Analyst Profile
Patrick Stakenas
Patrick Stakenas
Research Director
Libertyville, IL USA
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Years of Experience
2 years at Gartner
16 years IT industry
Areas of Coverage
Customer Relationship Management
Mobile & Wireless

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Roles and Responsibilities
Patrick Stakenas' primary focus is on sales performance management (SPM), and mobile technology. Mr. Stakenas has extensive expertise in SPM, customer relationship management (CRM), SaaS and cloud computing models. He also covers multiple sales topics, sales process transformation and management along with cloud computing sales services and emerging mobile trends. With Gartner for 1 year, Mr. Stakenas has more than 25 years of experience in sales and sales management and over 15 years working with IT on CRM and related sales projects. He has application expertise in SPM, incentive compensation, sales force automation (SFA) and performance management analytic tools.
Previous Experience
Mr. Stakenas was the founder and CEO of ForceLogix Technologies Inc. (TSXV:FLT), provider of leading Sales Performance Management Solutions. He also has 25 years experience with Fortune 1000 companies and through leveraging core resources and technology to achieve record revenue and profit growth. Throughout Mr. Stakenas' career, his focus has been on driving revenue organically and relying on his management groups to gain the most out of their sales teams. Advisory Board Member Depaul, Sales and Management Business School. Past frequent guest lecturer on sales performance, CRM, and enterprise technology. Prior to ForceLogix, he was a senior executive responsible for sales and marketing of several large software application companies Open Text, FileNet(IBM), CCC Information Services. Mr. Stakenas also served 14 years with Moore Corp., where he was vice president of Sales Process Transformation responsible for the delivery of sales technology, applications and sales operations.
Professional Background
ForceLogix Technologies, President and CEO - Founder, 7 years
CCC Information Services, Senior Vice President, 2 years
Moore Corp., Vice President, Sales Process Transformation, 14 years
Industry Awards/Accolades
ForceLogix, Technology of the Year award
Depaul University, Center for Sales Excellence
Education
B.S./B.A., Business Administration and Marketing, Ferris State University
Executive Certificate, Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Business




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Cool Vendors in CRM Sales, 2013 25-Apr-2013 Patrick Stakenas, Ed Thompson
Future E-Commerce Success With Customer Experience Depends on CRM: A Gartner Team Perspective 04-Apr-2013 Gene Alvarez, Ed Thompson, Michael Maoz, Robert P. Desisto, Adam Sarner, Kimberly Collins, Jim Davies, Johan Jacobs, Chris Fletcher, Praveen Sengar, Jenny Sussin, Patrick Stakenas, Penny Gillespie
The Eight Building Blocks of CRM: Technology 14-Feb-2013 Patrick Stakenas
Planned Research for CRM Sales Strategies, Processes and Technologies, 2013 11-Feb-2013 Robert P. Desisto, Patrick Stakenas
B2B Sales Leaders Need to Pay Attention to Social for CRM Now or Drown Later 30-Jan-2013 Patrick Stakenas, Jenny Sussin