At Candescent Strategies we know, based on experience, that effective Revenue Operations boils down to excellence in three core areas: People, Process, and Pipeline.   Whether you are in hyper-growth mode or building to scale, we’ll be your trusted advisor to develop the right strategies, execution plans, and measurement frameworks to beat your targets.

Candescent Strategies has some of the top executives and consulting partners in the San Francisco Bay Area focussed on building best-in-class Marketing, Sales, and Customer Success Teams. We have deep experience in Revenue Operations having worked in some of the  leading tech organizations in the Bay Area, Including Adobe, SolarCity, ClearSlide, TenX, and Tubular Labs.  With a relentless focus on People, Process, and Pipeline, we’ve helped many Revenue Leaders crush their numbers with the right strategies, programs, and execution.



George Erskine
CEO and Managing Partner

George has deep executive experience in RevOps  across high-growth companies such as Adobe, Saba, Propel, Tubular Labs, NetBase, ClearSlide, and SolarCity. 

MBA from Saint Mary’s College of California

BA in History & Philosophy from Western University

Contact: (408) 838-9725

george@candescentstrategies.com

Kim Hargrove
Partner

 Kim has successfully led many teams in the Revenue Operation space.  She’s held leadership positions in RevOps at and Business Systems New Relic, Open Table, Marin Software, and HP Software.

BA in Law and Society from UC Santa Barbara

 Contact: (925) 285-8544

kim@candescentstrategies.com

Anton Belo
Associate Partner

Anton is a seasoned Marketing and Operations leader with 15+ years in B2B and hyper-growth tech companies. He’s been a driving force for multiple successful exits and has led marketing and demand generation teams at Kochava, Embrace, Armory, Drawbridge and Tegile Systems

BA in Business & Finance from Notre Dame de Namur University

 Contact: (650) 863-1643

anton@candescentstrategies.com

Justin Waterman
Associate Partner

Justin is a RevOps leader with deep expertise in go-to-market strategy, commercial planning, M&A, and Analytics.  Justin held Director roles at KPMG and EY-Parthenon and led RevOps at LiveRamp.

MBA from USC Marshall School of Business

BA in Economics & Communication from UC Davis

 Contact: (626) 588-7880

justin@candescentstrategies.com


DARRELL DoDGE
Associate Partner

Darrell is a RevOps professional with a focus on business systems and optimizing tech stacks for scalable growth.  Darrell held Director roles at OCZ Storage Solutions, Ten-X Commercial, and CoStar Group.

MBA from Pepperdine University Graziadio Business School

BS in Foreign Area Studies from West Point

Contact: (919) 522-9810

darrell@candescentstrategies.com