Growth Getters - Sales Coaching for Technology Sales Leaders

About Dan

Founder & Principal Growth Getter

As an experienced technology sales executive, Dan Bognar has held senior sales leadership positions at leading global companies including HubSpot, Salesforce, DocuSign, C3 IoT, Oracle, Siebel and PwC.

Dan has a strong background in Sales, Go to Market Strategy, Partnerships, Operations, Solutions Consulting, Customer Success, and Technology Delivery.

Dan has lead sales and sales overlay teams as small as 4 and as large as 500+ employees.

Dan's most recent sales leadership roles have included:

HubSpot - Managing Director & Vice President Sales, Asia Pacific & Japan
- Direct reports included Country Sales Leaders in Australia, Singapore, Japan and India
- Led sales teams across Small Business (10-50 employees); Mid-Market (50-500 employees); and Corporate (500+ employees)
- Encompassed indirect channel sales motion
- Turned JAPAC region from constant under performer to high growth region in less than two years
DocuSign - General Manager & Vice President Sales, Asia Pacific & Japan
- Direct reports included Country Sales Leaders in Australia, Singapore and Japan
- Led sales teams across Small Business; Mid-Market; and Enterprise
- Encompassed Sales Engineering, Customer Success and Renewals
Salesforce - Chief Operating Officer & Executive Vice President, Asia Pacific
- Responsible for Go To Market strategy across Asia Pacific
- Led co-prime/overlay sales teams across Salesforce speciality products

Dan's successful leadership style has enabled him to attract and retain exceptionally talented individuals across all levels of an organisation and become a well sought after career mentor, coach and executive sponsor.

Dan's Sales Leadership Credentials

Dan Bognar has held a range of Sales, Sales Strategy and Sales Consulting leadership roles at technology companies across Asia Pacific & Japan.

Testimonials

One of the best! No question. For all the business and results reasons but also for all the right human reasons!

Rob Giglio

Chief Customer Officer, Canva

Dan is an outstanding leader. He helps teams reframe challenges into clear, winnable problems and installs the operating discipline - cadence, forecasting, pipeline hygiene, and deal reviews - that created multiple healthy, predictable GTM organisations.
With a blend of empathy, practical frameworks, and real accountability, he turns strategy into action that sticks.

Simon Davies

SVP & GM, APAC, Databricks

Dan has a remarkable talent for helping sales leaders navigate their way through complex challenges, blending his heartfelt belief in their potential with extensive real-world experience. Dan is an exceptional sales leader and coach.

Christian Kinnear

Former Chief Revenue Officer, HubSpot

Dan is a rare sales leader who combines deep strategic thinking with the courage to challenge, inspire, and coach. He had a profound impact on our customers, our teams, and on me personally as a sales leader.

Martin Vodden

RVP, Enterprise Banking, Salesforce

Dan’s impact, influence, and leadership has inspired so many of the regions businesses and executives achieve incredible outcomes. Dan’s approach on challenging the status quo, solving the problems that matter and doing so with absolute clarity has helped drive results with incredible speed and trust.

Robert Newell

General Manager, Asia Pacific, new relic

After an incredible sales and executive leadership carer where he excelled at delivering results through people, Dan has successfully coached and developed countless individuals. His new vocation is a true sweet spot - allowing him to inspire and reach even more people than before.

Ulrik Nehammer

Chief Customer Officer, International, Salesforce

I am the luckiest person in the world to have benefited from Dan's mentoring, leadership and support. The impact he has had on the industry and the sales careers of so many people is absolutely enormous.

Stephanie Barnett

Interim GM, Asia Pacific & Japan, Okta