Jake Villas

VP, Majors @ Cognition

Austin, Texas, United States

About

Building and scaling high-performing teams.

Experience

  • Cognition (1 yr 2 mos)
    • Vice President, Majors - Industrials
      Feb 2026 - Present · 5 mos

      Bringing the future of software engineering to Automotive, Aerospace and Defense, Manufacturing, Chemicals, Utilities and Oil and Gas customers.

    • GTM Leader
      May 2025 - Feb 2026 · 10 mos

      Scaling our enterprise & strategic sales organization. Highlights: Q3 FY'26 -- #1 team globally

  • Medallia (7 yrs 11 mos)
    • Regional Vice President - Enterprise Sales, West
      Jan 2024 - May 2025 · 1 yr 5 mos

      Led a team of Enterprise and Strategic AEs working with our largest and most strategic customers in the West.

    • Regional Director - Japan
      May 2021 - Jan 2024 · 2 yrs 9 mos

    • Head of Sales and Solutions Consulting - Japan and Hong Kong
      Sep 2019 - May 2021 · 1 yr 9 mos

      Led the enterprise sales team in Hong Kong, the solution consulting team in Japan and the buildout of the entire Japan team, growing the team from 1 employee to 20. Member of the APAC leadership team.

  • Consulting Manager at Baker Tilly Virchow Krause, LLP
    Aug 2013 - Jul 2017 · 4 yrs

    As a leader in the Growth Strategies Consulting practice at Baker Tilly I helped companies drive top-line, organic growth through the design and execution of effective growth and go-to-market strategies. I worked closely with sales, customer experience and marketing leadership to identify and address each client’s individual business challenges and develop clear, actionable roadmaps for execution. Functional experience: Customer experience, sales effectiveness / sales strategy, market research, go-to-market strategy, pricing strategy, organizational alignment and change management Industry experience: Manufacturing, Agriculture, Financial Services, Hospitality, Healthcare Technical Experience / Certifications: Oracle Fusion CRM Sales and PreSales Specialist

  • Assurance Intern at Ernst & Young
    Jun 2012 - Aug 2012 · 3 mos

  • Equity Analyst Intern at UBS
    Sep 2011 - Dec 2011 · 4 mos