Alphonsus Tan

Alphonsus Tan

Regional Director, Head of New Business and Commercial Sales, APJ @ GitLab

About

I am a passionate and outcome orientated sales, technology and people leader with a curious mind and love for learning. I have successfully built repeatable, scalable and predictable sales motions and established go to market strategies across Asia Pacific and Japan. One of my core beliefs is in fostering a dynamic growth culture that empowers my team to thrive and achieve shared victories, all while enjoying the journey. By cultivating an environment that encourages collaboration, innovation, and continuous development, I have witnessed firsthand how motivated individuals can propel an entire organisation towards unprecedented achievements Demonstrated skills in: People Leadership | Business Development | Account Management | Enterprise Sales | IT Transformation | Technology Strategy | Coaching | Building Teams | Sales Leadership | Go-to-Market Strategies (Direct & Channel) | Growth Management

Country

Australia

City

Ashburton

Industry

Information Technology & Services

Skill

Project Management, Service Delivery, Business Development, Business Analysis, Business Process, IT Strategy, Sales, PMO, Change Management, Cloud Computing, IT Service Management, Requirements Gathering, Business Process Improvement, Requirements Analysis, Integration, Consulting, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Program Management, Strategy, Agile Methodologies

Experience

GitLab

Regional Director, Head of New Business and Commercial Sales, APJ

GitLab

LinkedIn
2025-2 - Present · 1 yr 8 mos

Australia

Responsible for leading both the New Business function (across Enterprise and Commercial segments) and the Commercial business unit across Asia Pacific and Japan. • Own and drive new logo acquisition across Enterprise and Commercial segments. • Oversee the full Commercial business across APJ including revenue, strategy, execution, resourcing, and performance management. • Lead teams of Regional Sales Directors and Account Executives across the APJ region. • Drive go-to-market and customer engagement strategies to expand market presence in a competitive SaaS landscape. • Partner cross-functionally to align sales execution with company objectives and accelerate regional growth.

GitLab

Head of Commercial Sales, APAC

GitLab

LinkedIn
2023-2 - 2025-2 · 2 yrs 1 mo

Australia

Responsible for the growth and leadership of the Commercial business/team across Asia Pacific and Japan Lead and manage the commercial account executives (SMB and Mid Market) Establish GTM for APAC Commercial Collaborate across functions and geos to drive outcomes Coach sellers on how to be the best version of themselves Represent Gitlab and our brand at events

GitLab

Head of Commercial Sales, ANZ

GitLab

LinkedIn
2022-9 - 2023-2 · 6 mos

Australia

Responsible for leading and scaling the commercial field sales team and business for Australia/New Zealand.

LaunchPad

Mentor

LaunchPad

LinkedIn
2024-5 - Present · 2 yrs 5 mos

Australia

Pleased to be Mentoring and helping the SaaS sales stars of tomorrow transition into our industry through the Launchpad Academy.

Red Hat

Strategic Account Manager - Enterprise

Red Hat

LinkedIn
2019-10 - 2022-9 · 3 yrs

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

End to end ownership for a set of Red Hat's top accounts. Build and close net new revenue for Red Hat. Set the sales strategy and motions for my pod to ensure collaboration and success. Responsible for leading my pod including solution architects, sales specialists, SDR/BDR's. Drive revenue growth and customer success in key accounts. Ensure each function performs as part of a wider system to achieve results. Coach and mentor other AE's.

Jitterbit

Head of Sales / Regional Manager

Jitterbit

LinkedIn
2017-1 - 2019-10 · 2 yrs 10 mos

Melbourne, Australia

Reporting directly to the CEO of APAC as the head of sales. Direct accountability for the growth and revenue of the business. Responsibilities included: • Lead and manage a team of Account Executives, Customer Success Managers and Consultants • Coaching and mentoring the sales team • Cultivate net new business through building strategic relationships - Direct and Channel • Develop go-to-market playbooks and growth strategy for APAC • Executive Relationship & Stakeholder Management • Creating excellent customer experiences • Lead and manage project services work • Customer success, contraction and churn • Identifying technology trends and applying them to enable digital business transformation

Bluewolf, an IBM Company

Account Executive

Bluewolf, an IBM Company

LinkedIn
2015-12 - 2017-1 · 1 yr 2 mos

Melbourne, Australia

I worked with leading organisations to transform their business. Consultative Client Advisor with responsibilities including: - Build, develop and close new business - Engage Fortune 2000 companies, leading discussions around business process. - Lead key projects while ensuring customer satisfaction - Co-ordinate and work with multiple stakeholders - Account management responsibilities - Cultivate net new business (Whitespace) through building partnerships with organisations and enterprise level decision maker - Participate in the agile delivery of projects - Produce strategic account planning and management of partner relationships in region - Understand and apply salesforce.com principles, products and services

IBM

Portfolio Director - NAB / Account Executive

IBM

LinkedIn
2014-6 - 2015-12 · 1 yr 7 mos

Australia

NextGen and Cloud Solutions Responsible for the management of the RFS business. Leading delivery teams with account management responsibilities. Responsibilities: • Responsible for the management of the RFS business. Leading consulting teams with account management responsibilities. • Driving business outcomes to achieve targets; revenue growth, TCV signings, delivery • Developing, understanding and aligning IBM’s offerings to the client’s strategy • Managing and Leading project teams to maximise the project business • Integrating and ensuring flawless execution from sales through to delivery • Ownership of key client relationships, client satisfaction and issue resolution

IBM

Project Manager / Consultant

IBM

LinkedIn
2012-1 - 2014-6 · 2 yrs 6 mos

Responsibilities include: Project Management - Includes the following: Client management, Financial planning, schedules, stakeholder management, resource planning, Deliverable management, Change management, Milestones, Baselines, Risk and Issues management. My role also requires me to work in an AGILE fashion with the client to identify and deliver appropriate Cloud solutions to achieve their strategic goals. This has given me exposure to Devops, private, public and hybrid cloud solutions, Other responsibilities: Process Gap Analysis Process training for fellow Project Managers Process Re-engineering Service Delivery Continuous Improvement Global Delivery Framework Business Process Modelling

IBM

Project Coordinator

IBM

LinkedIn
2011-1 - 2012-1 · 1 yr 1 mo

Melbourne, Australia

Education

Swinburne University of Technology

Swinburne University of Technology

LinkedIn

Finance, General

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