Marlena Daecher

Marlena Daecher leads North America sales development at OpenAI, building and guiding teams that support the company’s go-to-market work. Previously, she directed sales development at Chainguard and held sales development roles at Okta, progressing from business development into strategic enterprise sales and team leadership.

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Based in: San Francisco

OpenAI

May 2026 — Present

Head of North America Sales Development

Chainguard ⛓️

Jul 2024 — May 2026

Director, Sales Development

Okta

Senior Manager, Strategic Sales Development
May 2022 — Jul 2024
Manager, Strategic Sales Development
Feb 2020 — May 2022
San Francisco, California, United States
Team Lead, Global Sales Development Operations
Aug 2019 — Feb 2020
San Francisco, California, United States
Sales Development, Strategic Enterprise
Oct 2018 — Aug 2019
San Francisco, California, United States
Business Development, Emerging Markets
Jul 2018 — Oct 2018
San Francisco, California, United States

Goldman Sachs

Mar 2017 — Sep 2017

Financial Analyst

Susquehanna International Group

Mar 2016 — Sep 2016

Equity Finance Analyst, Stock Loan Trading

Drexel University

Bachelor's studies in economics

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Marlena Daecher

OpenAI

Chainguard ⛓️

Okta

Senior Manager, Strategic Sales Development

Manager, Strategic Sales Development

Team Lead, Global Sales Development Operations

Sales Development, Strategic Enterprise

Business Development, Emerging Markets

Goldman Sachs

Susquehanna International Group

Drexel University

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