Michael Türk
Technology and Customer Growth Leader
Strategic go-to-market leader bridging technology, revenue operations, and customer success at enterprise scale. Built global Solution Engineering organization from zero to 30 people across three continents while maintaining over 90% talent retention.
What Makes Me Different
A rare combination of deep technical expertise, proven sales leadership, and exceptional team-building capabilities that drives measurable business outcomes.
Deep Technical Expertise
Computer Science degree from TU Darmstadt with hands-on development experience building complex e-commerce solutions.
Successfully navigated highly technical discussions with enterprise customers, translating complex architectures into business value.
Recently earned IBM AI Engineering Professional Certificate, deepening expertise in modern AI technologies.
Proven Sales Leadership
Mastered the sales craft through dual roles as agency owner and VP Solution Engineering, winning multiple eight-figure deals.
Built and scaled entire sales teams for success, establishing repeatable methodologies and standardized processes.
Trusted to lead critical conversations with key customers, analysts, and investors when stakes were highest.
Exceptional Leadership
Consistently built, enabled, and retained high-performing teams with multiple leadership levels and 90%+ retention rates.
Scaled organizations from zero to 30+ people across three continents through coaching-led development and clear career progression.
Created cultures where talent thrives, combining performance analytics with genuine investment in individual growth.
The combination is what matters. Technical leaders often lack sales acumen. Sales leaders rarely have deep technical expertise. And few in either category excel at building and retaining world-class teams. This unique intersection enables me to bridge gaps others can't, solve problems others miss, and deliver outcomes that require all three dimensions.
Key Achievements
Built global SE team across 3 continents
Team retention over 6+ years
100+ Closed enterprise deals
Standardized enterprise sales methodologies
IBM AI Engineering Professional Certificate
40+ Keynote presentations at industry events
Strategic contributor to Gartner MQ Leader status
Professional Summary
Expert at architecting cross-functional operating models where product, sales, and customer success align around measurable outcomes, leveraging data and AI to increase forecast accuracy and decision velocity.
Proven ability to combine deep technical expertise with business acumen, from standardized discovery frameworks that compress sales cycles to analyst influence strategies that contributed to Spryker's Gartner Magic Quadrant Leader status.