Branden Foote

Branden Foote · Denver, Colorado

GTM consulting and
revenue operations.

Fractional GTM consulting, hands-on systems work, and sales leadership.

Profile

I help founders and revenue leaders set revenue plans and build the CRM, outbound, and sales processes to execute them. Most of my consulting has been with SaaS businesses, alongside work in retail, marketing services, and other technology businesses.

My work combines hands-on systems and analytics with sales leadership at Settle, BILL, Homebase, and Gusto. I build forecasting and capacity models, configure CRM workflows, and develop sales playbooks and coaching programs.

GTM consulting

Trestle Leadership Consulting

Founder and Principal, GTM and Revenue Systems

March 2021 – Present · Fractional

  • Build revenue plans covering forecasting, pacing, quota setting, territory design, and headcount and capacity planning.
  • Develop ICP and lead-scoring models using firmographics, technographics, engagement, and predicted contract value; apply them to account prioritization and territory coverage.
  • Unify marketing and sales workflows, build outbound processes, and coordinate outreach to multiple stakeholders within target accounts.
  • Implement and administer CRM, sales intelligence, and BI tools; use SQL and pipeline analysis for planning and business reviews.
  • Create systems for collecting prospect feedback and feature requests, and design communications for asynchronous teams.
  • Develop sales methodology, playbooks, and coaching programs, and build AI sales assistants.

Selected consulting engagements

  • AI CRM platform: Built the GTM foundation across forecasting, pacing, quota setting, territories, lead scoring, outbound, and sales coaching.
  • Print on demand platform: Rebuilt GTM planning and sales workflows, including account scoring, coordinated outreach, prospect feedback, asynchronous communications, and an AI sales assistant.

Industry experience

  • CPG technology
  • Specialty retail
  • AI compensation and planning
  • AI CRM
  • Social marketing agencies
  • Event technology
  • Local marketplace apps

Sales leadership

Settle

Software Sales Director

April 2024 – August 2025

  • Owned forecasting, business reviews, capacity planning, and territory design alongside inbound, outbound, and enterprise sales leadership.
  • Implemented and administered CRM, sales intelligence, and BI platforms; used SQL and pipeline analysis to support planning and identify revenue risk.
  • Shifted inbound, outbound, and self-serve GTM toward a sales-led motion, improving onboarding and reducing free-trial churn by double-digit percentages.
  • Introduced Speed-to-Lead response SLAs and partnered with product, implementation, and marketing on onboarding, ICP targeting, and priority verticals.
  • Built specialized sales teams and introduced SPICED training, call frameworks, and objection-handling playbooks.

BILL

Senior Sales Manager

January 2023 – October 2023

  • Expanded outbound into velocity sales, delivering 70% year-over-year revenue growth in the segment.
  • Designed targeted outreach using customer insights, increasing conversion rates by 23%; coached Account Executives on deal execution.

Homebase

Senior Manager, SaaS Sales

September 2021 – January 2023

  • Built GTM strategy for core SaaS and enterprise initiatives; led the team to 126% quota attainment.
  • Increased sales conversion by 12% through rep training, sales playbooks, and individual coaching.

Gusto

Senior Manager, Multiple Roles

November 2016 – September 2021

Senior Manager, Customer Success | 2020 - 2021

  • Created a sales-focused revenue center within Customer Success, doubling revenue in six months; developed retention, expansion, and upsell KPIs.

Sales Manager and Senior Sales Associate | 2016 - 2020

  • Scaled the sales organization by 260% through hiring, training, and performance management; recognized as the highest-producing manager in the organization.

Original models

RevPack: forecasting and pacing

DealPack: deal analysis and buyer decisions

HCM: sales headcount and capacity

Education

University of Northern Colorado

Business Administration | Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.)

2011 – 2016

Core competencies

  • GTM Strategy and ICP
  • Forecasting and Planning
  • Territory and Capacity
  • CRM Implementation
  • SQL and BI Analysis
  • Outbound Workflows
  • Salesforce and HubSpot
  • Gong and ZoomInfo
  • Sales Navigator
  • AI Sales Workflows
  • Sales Enablement
  • Leadership and Coaching
Consulting projectsAbout