90 day plan

A structured approach to commercial performance.

Most technology businesses do not have a product problem. They have a go to market problem: the wrong motion, applied to the wrong buyers, at the wrong scale. This is how I approach it.

Why most sales approaches fail

The market has changed. Most sales motions have not.

80%Buyers self educate before they talk to sales. If you are not visible in the AI-enabled research phase, you are not considered at all.of the buying journey happens without any vendor contact
95%AI compresses shortlisting before first contact. By the time a buyer calls your team, the decision is largely made. The window to influence is before that call.of winning vendors were on the Day One shortlist (6sense, 2025)
6 to 12Buying committees are larger and more complex. Each stakeholder can veto the deal. Without structured qualification, deals stall and pipeline becomes noise.stakeholders in an enterprise technology purchase
The philosophy

From advisor to provider.

Advice without execution leaves pipeline, revenue and board confidence unresolved. My role is to diagnose, and then to own the delivery.

Weeks 1 to 2

Advisor: diagnose before prescribing

Evidence-based assessment of the commercial function, pipeline health and GTM motion. No assumptions.

  • Audit pipeline quality and forecast discipline
  • Identify ICP misalignment and messaging gaps
  • Assess sales process, cadence and CRM hygiene
  • Interview stakeholders and review historic deal data
  • Deliver a prioritised commercial action plan
Week 3 onwards

Provider: execute and own the number

Deal governance, pipeline acceleration and measurable commercial output.

  • Run weekly pipeline reviews and deal qualification
  • Coach reps through multi-stakeholder enterprise deals
  • Activate AI-driven lead generation and outbound
  • Build forecast accuracy and board-level reporting
  • Deliver qualified pipeline and closed revenue
The sequence

From first conversation to lasting growth.

  1. Discovery and fit

    Reveal

    Diagnose before you prescribe. Identify the client’s real pain, the metrics that matter and the decision process. No assumptions: evidence-based diagnosis using MEDDPICC from day one.

  2. Framing and vision

    Transform

    Create urgency and shape the solution. Turn challenges into opportunities by co-creating a shared vision with measurable outcomes. Link the solution to the economic buyer’s priorities.

  3. Value engineering

    Accelerate

    Prove business impact, not features. Design a pilot or phased solution that demonstrates ROI before full commitment. Build internal champions and de-risk the decision for the buying committee.

  4. Delivery and adoption

    Deliver

    De-risk the deal and enable success. Drive smooth implementation, ensure stakeholder adoption and remove blockers early. A smooth delivery is the foundation for renewals and expansion.

  5. Continuous growth

    Optimise

    Turn wins into long-term growth. Monitor results against agreed KPIs and open cross-sell and upsell opportunities. Trusted partnerships, not one-off deals.

The principle

Prove the case on a focused scope, then scale.

Enter with a focused scope, prove the impact, then scale on evidence. Each step earns the next.

Start small

Enter with a focused scope: a specific market segment, a defined ICP, a pilot outbound cadence. Enough to test the hypothesis and generate early signal without committing the whole organisation to a motion that has not yet been validated.

Prove impact

Measure everything from week one: pipeline created, meetings booked, deals qualified, forecast accuracy. Impact the board can see within 90 days, not as a projection but as a number. Revenue in, pipeline moving, team performing differently.

Scale with confidence

Once the motion is proven, scale it. Expand the ICP, add channels, grow the team, activate partners. Each expansion is built on evidence, not assumption. The business ends up with a sales function it can trust, not one it has to interpret.

Frameworks

Live commercial tools, used every week.

Not theory applied in training rooms. Used in deal reviews, pipeline calls and board reports, without exception.

Deal qualification

MEDDPICC and SCOTSMAN

Applied to every active deal and updated weekly. A live navigation tool that surfaces risk before it becomes a loss. Certified practitioner.

Commercial insight

Challenger Sale

A researched hypothesis about what is broken, why it matters commercially, and what inaction costs. Advanced certified practitioner.

Pipeline generation

AI-enabled outbound

A precision instrument, not a volume tool. Used to cut sales admin overhead by 50% and improve MQL quality by 75%.

Channel and alliances

Partner-led selling

Co-sell, reseller and alliance models. Built across Sitecore, Optimizely and Adobe at Kogifi, expanding EMEA reach without extra headcount.

The first 90 days

Structured action tied to revenue from week one.

  1. Weeks 1 to 2

    Commercial diagnosis

    Pipeline audit, CRM health check and qualification scoring of every live opportunity. Buying committees mapped. A diagnosis report within ten days.

  2. Weeks 2 to 4

    Pipeline triage

    Close plans for priority deals. Stalled deals revived or disqualified. Forecast cadence and deal governance above threshold. Outbound built in parallel.

  3. Weeks 4 to 8

    Full execution

    AI-enabled lead generation live, cadences running, admin overhead cut. I close deals, coach reps and present pipeline to the leadership team.

  4. Day 60 to 90

    Scale, systematise or transition

    Playbook documented and KPI dashboard live. I keep scaling, recruit and onboard your permanent hire, or hand over a function that runs without me.

Who it is for

When commercial leadership cannot wait.

Identify the situation closest to yours.

No one owns the number

What you are seeing

  • No Sales Director, or one who is not performing
  • Pipeline stalling, with no one accountable
  • A permanent hire 10 to 12 months from impact
  • A board that needs revenue accountability now

Where I start

Interim Chief Revenue OfficerCommercial turnaround

The function needs a rebuild

What you are seeing

  • Deals stalling late without a clear cause
  • A forecast that is wrong in both directions
  • Sales and marketing disagree on a good lead
  • No qualification discipline in place

Where I start

Commercial turnaroundPlaybook and coachingSales and marketing alignment

Strategy is fine. Execution is not.

What you are seeing

  • A sound plan not converting to closed revenue
  • A need for someone who executes, not advises from a distance
  • PE-backed or investor-scrutinised, with results visible to the board
  • Ready to scale once the engine is proven

Where I start

New business and new logosEnterprise technology GTMPlaybook and coaching
Deliverables

What an engagement delivers.

  • A qualified, moving pipeline the board can read and act on
  • Qualification embedded as a live operating standard
  • Forecast accuracy measurably improved, typically within one quarter
  • AI-enabled lead generation operational from day one
  • Sales and marketing aligned on one ICP and one set of metrics
  • New logo acquisition running, personally executed
  • A team that qualifies harder, closes faster and forecasts honestly
  • A permanent hire brief that is specific and ready to execute
£5M+revenue closed across interim engagements2020 to 2026
25%better forecast accuracy within one quarterFlat Rock Technology
90 daysto measurable commercial impactAcross every engagement to date
50%less sales admin overhead through AI-enabled CRM automationFlat Rock Technology

One conversation to start.

20 minutes. A direct assessment of where you are and what it would take to change that. No slides and no sales process.