Aspireship

Aspireship Inc operates multiple brands to help people transform their career trajectory.

Our brands:

Aspireship - Upskilling platform for B2B tech companies 
- aspireship.com

Orchard - Career Discovery for students and career changers
- orchard.careers

Teacher Career Coach - Online Courses, resources and community to help transitioning teachers find a great career after deciding to leave the classroom. 
- teachercareercoach.com

Founder & CEO

Story Ventures

As a Scout Investor, I'm privileged to be able to invest in founders of early-stage startups with the conviction to create positive change.

Story Ventures is an early stage VC fund based in NYC.

We invest in entrepreneurs with big visions that leverage technology and the proliferation of data to impact the way people interact with the world.

Scout Investor

MINDBODY, Inc.

Acquired by Vista Equity Partners.

Led the integration of Frederick into the MINDBODY organization. Frederick now powers the MINDBODY and Booker premium product editions to bring AI driven marketing to beauty, fitness and wellness businesses worldwide.

Vice President & GM, Frederick

Booker Software

Acquired by MINDBODY.

Continued to operate as CEO of Frederick following the acquisition by Booker Software.

CEO, Frederick

Frederick

Acquired by Booker and MINDBODY. 

Created the world’s first marketing automation platform for local businesses that’s powered by artificial intelligence. We call him Frederick, and he’s the smartest marketing engine local businesses have ever seen.

Dell

Building Dell's relationships with top venture capital firms, angel investors, Fortune 500 innovation departments and fast-growth startups.

Director, Center for Entrepreneurs

PhoneTell

PhoneTell makes mobile local search apps for consumers and wireless operators. 

My role was a hybrid of product management and business development. I was responsible for a Top 40 Travel & Local consumer app and worked alongside the CEO/COO to close and support deals with large wireless carriers globally.

VP, Product & Business Development

Game Change Ventures

Worked with consumer internet, e-commerce and SaaS startups to help them launch and grow innovative companies.

Managing Partner

Club E Network

Grew a local organization that began as a student club at Arizona State University into a multi-state organization with 10 chapters and an online network reaching entrepreneurs around the world.

President

The Business Journal

Guest Columnist

CEO @ Aspireship | Helping people get hired in tech sales and customer success

I’ve dedicated my professional career to helping people who want to help themselves. Currently, I’m building Aspireship Inc.

Aspireship Inc operates multiple brands to help people transform their career trajectory.

Our brands:

Aspireship - Upskilling platform for B2B tech companies 
- aspireship.com

Orchard - Career Discovery for students and career changers
- orchard.careers

Teacher Career Coach - Online Courses, resources and community to help transitioning teachers find a great career after deciding to leave the classroom. 
- teachercareercoach.com



Corey Kossack

Christine Rogers

M3 Learning

Chief Executive Officer

At Aspireship, we’re inspired to help the leaders of tomorrow accelerate their careers by preparing them to succeed in the jobs of today. We’re living in an era of rapid change, where technology is transforming industries overnight. Entire generations are finding themselves in careers they weren’t prepared to succeed in when they joined the workforce and now feel stuck, with few paths to bridge them to a successful and fulfilling career. We are here to provide that bridge by training future leaders for exciting careers, and proactively matching them with fast-growth employers in need of talented and ambitious professionals.  Visit www.aspireship.com for more details.

Board Member & Consultant 

Y Scouts

Y Scouts is the leading executive search and strategy company that purpose-based organizations turn to for finding and hiring deeply aligned, high-performing, exceptional leaders that multiply their teams.

As the Integrator of this business, I oversaw all people, operations, and revenue reporting directly to the CEO (Visionary) of the company.

Y Scouts believes that the most transformational, impact-oriented leaders are found through a shared purpose with the hiring organization. Period.

Head of Sales and Marketing

Highlights:  Sales and Onboarding leader of high-growth SaaS company serving Beauty & Wellness industry.  Implemented sales process and purpose driven leadership development to create highly efficient, productive inside sales organization spanning multiple North American offices.   

•	Designed and implemented Booker’s company on-boarding for every new employee in every role.
•	Greater efficiency and productivity initiatives resulted in a 64% increase in average number of new customers per rep per month.
•	Strong adherence to sales process and methodology resulted in a 71% decrease in the average length of sales cycle.
•	Regular sales training and high accountability resulted in an average of 80% of sales reps attaining 100% to quota.

Senior Director, Sales / VP, Sales

Infusionsoft

Highlights:  Fast-paced, high growth software company grew from $26M-$100M during my tenure. Enhanced the efficiency of sales organization through leadership development, strong adherence to process and sales methodology, and a commitment to creating a high-performing, motivating culture.

•	Designed and implemented the first Sales & Partner Enablement function for Infusionsoft.  Hired and trained team members specializing in process creation, data analysis, systems and operations, employee hiring, partner onboarding, certification & training, and employee experience.
•	Greater efficiency and productivity initiatives resulted in 26% year over year revenue growth with only 9% new net reps to the business
•	Achieved record new customer acquisition subscriptions and average monthly recurring revenue numbers in the Direct Sales org by driving our team to consultative, value selling.
•	Created and executed hiring process that resulted in 30% less turnover in sales professionals.

Sr. Director, Sales

Room 4 Baby

As the co-owner of Room 4 Baby, a popular baby and juvenile furniture store in Gilbert, AZ, I creatively managed all aspects of the busy small business. I supervised all sales staff, handled all accounts payable functions, trained employees, maintained payroll, and negotiated terms and contracts for hundreds of companies to ensure a favorable profit margin. I designed all our marketing materials including print ads, web site, branding, web store, blog and customer newsletter.

Owner

Farmers Insurance

As a District Marketing Specialist, I worked directly with the district and regional leadership team to acquire new agents for Farmers Insurance.  I managed the talent acquisition, recruitment, and hiring process for the district. Once hired, I was responsible for new employee training, sales process implementation, and assisting the new agents in executing their co-created marketing plan.

District Marketing Specialist / Agency Producer

President & COO at Aspireship - Training. Hiring. Enabling. Leading.

Seasoned sales and marketing leader specializing in training, recruiting, hiring, and leading high-performing sales teams.  Extensive background is complemented by individual experience owning a small business, giving a unique perspective to managing and growing organizations of any size.

Recognized as a passionate people leader who maximizes team performance and drives results by multiplying talents for success.  

Expertise in:  Sales training, leadership development, strategic planning, organizational management & design, recruiting and hiring, sales process & methodology, on-boarding, and customer experience.

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