209: Forget Stereotypes about Sales and Consider the Career: Kelley Hippler, Chief Revenue Officer, Briefly

2025-08-20

Kelley and I had a great conversation about her sales career - some of the highlights below: As a seasoned Chief Revenue Officer with over 20 years of global commercial leadership experience, Kelley specializes in driving sustainable revenue growth and transforming sales organizations. She is a strategic, data-driven, people-first leader committed to achieving challenging goals through thoughtful planning, relentless execution, and clear communication. She values success, accountability, and perseverance, ensuring ...

Kelley and I had a great conversation about her sales career - some of the highlights below:

As a seasoned Chief Revenue Officer with over 20 years of global commercial leadership experience, Kelley specializes in driving sustainable revenue growth and transforming sales organizations.

She is a strategic, data-driven, people-first leader committed to achieving challenging goals through thoughtful planning, relentless execution, and clear communication. She values success, accountability, and perseverance, ensuring she leads with a strong will to win while empowering others to align with a shared vision and building teams that scale. Kelley thrives in scaling B2B businesses through modernized go-to-market strategies, optimizing operational efficiency, and building high-performing teams. Whether revitalizing mature organizations or starting from scratch, she's consistently delivered top- and bottom-line growth while navigating ambiguity and executing on ambitious targets. Currently, Kelley is Chief Revenue Officer at Briefly Legal, where her leadership spans marketing, business development, and customer success, all with a focus on creating scalable processes and fostering collaboration across functions. During her five years as Chief Sales Officer (CSO) at Forrester Research, her team grew company revenues 51% through organic and inorganic growth, reaching a company high $538m in revenue and $1.13b in market cap.

More about Kelley: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kelley-hippler/

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