Michael Puhala

Current

• Sr. Sales Engineer at Atex

Past

• Sales Engineer at Clickability
• Sr. Sales Engineer at Qumu
• Sr. Sales Engineer at Qumu (formerly Media Publisher, Inc.)

• Residential Sales Manager at AMX
• Director, Pre-Sales at OpenPages
• Founder/Vice President at Acoustic Designs, Inc.
• Director, Sales Engineering at Interwoven, Inc.
• Application Architect/Content Management Specialist at Acquity Group
• Sr. Sales Engineer at Interwoven - EMEA
• Web Architect at SRP

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Education

• Grand Canyon University

Recommended

4 people have recommended Michael

Connections

280 connections

Industry

Computer Software

Websites

• My Website

Michael Puhala’s Summary

Technical Sales professional with a passion for technology making life easier, not harder.

Michael Puhala’s Specialties:

Enterprise Software, Web Application Architecture, Enterprise Architecture, Technical Pre-Sales, Managing Technical Sales Teams, seasoned public speaker.

Michael Puhala’s Experience

• Sr. Sales Engineer

  Atex

  (Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

  April 2009 — Present (8 months)

  Web Content Management subject matter expert focused on helping customers and prospects with understanding the complex WCM landscape and how Polopoly & Atex can bring new life and additional revenue into the media business.

• Sales Engineer

  Clickability

  (Privately Held; Internet industry)

  January 2009 — April 2009 (4 months)

  Content Management evangelist and trusted advisor for enterprises and media companies looking for a SaaS based web content management system.

• Sr. Sales Engineer

  Qumu

  (Computer Software industry)

  May 2008 — December 2008 (8 months)

  Sr. Sales Engineer responsible for the western half of North America and also responsible for the technical sales in Business Development and partner channel.

• Sr. Sales Engineer

  Qumu (formerly Media Publisher, Inc.)

  (Computer Software industry)

  2008 — December 2008 (less than a year)

• Residential Sales Manager

  AMX

  (Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)

  August 2007 — May 2008 (10 months)

  Responsible for identifying, cultivating and closing large-scale residential opportunities for AMX and managing territory of residential dealers in Arizona and Nevada

• Director, Pre-Sales

  OpenPages

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)

  November 2006 — April 2007 (6 months)

  Managed western half of the U.S. Pre-Sales team

• Founder/Vice President

  Acoustic Designs, Inc.

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Consumer Electronics industry)

  October 2005 — November 2006 (1 year 2 months)

  Co-founded business to provide business development and technical design of home theaters, media rooms, and home automation to the custom home market. Responsible for sales, marketing, technology design and integration as well as planning and implementing the company’s information technology requirements.

• Director, Sales Engineering

  Interwoven, Inc.

  (Public Company; 501-1000 employees; iwov; Computer Software industry)

  April 2004 — October 2005 (1 year 7 months)

  12 direct reports (Sales Engineers) covering Western and South Eastern Region of United States.

• Application Architect/Content Management Specialist

  Acquity Group

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  December 2003 — April 2004 (5 months)

• Sr. Sales Engineer

  Interwoven - EMEA

  (Public Company; 501-1000 employees; iwov; Computer Software industry)

  July 1999 — December 2003 (4 years 6 months)

  Responsible for business development, sales, and marketing development across thirteen countries in Europe. Activities included company and product public relations, pre-sales, post-sales consulting, best-practices education, and was Interwoven's primary public speaker throughout Europe. Helped grow European business from a six-person operation with $1 million in annual sales to a 130 person organization with over $50 million in annual sales.

• Web Architect

  SRP

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Utilities industry)

  August 1997 — July 1999 (2 years )

Michael Puhala’s Education

• Grand Canyon University

  BS , International Business , 1989 — 1993

Additional Information

Michael Puhala’s Websites:

• My Website

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