Our Advisory Board

Meg is an award winning Sales Engineer with 10 years of SaaS experience.  Her career includes roles in leadership, coaching, and customer success. Meg is based in Texas and brings a passion for Sales Engineer enablement providing support and motivation essential for maintaining momentum and achieving goals.

Sachin Wadhawan, like many others, stumbled into a sales engineering role and discovered a profession that felt like his true calling. He has dedicated the past 2 decades to building and growing high-performing sales engineering teams while raising awareness of the significant influence and impact this profession has on a company’s success. In his recently published book, Trust Your SE, Sachin explains, Sales Engineering is about more than just technical skills, it’s about building trust with your prospects, customers, and internal stakeholders. Sales Engineering is a growing field with endless opportunities. Whether you’re coming from a technical background or transitioning from another role, Trust Your SE will give you the tools and confidence to succeed.

Pat’s passion lies in strategy and sales in System Integration domain – He has pursued this passion by helping customers in Oil & Gas, Energy, Construction, Chemicals, Mining and Heavy Industrial Manufacturing and Automation Industries. His career includes end to end System Integration, Industrial IOTs, Data & AI, Technology Transformations and delivery on complex mega-projects.   
 
Equipped with deep industry background, robust understanding of the investor, economic and policy requirements – Pat takes pride in providing clients with the best in industry support through Automation Solutions, Cloud Technology and Cybersecurity products, platforms and services. 

Luis Armando lives in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico and has over 7 years of industrial technical sales experience specializing in material handling solutions and over 15 years of general sales experience. Luis is the NAASE Ambassador for Mexico. During his career, he has trained and developed sales engineers in Mexico. He is currently enrolled in a PhD program where he is conducting research focused on the soft skills needed for sales engineers. He has also specialized in mentoring and training other sales engineers.

Sandra is an experienced leader and sales professional at the intersection of global business development and sales, specializing in science and technology-driven sectors such as life sciences, oil & gas, EPCM, and industrial manufacturing. With over two decades of experience, her value as an Execution Strategist, Solutions Architect, and Tactical Partner showcases a career marked by adaptive leadership and crafting impactful solutions that transcend conventional boundaries. Beyond her corporate journey, Sandra has dedicated years to volunteering for professional not-for-profit associations, serving in capacities such as director, program chair, and finance. Now, as an Advisor to the Board of the National Association of Sales Engineers (NAASE), Sandra’s commitment goes further than industry expertise. Collaborating with NAASE, she aims to contribute insights, foster collective growth, and shape a future where innovation and collaboration redefine the value of sales engineers.

Mary Carter is an experienced sales engineering leader, someone who helps the sales team close deals by demystifying the technical side of things. She currently combines technical expertise with sales savvy as the Global Solutions Engineering Manager at GoCardless, a global leader in bank payments that serves over 80,000 businesses worldwide. Mary has led software implementations for Fortune 500 companies, startups, and large organizations to improve their internal processes and increase productivity. When she’s not working with clients she enjoys traveling, spending time with family, and writing.

Ryan Bivinetto is a Sales Engineering Manager, Global at BlackBerry Radar in California, where he helps fleet and telematics customers turn operational data into decisions that keep assets moving. A former EMT and electrician who later worked in fleet maintenance before entering presales, he brings an operations-first perspective to software, analytics, and product strategy. At Radar, he supports enterprise deals, serves on the Radar Product Council, and has led analytics and maintenance initiatives that surface new revenue and reduce overdue service events.

Recognized as the 2025 NAASE Sales Engineer of the Year, after being nominated by 18 peers, Ryan is known for building reusable demo frameworks and SE toolkits, mentoring Future Leaders cohorts, and creating a strong coaching culture on every team he joins. As an Advisor to the NAASE Board, he focuses on practical ways Sales Engineers can combine repeatable impact, hands-on innovation, and community mentoring to raise the bar for the profession.

Damian Hanna served as the president of the North American Association of Sale Engineers from Jan. 2022- Jan. 2024. 

Damian is based out of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania with over 23 years of technical software sales experience.  His focus over the past 12 years has been in a leadership capacity, running large PreSales Engineering organizations across the US East Coast.  Prior to this, he has held roles ranging from Integration consultant to Sales Engineer, at both the integrator and vendor levels respectively.  Damian has been fortunate enough throughout his career, to gain experience across all vertical industries.

Adam is based out of the Denver, Colorado region, specializing in software and
professional services sales of data analytics, business intelligence and cloud application
solutions. He began his career as a Sales Engineer and has since moved into
management positions, leading a team of technical sellers and solution consultants.