Steven Birdsall, EVP Global Sales at Qlik

Steven Birdsall

EVP Global Sales

Steven leads Qlik’s worldwide sales organization, including pre-sales, enablement and sales operations. He has over 25 years of technology industry experience in global sales and senior management across many leading software organizations, especially focused on enterprise software, SaaS and digital media.

Prior to Qlik, Steven served as Senior Vice President of HCM Cloud Application Sales at Oracle. Previous to Oracle, Steven was Anaplan’s Chief Revenue Officer, leading the company’s sales organization ahead of and through to IPO. Before Anaplan, Steven served as EVP and CRO at Radial, Inc., helping to position the company for its eventual sale. Steven has also held several executive positions at SAP, including global and regional COO positions around the world, along with several global GM roles. Earlier in his career, Steven served in key executive roles at Hearst, Adobe, Computer Sciences Corp (CSC), and Diebold Inc.

Steven holds a Bachelor of Science degree in economics from the University of Utah and an MBA from Brigham Young University.