key accounts. Elevating sales activity, implementing up-selling strategies, utilizing business intelligence tools for white space analysis and designing and executing telephone and email campaigns for up-selling.

● Achieved the first and only internal promotion in a team of over 70 customer service agents.
● Maintained top sales contributor status even three months after leaving the company.

Internal Sales Professional

Kimberly-Clark

My responsibilities included recording product feedback, handling customer reimbursements, and supporting marketing in promotional activities.

Recognized as "Temp of the Month." After four months, I secured a permanent position.

Consumer services representative

Tech Sales Professional | Sales Strategist | Ex-Gartner & Former Entrepreneur

After 10+ years in tech sales — including Gartner, top software companies, and several startups (some of which I founded) — I saw how hard it is for companies to innovate through technology. Too often, they spend huge time and budget chasing ideas that don’t work, especially in AI.

That’s why I joined Pi School - We Build Custom AI Prototypes in 8 Weeks 

We’re not a software development agency. We’re a team of academics, engineers, and AI researchers trained at Cambridge, École Centrale, and top institutions.

We’ve delivered 100+ AI prototypes for companies like Cisco, Enel, European Space Agency — and won multi-million euro EU tenders to solve major public and private sector challenges through AI.

We Offer:
-A working, custom AI prototype — delivered in just 8 weeks
-No legacy code. No scope creep. No “hourly billing” traps
-Fixed price, fast delivery, and zero need for an internal tech team
-Backed by top-tier experts, not outsourced freelancers
-Built for business outcomes — not code for code’s sake

We combine research-grade AI with real-world execution — helping you:
-Unlock AI-powered innovation
-Improve efficiency, decisions & operations
-Get buy-in from leadership with tangible results
-Future-proof your career and business without the risk

Only 6 slots per cohort — 3 cohorts/year.

If you’re leading innovation or transformation, DM me to share your AI idea to see if you qualify.

Alberto Ares

Revenue Syndicate

Co-founding the UK’s first Angel Syndicate and community, designed exclusively for those working in GTM roles in EMEA. Founders -  raise investment from those who have been there and done it before, we're a community of 700+ vetted experts across Sales and Marketing. 

We provide high-quality deal flow and foundational insight into early-stage investing. The scale of our community gives us the power to give investors access to deals at low minimum investment thresholds, democratising access to early-stage private equity investments.

Businesses We've Supported: 
- StackOne
- Userled
- Artifact AI
-Platformed
- Odin
- Mintago
- Servo AI
- FeastIt (Togather) 
- Honest Mobile
- GreenPixie
- Qobra
- MySalesCoach
- Replicate Labs
- UHubs
- Setyl
- Eola
- Lative
- JointFlows
- Foundy
-Toolflow
-Playmaker
-Route
- Dimmo
- Lunio
- Bench
-Adzact

Co-Founder

Cognism

'23 

- Revenue Growth from $40 Million ARR to $70 Million ARR in CY'23

- First year of multiple multi-million dollar contracts signed.  
- Adopted DACH in Q2 which was circa 30% performance and ended Q4 at 97%. 
- Adopted US which was circa 40% in Q2 and ended Q4 at 87%. 
- Created the French region, ended Q4 140% to target.

Vice President of Global Sales

'22: 

- Revenue growth from $20 million ARR to $40+ million in CY22

Q1': 
UK Team Attainment: 140% vs target

Q2':
UK Team Attainment: 104% vs target

Q3':
UK Team Attainment: 103% vs target

Q4': 
UK Team Attainment: 99% vs target

Vice President UK & I (HQ)

Helping over 1000+ Businesses Accelerate Their Revenue 🚀 
Cognism was voted in the Top 10 UK Start-Ups by LinkedIn - 2020 & 2021

'21: 
- Revenue growth from $11 million ARR to $20+ million in CY21

Q1':
Team attainment: 130% vs target (First Million ($) ARR Month In Cognism's History) 

Q2':
Team attainment: 126% vs target

Q3: 
Team attainment: 128% vs target

Q4: 
Team attainment: 118% vs target

Head of Sales

'19-21

- Managed a team of 12 Account Executives. 
- Overall responsibility for the Cognism Group's revenue in the UK & South African offices.
- Took over the Account Executive team at Cognism at $5 million ARR, vacated the role at $11 million ARR within a 2 year period.

Sales Director

Business Development Manager

'17-18

- Third hire in Sales for Cognism.
- ARR $1.5 million

Business Development Executive

Lative

Lative is the only platform in the market that can calculate your Revenue Efficiency in real-time and produce Capacity Plans to achieve your goals now and in the future.

Sourced From The User Syndicate:
https://theusersyndicate.com/
https://theusersyndicate.typeform.com/membersapply

Angel Investor

Odin

Odin makes it easy to raise capital from your network to invest in private companies.

Sourced From The User Syndicate:
https://theusersyndicate.com/
https://theusersyndicate.typeform.com/membersapply

Uhubs

Uhubs saves Sales Leaders time and ramps reps faster by using data to intelligently develop reps into A players.

