Sean Kearns

Chief Revenue Officer, Enterprise Software Executive

Greater Cleveland

About

SAP | UiPath | VC & Private Equity Experienced Executive who combines enterprise-grade discipline with high-growth SaaS execution. At SAP and UiPath, I led teams operating in complex, multi-stakeholder enterprise environments—driving predictable pipeline, partner-led growth, and disciplined execution at global scale. At Eptura and Nintex, I operated in a PE-backed context, focused on accelerating growth, aligning sales, marketing, and customer success, and executing against clear value-creation plans with board and investor visibility. As CRO, I’ve owned end-to-end revenue strategy across Sales, Marketing, Customer Success, Enablement and Partnerships, with a consistent focus on: - Building and scaling high-performing global teams - Driving forecast accuracy, pipeline rigor, and operational cadence - Aligning GTM strategy with CEO, Board, and PE sponsor priorities - Leading teams through transformation, integration, and growth phases - Developing strong leaders and performance-driven cultures

Experience

  • Chief Revenue Officer at Affinity.co
    Feb 2026 - Present · 6 mos

  • Chief Revenue Officer at Eptura
    Dec 2023 - Nov 2025 · 2 yrs

    Brought in to drive revenue transformation for a PE-backed roll-up of 9 companies. Accountable for revenue turnaround through GTM realignment. Built enterprise selling capability from a transactional foundation by instituting sales discipline, operational rigor, tightening execution, scaling upsell and cross-sell motions, and driving larger, more complex multi-product enterprise deals.

  • Head of Global Sales at Nintex
    Jul 2022 - Dec 2023 · 1 yr 6 mos

    CRO at a private equity–backed SaaS company, leading go-to-market strategy, revenue operations, and growth execution to accelerate scale and transform organization from transactional motion to Enterprise.

  • Area Vice President - Central US at UiPath
    Jul 2019 - Jul 2022 · 3 yrs 1 mo

    Area Vice President, Central Region Led the Central Region through a period of hypergrowth and UiPath’s successful IPO, owning regional strategy, enterprise sales execution, customer adoption and leadership development. Drove consistent double-digit YoY revenue growth, expanded adoption across Fortune 500 and Global 2000 customers, and scaled a high-performing multi-state sales organization. Played a key role in establishing UiPath as the category leader in enterprise automation across the region.

  • SAP (9 yrs 7 mos)
    • Vice President of Sales - US Utilities
      Jan 2015 - Jul 2019 · 4 yrs 7 mos

      Lead SAP Customer Experience (CX) Teams for Midwest and Utilities (National).

    • Vice President of Sales -Midwest
      Jan 2010 - Jan 2015 · 5 yrs 1 mo

      North American Executive - Lead Sales organization for Utilities Nationally & Midwest region (OH, MI, IN, KY,MN & IL). Industry Team was responsible for SAP's entire solution portfolio: - Applications - ERP - Analytics - Business Intelligence, Predictive Analytics, Big Data - Cloud - SaaS - Customer Experience, HR (SuccessFactors); SRM (Ariba), Expense Management (Concur) - Database/Technology -- SAP HANA - Internet of Things (IoT) / Machine to Machine - OmniChannel, E-commerce, GDPR compliance, Marketing , - Digital Transformation - AI & Machine Learning Have led the Retail Line Of Business Solutions (CRM) - North America, and Cloud for Customer Program - Strategic Accounts (Retail and Midwest Global accounts) - Winners Circle Club & High Potential Designation (top 3% globally) - 2011, 2012, & 2015, 2018 - Top Performers Club 2012 & 2015 - Catalyst Industry Experience: Manufacturing, Retail, Utilities - Telecom, Oil/Gas, Wholesale Distribution, Professional Services, Auto