Market Research, Financial Services, Technology and SaaS Sales Leader to Build Client Sales Teams for Chief Outsiders

Experienced sales executive to help CEOs at technology, SaaS, and financial services companies build sales teams who consistently exceed sales targets for complex data solutions

Aaron Gutowski, a senior sales management leader will now apply his extensive market research, financial services, technology, and SaaS industry experience to build client sales teams as a Fractional CSO for Chief Outsiders. Recently, Gutowski joined Chief Outsiders’ team of more than 125 Fractional Chief Sales Officers (CSOs) and Fractional Chief Marketing Officers (CMOs).

“Aaron brings expertise valuable to clients in multiple vertical markets, including consumer, energy, financial, legal, medical devices, pharma, and technology,” said John Blessing, CSO Program Director, Chief Outsiders.

A senior executive with expertise in direct sales, marketing, and operations, Gutowski recruits and retains top sales professionals, changes sales culture, and achieves operational excellence via process-driven approaches. Focused on training top-performing teams, Gutowski employs activity-based measurement to boost pipeline productivity. A strategic planning veteran, he also excels at account management, campaign management, and marketing strategy.

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Financial Services, SaaS, and Technology Sales Leadership

At Chief Outsiders, Gutowski works with the CEOs of early-stage, mid-market, and enterprise market research, financial services, SaaS, and technology companies to accelerate sales growth. For example, prior to joining Chief Outsiders, as Senior Vice President of Sales at GlobalData PLC, he successfully launched a new ESG risk product offering to bulge bracket banks, including BlackRock. As Regional Managing Director, Americas Sales at Wealth-X, he beat first-year targets and grew second-year new business sales by 42%.

Gutowski’s executive sales experience includes three years as Vice President of Sales at Leopard Solutions. While there, he nearly doubled team sales in two years by implementing sales KPIs and scenario-based sales training while securing new partnerships with Bloomberg, LexisNexis, and Wolters Kluwer.

Gutowski also served for three years as Senior Vice President of Professional Services Sales for GlobalData Financial Services, two years as Global Head of Sales at CompliNet, and six years as President of North American Sales for DataMonitor. Prior to his successful sales leadership career, Gutowski earned a Bachelor’s in Business Administration Management from Wayne State University, a public research university in Detroit, Michigan.

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