Gauri Chawla

Gauri Chawla is an advisory board member at Sales Assembly. Gauri was previously with inriver, Kortical, and Showpad. Chawla has over fifteen years of experience in global business development and alliances.

At Showpad, Chawla was responsible for the acquisition and management of partners, pipeline development, and collaboration with sales organization to optimize partnership/alliance value. Gauri created a technology/services ecosystem strategy, structure, and process focused on Tier 1 service partners, Tier 2 agency partners, and technology companies with a focus on CRM, marketing automation, analytics, messaging, and social.

Chawla also designed, launched, and led a global team in managing sales enablement industry’s first partner certification program. In addition, they cultivated relationships with key stakeholders including the C-suite, senior management, sales teams, and technical IT specialists. Chawla conceptualized, developed, and rolled out Showpad’s Women of Showpad diversity initiative.

Prior to their work at Showpad, Chawla spent time at inriver and Kortical. At inriver, they were a project manager responsible for global customer implementations of the company’s Product Information Management (PIM) software. And at Kortical, they served as the Director of Business Development where they were responsible for developing and executing the company’s go-to-market strategy.

Gauri Chawla has a JD from Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University, a Bachelor of Commerce from Queen's University, and is certified from the American Bar Association in the American Bar Association, IP and International Sections.