Bob Allen

AWS Sr. Partner Sales Manager

Jacksonville, Florida, United States

About

Enabling customer buying decisions through proactive and positive relationship-building activities, well-orchestrated sales movements, and an obsession for spectacular customer outcomes.

Experience

  • Amazon Web Services (AWS) (Full-time · 5 yrs 3 mos)
    • Sr. Partner Sales Manager - Energy & ECRT
      Mar 2026 - Present · 4 mos

    • Sr. Partner Sales Manager - Financial Services
      Jan 2025 - Present · 1 yr 6 mos

    • Sr. Partner Sales Manager - Manufacturing/Auto/Industrials
      Jan 2024 - Dec 2024 · 1 yr

      Applying best-in-class AWS Partner Solutions to drive Industry 4.0 & Smart Factory outcomes for Manufacturing customers new to AWS.

  • National Sales Director at Unifocus
    May 2019 - Mar 2021 · 1 yr 11 mos

    UniFocus offers industry-leading Hotel and Restaurant labor optimization through the application of data science, SaaS, and hospitality domain expertise, saving owners and operators millions/yr. on payroll while increasing productivity and overall satisfaction of guests and employees.

  • Wi-Tronix, LLC (Remote)
    • Sales Manager, Passenger Rail
      Oct 2018 - May 2019 · 8 mos

      Led sales activities and pipeline development for the Violet Edge IoT platform in the Passenger Rail market.

    • Strategic Partner Manager
      Mar 2018 - May 2019 · 1 yr 3 mos

      Managed commercial activities and pipeline development for key strategic partner Siemens Mobility.

  • Expedia, Inc. (Remote)
    • Director of Partner Connectivity - SilverRail
      Dec 2014 - Sep 2017 · 2 yrs 10 mos

      Led the Corporate and Leisure Travel Partner account development activities for SilverRail Technologies in North America, including API connection implementations, negotiating contract renewals, quarterly reporting, annual business reviews, channel sales and marketing activities and more.

    • Corporate Sales Executive - Egencia
      Jan 2014 - Nov 2014 · 11 mos

      Small-medium Enterprise sales of Egencia's suite of SaaS-based travel management tools and services. Activities included both Inside and Outside sales calls, lead development, and selling into C-level and travel procurement managers. Core competencies for success were Live web demos, contracting and negotiating, and Salesforce CRM lead management.

  • Expedia, Inc. (9 yrs)
    • Business Development Manager - LocalExpert.com
      Mar 2012 - Mar 2013 · 1 yr 1 mo

      Developed strategic eCommerce distribution partner business in Western US and South America for Expedia's global supply of Destination Experiences (things to do).

    • Sales Manager - Local Expert
      Sep 2006 - Mar 2012 · 5 yrs 7 mos

      Sales Manager for multiple concierge/activity desk locations on the islands of Maui and Oahu, providing destination services to visitors throughout Hawaii. - Managed 15-25 direct report sales agents, including performance coaching, scheduling, weekly sales reporting, and full PnL responsibility - Exceeded annual sales quotas of >$1.5M - Increased online sales by over 20% (2012)

    • Corporate Account Manager - Egencia
      Apr 2004 - Aug 2006 · 2 yrs 5 mos

      Managed on-boarding and customer success for Egencia’s web-enabled booking tool and services. • Maintained relationships with Travel Managers and Arrangers for over 500 corporate accounts. • Conducted group and individual web training sessions on how to book business travel online using Egencia’s suite of online booking tools.