Arron Drye

About

Sales leader in HR tech/payroll who rose from Business Consultant to Regional Vice President over 7 years, building several Southeast markets from scratch and now overseeing 7 managers and 63 reps. Stands out for combining hands-on selling, strong hiring instincts, and unusually strong retention while driving rapid growth, including a new Nashville market that ramped to $650K in its launch year and 160% of plan the following year.

Key Strengths

• Built multiple new sales markets from scratch across the Southeast
• Led a large multi-territory sales org with 7 managers and 63 business consultants
• Delivered $3.5M in sales within 4 months against a $5.3M annual quota
• Grew Atlanta into a multimillion-dollar market and South Carolina into a $1M market
• Strong talent selection and retention, with only 5 involuntary exits in leadership
• Scaled Nashville from launch to $650K in partial-year sales, then 160% of plan YTD
• High-performing team leadership with all 7 managers above 100% of plan
• Hands-on coaching approach, including joining calls and continuing to sell personally
• Disciplined pipeline inspection and forecasting using Salesforce
• Ability to win complex enterprise/public-sector-adjacent deals by building executive trust
• Closed a 5-month, 1100-employee government staffing deal worth nearly $600K in admin revenue
• Uses referral/channel ecosystem strategy to accelerate traction in new markets

Skills