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

Sales Director @Aligned | GTM Consultant

I sell the way I buy. 

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

Director of Sales And Business Development

250% Increase in Pipeline 
140% increase in Qualified Pipeline 

Soo… Claude replaced your entire SDR team, eh? Thats cute 😏

On a side note - salaries are booming up 

#sales #khantent #management

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Been testing something new for a few of the startups I work with, and it’s solving a super basic but painful problem in outbound: the data layer. (bear with me, this isn’t “just another data tool”)

Prospeo.io V2, and they’ve evolved into a fully searchable B2B lead + company database. It sits right at the start of your sales funnel, and the contact data can plug straight into your signal + scoring strategy. Now that's juicy! 

I yap about signals a lot, so the filters got me excited tbh. And the team is obsessing on 1 thing and 1 thing only: GOOD DATA.

Here are a few highlights that impressed me:

1️⃣ Smarter List-Building that matches my workflows

With a 300M contact + company database, I can combine standard firmographics and advanced “buying signals” (buying intent, tech stack, key hires, department growth, etc.) to find in-market accounts. Prospeo V2 even refreshes its entire database continuously on a 7-day cycle, so you’re never working with stale data. 

I use a signal-stacking strategy at pretty much any org I work at (or in consulting projects), and this lets me build lists that actually match how my brain thinks about outbound.

2️⃣ Triple-Verified Emails

I asked the team what makes their emails so much better. They gave it to me straight: every address goes through three layers of validation. 

Prospeo runs SMTP checks, uses real send-outcome data to catch “valid” emails that still bounce/misbehave, and a BounceBan engine that flags high-risk addresses (catch-alls, spam traps, honeypots) before they ever hit your sequence.

The result: clean emails that won’t torpedo your domain reputation. Also worth noting: their email data is ranked no.1 on Clay’s waterfall enrichment (that says something, no?)

3️⃣ Triple-Checked Mobiles

Mobiles get the same treatment. Prospeo treats phone data as “reachability,” not just existence.

They validate numbers at the carrier level, match them to the actual person, and even use a call-tested database (numbers that repeatedly fail get removed). Also, also worth noting, their mobile dataset consists of ~80% crowdsourced numbers, sourced directly from real email signatures and CRM data.

👇 Check the video if you want to see it in action. 
The team is super passionate about what they’re building, they’ve treated me with care as a partner, and I’m keeping an eye on this space for more Prospeo workflows!

Everyone keeps saying “we have more signals than ever.” Cool. But let me ask you something from one sales leader to another.. 

If I dropped 500 “intent signals” in your lap right now… could your team turn that into qualified pipeline in 30 days?

Or would it become another dashboard nobody checks? (promise been there and seen that at some orgs i've worked with - reps treat it as noise!)

Signals don’t build pipeline. Signal discipline and a strategy for execution and understanding context does. 

Most teams:
- Track site visitors
- Track product signups
- Track engagement
- Maybe layer in AI summaries

But they don’t stack signals. They don’t define thresholds. They don’t align routing. They don’t tighten SLAs. AND They for sure as hell don't know how to operationalize product usage data, whether from customers or from free users. Its stuck in post-hog or bit-query somewhere and sales leaders don't know how to even ask for it let alone operationalize it. ITS BLOODY GOLD! 

And then they wonder why response rates are still 4–6%.

We’re kicking off something new to talk about this properly. GTM Heroes Live - a monthly, no-BS roundtable.

No slides. No vendor pitches. Just real operators sharing what’s actually converting.

First topic: Signals on signals on signals. What’s next?

I’ll be joining Will Taylor and @Jacki Leahy 🪄 to break down:
- What a real signal stack looks like in 2026
- Where most teams overcomplicate execution
- How to prioritize the right accounts without bloating your tech stack
- How to actually stack signals and data points to come up with messages that your buyers will literally pay you to send them. 

If you run BD, RevOps, or Revenue - this is the conversation you want in the room.

📅 Feb 26 | 1pm PT / 4pm ET 🔗 https://lnkd.in/g68PzaeZ

#sales #khantent #management

Currently testing the Jarvis (Iron-Man reference) for sellers! What you see doesn't even scratch the surface of what this thing does - just a teaser. More to follow... 

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Here is how I leveraged product usage data to scale qualified pipeline by 461%, win rates by 30% and replaced my sales team.. 

Okay that was bait I didn’t replace my sellers I made them better! The best sales leaders and orgs you look up to still don't understand the power of product-led growth/product-led sales.

I’ve overseen upwards of 461% increase in qualified pipeline at one org in a quarter and 28-35% win rates at another by operationalizing product usage data, tracking power IC’ users, sales assisting them and then getting access to their sales leaders by sharing data on how they are outperforming others on the team to help leadership priorities.  

If you are a PLG, Trial Led org, have interactive product tours on your website then this play is a must for you. This first party data is gold. Quick caveat though - most sales leaders don't know this PLG usage data data exists, they don't ask for it or are not given access to it. Usage data raw data in bit-query, post-hog and tableau and sometimes you need eng help to manipulate it. Marketing normally has access to metrics on who is engaging with interactive tours. Anyways, the politics of your org are none of my concern so if you can get it - GOLD! 

Here is the simple framework: 

Step 1: Separate by ATL and BTL 

Step 2: Filter by ICP and Org Size

Step 3: Check CRM for existing opportunities/dupes and check if they belong to a closed lost account/previous engagement (Gong Engage)

Step 4: Check Tableau, Looker or POSTHog: 
Multiple Sign-up’s from same org
ATL and BTL sign-up’s from the same org 
The more engaged a product user - the better data and triggers we get to convert. E.g: Track usage on Tableau and Looker 

Step 5: Run a sales assist with these users. What is a sales assist? A sales assist call is simply understanding what prompted interest, learning pain points to prospect leadership, getting a more engaged user so they can sell us internally and opportunity to offer extra credits for a leadership intro. Every sales team has a top rep leadership listens to. If cold emails don't convert then ATL and BTL plays can be the solution

Step 6 - Use a tool like FullEnrich  and their search functionality to nail down who the sales leaders are if the rep is not giving you their contact info.

Step 7- share your findings with the leader

Step 8 - Meeting Booked!

If you’re building ATL and BTL lists then try a free search using FULL-Enrich search. See if you can nail down that person of power and book the meeting! (Link in the to test free Fullenrich search in comments) 

#sales #khantent #management

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Linkedin Weekend Update is BACK and its a little unhinged. Jackson Tarrant 👨‍✈️had me on as a special guess and I want to apologize for offending Clay ahead of time. 

Tune in if you care about unhinged subject lines,  SFDC's acquisition strategy strategy and Hockey! 

p.s Can AI edit messy hair yet? 

#sales #khantent #marketing

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