Sourced From The User Syndicate:
https://theusersyndicate.com/
https://theusersyndicate.typeform.com/membersapply

Feast It

Feast It lets you discover and book the UK's best suppliers for your event.

Sourced From The User Syndicate:
https://theusersyndicate.com/
https://theusersyndicate.typeform.com/membersapply

Playter

Greenpixie

A sustainability software to accurately reveal and significantly reduce cloud emissions, while decreasing overall spend.

Sourced From The User Syndicate:
https://theusersyndicate.com/
https://theusersyndicate.typeform.com/membersapply

Servo AI

Servo AI utilises AI and computer vision to transform how foodservice groups manage their Front-of-House. 

Sourced From The User Syndicate:
https://theusersyndicate.com/
https://theusersyndicate.typeform.com/membersapply

Mintago

Mintago is a financial wellbeing platform that helps employers save on National Insurance costs while improving the financial wellbeing of their employees.

Sourced From The User Syndicate:
https://theusersyndicate.com/
https://theusersyndicate.typeform.com/membersapply

VP Global Sales at the market leading B2B contact data and Sales Intelligence provider, Cognism.  

Took the non-conventional route of joining an early-stage start-up in 2017, climbing the ranks to become the Sales leader of a brilliant global team. Cognism has been recognised as one of the Top 10 UK Start-Ups by LinkedIn in 2020 and Top 20 LinkedIn Start-Ups 2021.    

In CY24, I am responsible for our the global revenue (US, France, DACH & UK), having overall responsibility for all new business (and logo) revenue. 

If you are interested in Cognism's offering, joining the team, or to reach me personally, please contact me on the following: 

Email: Jonathon.ilett@cognism.com 
Phone: 07572 738492

Jonathon Ilett

Very excited to announce…

After taking some time to reflect on where I’ve had the most fun and fulfillment in my career, I realised it’s always been in the early stage, building from scratch with smart, driven people and excited to start a new journey as CEO and Co-Founder of TrustedIQ. 

When I started speaking with Jay Radia and Meelan Radia at Blissgrowth, everything clicked. And after years of feeling the pain of inaccurate CRM and ERP data, I immediately connected with the problem TrustedIQ is solving.

I’m also incredibly excited to do this with Kristapor Giragosian. We worked together for eight years and scaled Cognism to an $80 million ARR business, there’s truly no one better to be in the trenches with. And on the engineering side, we’re lucky to have Alex Correia Santos, the co-founder of ReachDesk, bringing tremendous technical depth.

Now, what we’re building:
TrustedIQ helps companies finally trust their revenue data.

Anyone who works in RevOps, Finance, or Legal knows the struggle: the contract says one thing, Salesforce says another, billing says something else, and by the time it hits revenue recognition, it’s anyone’s guess what’s accurate. This leads to missed renewals, incorrect billing, surprises at quarter-end, and a lot of manual cleanup.

TrustedIQ fixes that by making it incredibly easy to see what was actually agreed to, and whether your systems match it. No heavy integrations, no long implementations. Just clarity, accuracy, and confidence in the numbers.

If you’re in RevOps, Finance, or Legal and you’ve dealt with any of these issues, I’d love to connect - https://lnkd.in/exZXGbUf

Reading contracts so your CRM doesn’t lie to you | CEO at TrustedIQ & Co-Founder at The Revenue Syndicate

Opportunities like this don’t come around often… we’re hiring a Founding SDR!

We’re at the very start of building a new category, with a proven founding team including Kristapor Giragosian (former COO at Cognism) and Alex Correia Santos (former CTO at Reachdesk), and now we’re looking for someone who wants to help shape the outbound commercial engine from day zero.

We’re introducing the commercial truth layer that brings complete alignment from contract to cash - ensuring what’s signed becomes exactly what’s billed, recognised, and renewed, all anchored in the contract as the definitive source of truth. Early customers, including several large enterprises, are already seeing transformative results.

Now it’s time to take the story to market.

This isn’t joining a sales team, it’s helping create it. 

You’ll shape outbound, refine our narrative, and open new market segments directly alongside a founding team that moves fast and builds with conviction.

London-based. High-autonomy. Real upside. A role with the potential to accelerate your career dramatically.

If this sounds like you, or someone comes to mind instantly, tag them or message me directly.

Next Tuesday I’m hosting a small pre-launch event in London for something new we’ve been building quietly.

We’re bringing together operators from RevOps, GTM, Finance and Legal, along with a few founders and early supporters.
📍 Umbrella, one of London’s top cider venues. 

Expect a relaxed environment, good drinks, and a sharp group of people to connect with before we open things up more broadly.

Who it’s for:
 • RevOps, Finance, Legal and GTM operators
 • Early-stage founders
 • Anyone interested in the next wave of contract + revenue workflows

🎟 We’ve made a very limited number of extra spots available.
 
If you’d like to join, the link is in the comments.

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