Colan Sewell
About
Colan Sewell is from Menlo Park, California, United States. Colan works in the following industries: "Consumer Electronics". Colan is currently Vice President, Global Sales at Facebook, located in Menlo Park, CA. In Colan's previous role as a Vice President, Head of Sales, VIVE Virtual Reality at HTC, Colan worked in Greater Seattle Area until Jun 2018. Prior to joining HTC, Colan was a Vice President & General Manager, Brand Shops Business Unit at BDS Marketing and held the position of Vice President & General Manager, Brand Shops Business Unit at Orange County, California Area. Prior to that, Colan was a Senior Retail Sales Channel Manager - Xbox at Microsoft, based in Redmond, WA from Jan 2011 to Jan 2012. Colan started working as Senior National Account Executive, Online Retail at Microsoft in Redmond, WA in Jan 2010. From Jan 2009 to Jan 2010, Colan was Regional Sales Manager – Distribution and Indirect Channel Organization at Microsoft, based in Redmond, WA. Prior to that, Colan was a Business Development Manager - Entertainment & Devices at Microsoft, based in Redmond from Jan 2007 to Jan 2009. Colan started working as President, Blacks at Microsoft at Microsoft in Redmond in Jan 2006.
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Colan Sewell's current jobs
Leading the global sales efforts for Facebook Reality Labs.
Colan Sewell's past jobs
Leading the HTC hardware sales organization for the VIVE Virtual Reality and Smartphone product divisions which includes Online Retail, Offline Retail, LAR/VAR, Enterprise, and Direct-to-Consumer sales teams.
Led a business division of a national retail marketing agency focused on direct to consumer channel sales for some of the world’s largest brands. Delivering innovative, world class consumer & retail brand experiences across multiple platforms (store in store, field evangelism, events, direct consumer engagement, pop-up, kiosk, moblie, etc.). Full P&L ownership with responsibilities for sales, marketing, & operations. Clients include Google, Apple, Microsoft, Motorola, Dell, Cannon etc.
Owned channel program strategy & execution for indirect retail distribution and field sales operations for Xbox hardware, accessories, online services, point of sale activation (POSA) business. Founded, built, and manged indirect retail field sales team which contributed to over $500M in annual revenue.
Drove US relationships with top online retail partners for Microsoft Hardware business including, Amazon.com, Dell.com, Buy.com, Overstock.com, NewEgg.com, hp.com, sonystyle.com, & ebay.com. Led the cross category online retail virtual team which defined Microsoft's e-tail partnership & sales channel strategy. Built exclusive social networking partnerships with online retailers for key product launches. Awarded NewEgg vendor partner of the year.
Owned Distribution and Indirect Sales Channel Organization (DISCO) strategy and execution for regional indirect retail business across all Microsoft FPP product categories. Partnered with OEM channel team to build cross channel account collaboration and partner engagement framework which was named best in class by North America executive leadership. Managed retail relationships with Hewlett Packard, Fred Meyer, Fry’s Electronics, HH Gregg, BJ’s wholesale, AAFES, Nebraska Furniture Mart, Radio Shack, etc.
Increased Microsoft Entertainment and Devices revenue and brand exposure by developing new strategic channel opportunities via innovative B2B end customer use case scenarios in education and enterprise segments.
Led the “Blacks at Microsoft” employee diversity organization with over 1000+ constituents to help Microsoft meet corporate diversity goals by developing programs targeted at attracting, retaining, and developing African American talent. Partnered with C-level leadership and external community advocates to position Microsoft as a leader in corporate diversity.
Owned sales operations & strategy for B2B customer & channel partner incentive programs. Managed strategic business investment funding focused on accelerating pipeline and closing new business. Built process and tools to facilitate Billions of $ in transactions.
Led sales and marketing teams in development and launch of 3 new products, and relaunched flagship product“ RedChip Review”-Forbes magazine“ Best in Sector” award. Implemented new customer segmentation and products fill portfolio gap. Built sales process and tools focused on driving incremental revenue and increased customer satisfaction.
Developedand implemented business strategies focused on increasing operational efficiency and drivingrevenue growth for the WSU Athletic Foundation for the Student-Athlete Scholarship Fund ($4 million annually). Owned CRM, telesales, direct response, & customer segmentation. Increased program performance by 15% developing a direct marketing campaign that served as a critical tool in the annual fund drive. Partnered with corporate marketing to build compelling sponsorship offers to drive football season ticket revenue.