Simon Chapman

Partner Enablement @ Optimizely. Passionate advocate for people with disabilities and special needs.

United Kingdom

About

I’m a passionate campaigner for special needs, my son having a very rare genetic debilitating condition called Smith-Magenis Syndrome where he will be 100% reliant on us as parents to provide him with 1–1 support until we die. Aside from this, I have over 17 years of experience in partnerships, enablement and solution engineering.

Experience

  • Optimizely (4 yrs 1 mo)
    • VP, Enablement
      Mar 2025 - Present · 1 yr 5 mos

      - Managed global team for partner sales, technical sales and architect accreditation programs at Optimizely. - Developed and executed enablement programs to enhance sales effectiveness - Executed a partner enablement program to support sales and technical expertise in our community, across 900+ partners worldwide. - Seasoned public speaker, representing the company across various geographies.

    • Senior Director, Partner Enablement & Solution Architecture
      Mar 2024 - Mar 2025 · 1 yr 1 mo

      - Developed a bespoke Enablement programme to enable all employees, and am responsible for all enablement including partners (sales, technical sales, technical).
 - Delivered a brand new Sales and Technical Sales accreditation programme to 800+ partners across the world. - Seasoned public speaker having spoken at and hosted numerous events with and for our partner community
 - Answered RFPs, RFIs, delivered presentations and technical Q&A across all markets.

    • Director, Partner Enablement & Solution Architecture
      Mar 2023 - Mar 2024 · 1 yr 1 mo

      - Executed over 1000 enablement sessions bringing a new enablement function into Optimizely Partnerships.
 - Developed brand new playbooks where partners can ask for sessions ‘a la carte’.
 - Answered RFPs, RFIs, delivered presentations and technical Q&A across all markets.

  • Member at PreSales Collective
    Feb 2021 - Present · 5 yrs 6 mos

  • Senior Partner Solution Consultant at Adobe
    Nov 2021 - Jul 2022 · 9 mos

    - Responsible for developing a partner enablement programme from scratch featuring both a sales and technical pre-sales tracks, working predominantly with the ‘big 6’ partners internationally. - Identifying opportunities, answering RFPs/RFIs, delivering presentations and providing deal support for Adobe DX opportunities.

  • Director of Software Design at Capita
    Apr 2021 - Nov 2021 · 8 mos

    - Managed an international team at Capita, driving business transformation and providing technical thought leadership. - Recommended solutions and leveraged expertise in SaaS / PaaS / IaaS to enhance operations. - Led initiatives to streamline processes and improve efficiency, resulting in increased productivity and cost savings.

  • Head Of Solution Engineering at Scoro
    Oct 2019 - Mar 2021 · 1 yr 6 mos

    - Lead the SA function providing deep dive technical expertise, demonstrations, best practice, managing a team spread across the world. - Responded to RFI / RFPs.
 - Developed and ran the partner programme providing deal support and training.