What He Is Looking For
Target Titles
VP Solutions Engineering · VP Technical Pre-Sales · Senior Director of Solutions Architecture
Industries
Enterprise SaaS · Cloud Infrastructure · Enterprise AI Application Layer · Agentic AI · Fortune 1000
Company Scale
Series C–E funded, revenue-stage to Fortune 1000
Total Comp
Market-competitive · open to discuss
Career Snapshot
| 2021–Present |
Cascade Cloud Systems |
Senior Director, Solutions Architecture — enterprise segment. $85M influenced pipeline, technical eval cycle cut from 90 to 45 days, 140% average quota attainment. |
| 2016–2021 |
Ironview Software |
Director, Solutions Engineering — grew the SE team from 3 to 12 and built the technical enablement program. |
| 2005–2016 |
Beacon Analytics · Overlook Technologies |
11 years of progressive solutions engineering leadership — technical architecture lead on a $22M Fortune 500 platform migration. |
BS, Computer Science — University of Texas at Austin | Certificate, Enterprise Solution Selling — TSIA | AWS Certified Solutions Architect | Certified Sales Engineer (CSE)
Recommended Executive Search Firms
| # |
Firm |
Why This Firm For Him |
How To Contact |
| 1 |
RevSearch Partners Go-to-market executive search |
Dedicated practice placing VP-level solutions engineering and technical pre-sales leaders inside SaaS and cloud companies. |
revsearchpartners.com — submit via their executive candidate form |
| 2 |
Direct Recruiters, Inc. (DRI) Technology & SaaS practice |
National practice built around technical go-to-market leadership placements across enterprise software. |
directrecruiters.com — connect with the SaaS practice lead on LinkedIn |
| 3 |
True Search Technology executive search |
Deep bench in enterprise software leadership, including solutions engineering and technical pre-sales. |
truesearch.com — submit through their Technology practice |
| 4 |
Kaye/Bassman International Technology & SaaS executive search practice |
Established national retained-search firm with a dedicated technology vertical and enterprise SaaS client base. |
kbic.com — submit via their Technology practice page |
| 5 |
StevenDouglas Technology practice, strong Texas presence |
Regional strength puts them close to his Austin base and a broad enterprise SaaS client list. |
stevendouglas.com — submit via their Technology practice; mention Austin-based search |
Outreach Email Template
SUBJECT: Solutions Architecture & Technical Pre-Sales Leader — $85M Pipeline Influenced, Open to New Opportunities
Hi [Name],
I'm a solutions architecture and technical pre-sales leader with 20 years turning technical evaluation into signed revenue — most recently as Senior Director of Solutions Architecture at Cascade Cloud Systems, where I influenced $85M in enterprise pipeline and cut our technical evaluation cycle from 90 to 45 days.
Before that, 5 years at Ironview Software building a solutions engineering team from 3 to 12, and a $22M Fortune 500 platform migration as technical architecture lead at Beacon Analytics.
I'm exploring VP Solutions Engineering and VP Technical Pre-Sales opportunities, open to enterprise SaaS, cloud infrastructure, and the enterprise AI application layer where technical credibility is the bottleneck to adoption. I'd welcome the chance to be on your radar for roles matching this profile.
Resume attached. Happy to talk anytime.
Best,
Marcus Reed
(555) 555-0198 | marcus.reed@example.com | linkedin.com/in/marcus-reed
Sending Tips
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