Steve Baird

EVP & Chief Revenue Officer

United States

About

An accomplished executive with over 25 years of experience in Sales, Success, Operations, and Partner functions. Data-driven, high-energy, agile leader known for being an exceptional motivator. Skilled at blending my unique strategic and operational expertise to develop and drive strategies for aggressive revenue growth during periods of transformation and scale while building and leading multifunctional teams, implementing discipline and scaling operations. Passionate about developing great cultures that truly inspire the best from the team by creating a purpose driven organization that embraces diversity of experiences and background. As a customer-obsessed leader, my commitment to driving wildly successful customer experiences is grounded in my desire to understand a customers’ needs, sift through complexity, and partner to drive the best outcomes for their businesses. I’m at my best when working with the team and our partners to support the customers’ digital transformations. Areas of expertise include: Go-To-Market | Sales | Leadership | Scaling | Hyper-Growth | Technology | Digital Transformation | Culture | Diversity | Change Management | Strategy | Enterprise | SMB | B2B | SaaS | Cloud | Global | Operations | Partners

Experience

  • Chief Revenue Officer at Hyland
    Oct 2024 - Present · 1 yr 10 mos

    Leader of Hyland’s global revenue organization across sales, partners, and customer engagement. Hyland helps organizations around the world unlock the full value of their information through intelligent content, process automation, and AI-driven solutions that power better decisions and better outcomes. Proud to lead an incredible global team focused on delivering customer value, building long-term partnerships, and driving the next chapter of growth for Hyland as organizations modernize their operations and embrace AI-enabled digital transformation.

  • President, North America & Global Strategic Sectors at e2open
    Apr 2024 - Sep 2024 · 6 mos

  • SAP (4 yrs 8 mos)
    • Senior Vice President & Managing Director
      Apr 2021 - Aug 2023 · 2 yrs 5 mos

      P&L owner for 1.5B region with responsibility for driving growth, profitability, strategic direction, alliances and all client-related activities across SAP’s full suite of solutions and services. During my tenure the region delivered 83% ARR growth, 50% bookings growth and 13% increase in retention rates while building & executing on transformational GTM changes. Consistently recognized for best-in-class employee survey scores focused on diversity & inclusion, culture and leadership trust. Member of SAP’s global senior leadership team

    • SVP & Chief Operating Officer
      Jan 2019 - Apr 2021 · 2 yrs 4 mos

  • SAP SuccessFactors ()
    • Senior Vice President & Managing Director, North America
      Sep 2017 - Dec 2018 · 1 yr 4 mos

    • Regional Vice President
      Jun 2014 - Aug 2017 · 3 yrs 3 mos

  • Regional Vice President at Apptio
    May 2013 - Jun 2014 · 1 yr 2 mos