Ralf is passionate about the ability of technology to enable more meaningful and productive relationships among professionals. He has been a pioneer in the area of social selling and continues to be not only an active evangelist for social selling, but instrumental in creating the next generation of social selling solutions with LinkedIn.

As the head of marketing for LinkedIn Sales Solutions, Ralf has the opportunity to be a leader in defining the frontiers of social selling, while also working with individuals, teams, and entire companies in making social selling a scalable reality all over the world. Ralf has been involved in the CRM space, with an emphasis on sales and marketing, since the late 90s. His experience spans from industry giants such as Siebel (now Oracle) and SAP, to a series of smaller companies including MarketLive, and most recently InsideView. His roles have spanned the areas of Product Management, Product Marketing, Lead Generation, Business Development & Alliances, and Marketing Communications & Corporate Marketing with a focus in the SaaS space.