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.

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Saad Khan

B2B Sales & Marketing Intern

Aligned

180% Increase in Outbound ARR Q3 24’
250% increase in Pipeline Q2 24’
140% increase in Qualified Pipeline Q3 23’ 
454% increase in Qualified Pipeline YoY
60% ARR contribution

Director of Sales And Business Development

GTMfund

GTMFund Member

Hyperbound

GTM Consultant

Navattic

- Consulting the team on sales and marketing funnel generation. 
- 80% decrease in time from lead to customer. 
- 74% decrease from opportunity to customer
- 50% decrease in time from demo request to opp.
- Evangelize and help define a new product category. 
- Helping the team conduct revenue experiments to build new GTM best practices.

GTM Advisor

Sendspark

- Helped Sendpspark grow Linkedin following by 34%
- Helped the team increase win rates by 6.8% and secure seed funding of $1Million.
- Attending strategy meetings to share best practices and review current processes in place. 
- Consulting the team on sales and marketing funnel generation.

Strategic Advisor

Apollo.io

Advising the team on GTM and product roadmap.

Customer Advisor

Vendr

Q1 '23 99% Pipeline Target 111% Qualified Target.
(Team dissolved due to RIF)
- Managed the revamp of Vendr’s cold call enablement program alongside enablement team using my frameworks. 
- Managed Vendr’s commercial segment and inbound segment. 
- Built Vendr’s inbound segment from the ground up and managed the marketing to built Drift playbooks and ABM strategy. 
- Ran cold call and prospecting training for all segments. 
- Developed a social posting cadence plan to generate $800k in inbound pipeline.

Business Development Manager

Pavilion

Pavillion is a private membership organization for commercial growth operators, where Members can openly discuss business critical issues with the comfort of privacy and confidentiality.

Member

Dooly

- Hired to build Dooly's Business Development and SMB sales function.
- Built a high-functioning Sales Assisted PLG model with a process for BDRs to close smb logos.
- Q1 115% Target - All reps hit quota with 1 promotion to A.E.
- Q2 120% Target, contributed 461% increase in pipeline and second promotion to A.E.
- Q3 130% Target and 148.88% increase in Closed Won Revenue.
- Q3 BDR team alone closed 11 logos that they ran full cycle at  $28,000.00 ARR.
- Responsible for attracting, training, and retaining talent. 
- Over the course of my tenure I managed 11 A.E and 10 BDRs. 
- Formulated talk tracks and scripts using proven sales methodology leading to 60% conversion.
- Built the Sales onboarding program and managed enablement.
- Built a foundation for lead tracking and distribution (tech implementation and process).
- Built the discovery training foundation for the entire team and developed my own sales playbook which focused heavily on Sandler and the Justin Michael Method.
-  Partnered with marketing to not just create and convert marketing leads(AQL's) but also executed a content strategy around thought leadership in sales. This resulted in Marketing hitting their H1 targets with a Marketing attributed pipeline of over $5 Million. 
- Partnered with customer success to update our user journey and helped built the foundation for our Account Management layer where customers can be readily educated on updated features of Dooly through a  Dedicated Dooly Value Training Program. 
- Lead Partnerships alongside marketing and locked-in partnerships with brands like Pavillion, JB Sales, Kevin Dorsey, Sales Assembly, and 30 Minutes To Presidents Club. Creating a further qualified pipeline of $ 2 million.

Head of Business Development

Enable

- Hire #1 - tasked with building, managing and leading a team of 15 BDR's for the North
 American/Canadian Expansion of Enable. 
- Scaled the team from 1 to 40 BDR, 2 team leads and successfully helped create a Commercial Acount Executive team.
- Lead training for the entire BDR org and introduced a new qualification methodology which was implemented across the organization. 
- Introduced video prospecting and implemented Vidyard at the organization. 
- Assisted marketing I  creating new lead categories which I creased BDR bookings by 22% in Q2 fd 2021. 
- Interviewed over 50 candidates and BDR's including 2 team lead hires. 
- Set-up processes and frame-work for Enable's North American expansion resulting in the companies first ever b2b $1000,000.00 ARR quarters.
- Successfully managed to promote 2 team leads into account executive and sales manager positions by the end of Q1.
- 100% of the reps that I trained are now Account executives, in Senior positions or making a lot more money.

BDR Manager

Sales Director @Aligned | GTM Consultant

I sell the way I buy. 

Human and high performing sales leader - or at-least, I try to be.

250% Increase in Pipeline 
140% increase in Qualified Pipeline 

LinkedIn really needs a BS checker or a way to validate people’s bold claims from hubspot/saleaforce. That’s why whenever I post about work I share my stats and proof/screenshots cause I’m naturally anxious AF and live with imposter syndrome. If somebody with a Head of title makes a bold claim and they don’t back it up with proof  🚨‼️

It’s just the name of the game sadly

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