Leeane Chen

Account Director at LinkedIn 2025 #1 SMB Rep in NAMER | 2X President’s Club

San Francisco Bay Area

About

Seasoned SAAS sales rep with a proven track record of success who thrives on collaboration and uplifting others along the way. Graduate of Purdue University who is passionate about leveraging technology to bring the world closer together by connecting people, cultures, and ideas to transform the lives of others in meaningful ways. Characterized by an intellectual curiosity to be challenged personally and professionally, relentless determination to get the job done, and strong interpersonal skills to collaborate and inspire others along the way. Top 5 Strengths: Positivity, Connectedness, Discipline, Empathy, and Developer

Experience

  • Mid-Market Account Director | LinkedIn Talent Solutions at LinkedIn
    Aug 2025 - Present · 11 mos

    First year 112% attainment on a $1.1M quota Created diversity committee and led monthly speaker series for 30 reps nationwide

  • LinkedIn (Full-time · 6 yrs)
    • SMB Account Director | LinkedIn Talent Solutions | 2X President's Club
      Oct 2021 - Jun 2025 · 3 yrs 9 mos

      2025 #1 rep in NAMER (of 70+ reps) managing $3M in revenue for 129% annual quota attainment A few other highlights as a SMB Account Director: - Recognized as Account Director of the Year - 2X President's Club Winner - Mentored two onboarding buddies for the newest member of our teams - Led monthly knowledge sharing sessions for 90 sales reps nationwide - Led 5 other reps in cross-team MYD Pods for strategy and knowledge sharing on multi-year deals - cultural DIBS speaker for extensive AE/AD SMB team all-hands for October of 90 people - Involved in 2 Wisdom Mentorship Pairings

    • Relationship Manager | LinkedIn Learning Solutions
      May 2021 - Sep 2021 · 5 mos

    • Customer Success Manager | LinkedIn Learning Solutions
      Jul 2019 - May 2021 · 1 yr 11 mos

      Educate and empower customers to upskill their team and learn the skills to advance their careers. • Managed $6.3M across 270 accounts and partnering with 28 sales reps • Serve as a product expert and maintain top metrics in engagement (#1 in Q2FY21 EQL/pur) and activation (~70% throughout FY20 and FY21) • Collaborate closely with Relationship Managers on $183,912 in FY21 in expansion opportunities • Additional Involvement in creation of LLS Onboarding Paths, LinkedIn Coaches, Upwardly Global, Year Up, LLS course clubs, MARVEL awards

  • Dance Instructor at Lively X Studio
    Oct 2023 - Jun 2024 · 9 mos

    Design choreography and soundtrack and teach weekly dance classes for LivelyX Studio in downtown Palo Alto, CA. Collaborate with other fitness instructors on marketing and social media promotions for the studio and all fitness classes.

  • IBM (1 yr 10 mos)
    • Business Strategy Consultant | Global Business Services
      Sep 2017 - Jun 2019 · 1 yr 10 mos

      Lead cross-functional teams and manage project deliverables for multi-million dollar contracts with industry leading clients
. Projects include: - Dealership redesign proposal for multinational automobile conglomerate corporation
 - Cloud-based HCM proposal for Silicon Valley tech giant - Design thinking workshop for multinational smart appliance technology conglomerate - Development of unprecedented
 cloud-based platform for national healthcare giant

    • Consulting by Degrees Program | North America Advisory Council
      Sep 2017 - Jun 2019 · 1 yr 10 mos

      • West coast representative and liaison for CbD program (> 1500 consultants), reports to directly to the Director of GBS Early Professional Talent Strategy & Programs

    • Communications Representative | US Commercial Sector
      Sep 2017 - Sep 2017 · 1 mo

      • Facilitated overall communication between the cohort (70 new IBMers), cohort ambassadors, and CbD team • Distributed training and sector information and led weekly meetings for cohort ambassador team and quarterly check-ins with entire cohort

  • Purdue University (2 yrs 2 mos)
    • Competitor | Purdue Boiler Case Competitions
      Sep 2015 - May 2017 · 1 yr 9 mos

      • Intensive, team-based presentations proposing consulting plans to judges from industry-leading corporations. Participated in 2-3 competitions per year, including: • UCONN International Business Case Competition: - First Place: Three-hour individual qualifying competition - 1 of 4 Purdue representatives mixed in teams with students from 11 universities (across the US, Egypt, South Africa, and Italy). • Parrish Undergraduate Library Case Competition – First Place: - case challenge for undergraduate student teams with two week preparation • STAMINA4 Social Impact Case Competition – Third Place: - four-hour case challenge with mixed undergraduate and graduate student teams

    • Marketing and Business Development Manager | Purdue Orbital
      Jul 2016 - Jan 2017 · 7 mos

      • Accelerated progress of developing satellite-launching platform by securing $7,000 in grants over 4 months • Competed in innovation challenges and built strategic partnerships with businesses, campus organizations, and other key stakeholders

    • Marketing Assistant | Krannert School of Management
      Apr 2015 - Jan 2016 · 10 mos

      • Led strategic operational marketing initiatives to triple attendance at signature event • Nominated delegate for Harvard Intercollegiate Business Convention and presented findings to Purdue Krannert School of Management staff and faculty • Served as a teaching assistant for the Women in Management undergraduate course, managing communication and cultivating relationships with campus organizations for outreach activities