Mike Derezin

Mike Derezin

VP of Sales Solutions, LinkedIn

Mike Derezin

Mike Derezin is VP of Sales Solutions at LinkedIn. Mike helped launch LinkedIn's Sales Solutions, the company’s premium solutions for sales professionals and sales organisations. He is responsible for leading and scaling the global field sales and product consulting teams. Passionate about how social media has positively disrupted the way the world traditionally sells, Mike is an engaging speaker and thought-leader on social selling. Before his current role, Mike led LinkedIn's Global Solutions and Research teams.

Mike is a lifelong entrepreneur, having founded, grown, and sold several companies, including an emerging markets financial services company (Porvenir acquired by Thomson Reuters, at the time, Thomson Financial). In between entrepreneurial ventures, Mike advised Fortune 500 companies and private equity firms as a consultant at Bain & Co. Mike graduated from UC Berkeley with Phi Beta Kappa honors and holds an MBA from Stanford Business School.

Sessions

  • Mike Derezin

    Wednesday, October 29, 2014 8:45am - 9:15am

    Rethinking Sales Relationships in Today's Buyers' Journey

    Today’s buyer is harder to reach, harder to engage, and harder to build a relationship with. Sales professionals that infuse each stage of the buying process with social selling techniques are navigating today’s sales environment successfully. By exploring the LinkedIn Social Selling Index (SSI), Mike will explain how to define and measure effective social selling techniques leading to greater efficiency and more profitable sales relationships. What’s your SSI score? This session will help you set goals and refine your social selling acumen.