# Hayden Hibberd

GTM @ Cognition | Strategic Sales | Girl Dad  
Cognition  
San Jose, California, United States

## At Cognition

- Role: Account Director - High Tech Majors (Sales/GTM)
- Joined: Mar 2025
- How they joined: With Windsurf (https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/acquisitions/windsurf)
- Before Windsurf: Enterprise Sales Team Lead, Postal by Sendoso
- Overlapped before Cognition with other Cognition people at: Codeium (Windsurf) (https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/worked-together)

## Identity
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hayden-hibberd-296a0a41

## Notes
- Promoted to Strategic Account Executive at Windsurf in Aug 2025; his LinkedIn marks the Windsurf role '**Acquired by Cognition', and he continued as Strategic AE at Cognition from Sep 2025 to Mar 2026 - he came to Cognition through its acquisition of Windsurf. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/hayden-hibberd-296a0a41)
- Joined Codeium (later renamed Windsurf) as an Enterprise Account Executive in March 2025, announcing: "I'm excited to share that I've started a new role as an Enterprise Account Executive at Codeium!" (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/hayden-hibberd-296a0a41_im-excited-to-share-that-ive-started-a-activity-7305685794684293120-Jq2a)
- Windsurf sales leader Ben Jaderstrom listed Hayden among new West/APAC hires 'already making waves in Q2' after West & APAC closed Q1 2025 at 300% of plan, the same post noting Windsurf passed 1M+ active SaaS users. (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/benjaderstrom_%F0%9D%97%AA%F0%9D%97%B5%F0%9D%97%AE%F0%9D%98%81-%F0%9D%97%94-%F0%9D%97%A4%F0%9D%98%82%F0%9D%97%AE%F0%9D%97%BF%F0%9D%98%81%F0%9D%97%B2%F0%9D%97%BF-west-apac-activity-7325531034618396672-7SPC)
- Named Codeium leaders he joined to work with: Henry G., Graham Moreno and CEO/co-founder Varun Mohan ("I'm excited to take on this new challenge with incredible leaders in Henry G., Graham Moreno, Varun Mohan"). (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/hayden-hibberd-296a0a41_im-excited-to-share-that-ive-started-a-activity-7305685794684293120-Jq2a)
- Windsurf/Cognition AE Julian Sheinbaum credited Hayden and Ryan Klaus 'for taking initiative on our GTM tooling strategy and bringing in Lemlist' - a concrete internal contribution beyond quota. (https://www.gtmba.ai/p/150k-to-1m-acv-the-constellation-strategy)
- Spent about five years at Postal (Jun 2020 - Mar 2025): Enterprise AE, then Enterprise Sales Team Lead from Aug 2022; profile notes 'Top Revenue Driver 2022' and that Postal was acquired by Sendoso. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/hayden-hibberd-296a0a41)
- Windsurf/Cognition AE Julian Sheinbaum credited Hayden and Ryan Klaus 'for taking initiative on our GTM tooling strategy and bringing in Lemlist' - a concrete internal contribution beyond quota. (https://www.gtmba.ai/p/150k-to-1m-acv-the-constellation-strategy)
- Was part of the Windsurf enterprise-sales 'goat team' Shannon (Scheel) Kahn named alongside Nate Olson, Chirag Zaveri, Anisa Edalati, Tyler McCormick and Julian Sheinbaum, under leaders Graham Moreno, Jeff Wang, Henry G. and Arif Shenoy. (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/shannonscheel_after-an-incredible-2-year-journey-my-time-activity-7490555965772263424-wsFR)
- Reposted Cognition customer stories for Mercedes-Benz (Devin and Windsurf deployed across global engineering) and Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies (Devin for testing and ticket triage) - automotive/high-tech enterprise logos aligned with his High Tech Majors remit. (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/cognition-ai-labs_mercedes-benz-ag-one-of-the-worlds-most-ugcPost-7454557016456364032-5gYG?utm_source=social_share_send&utm_medium=member_desktop_web&rcm=ACoAAHCgwk8B2dfBl99xMLkVLk_nKvrCoRrOV40)
- Credited Postal colleagues Erik Kostelnik, Jed Danner, Jonathan Zoob and Patricia DuChene for mentorship, and noted part of the group had worked together since TextRecruit in 2016 - a long-running sales cohort that followed one another across companies. (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/hayden-hibberd-296a0a41_im-excited-to-share-that-ive-started-a-activity-7305685794684293120-Jq2a)
- Enterprise AE at iCIMS (Jan 2018 - Jun 2020) with Presidents Club 2019; profile notes iCIMS was acquired by Vista Equity Partners. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/hayden-hibberd-296a0a41)
- Started his career at TextRecruit in Aug 2016 as an SDR, became Sales Development Team Lead (Jan 2017), then SMB AE (May 2017) and was SMB Account Executive of the Year 2017; TextRecruit was acquired by iCIMS and he moved into iCIMS enterprise sales. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/hayden-hibberd-296a0a41)
- Public headline says "GTM @ Cognition | Strategic Sales | Girl Dad". (https://www.linkedin.com/in/hayden-hibberd-296a0a41)
- Public headline says "GTM @ Cognition | Strategic Sales | Girl Dad". (https://www.linkedin.com/in/hayden-hibberd-296a0a41)
- Reposted Cognition's announcement of raising over $2B at a $48B valuation (Sep 2026), showing continued amplification of company milestones. (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/cognition-ai-labs_cognition-has-raised-over-2b-at-a-48b-valuation-activity-7503135806124097536-rwUq?utm_source=social_share_send&utm_medium=member_desktop_web&rcm=ACoAAHCgwk8B2dfBl99xMLkVLk_nKvrCoRrOV40)
- Cognition seller Arif Shenoy thanked Hayden among the colleagues from 'the Windsurf acquisition' era. (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/arif-shenoy-6b296b4_its-been-a-wild-ride-from-the-windsurf-acquisition-activity-7465791700360237056-PfDr)
- Reposted Cognition's SWE-1.7 model launch (Jul 2026) and Scott Wu's $1B-at-$26B raise post (May 2026). (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/cognition-ai-labs_introducing-swe-17-the-most-capable-model-activity-7480649482699714560-5_fc?utm_source=social_share_send&utm_medium=member_desktop_web&rcm=ACoAAHCgwk8B2dfBl99xMLkVLk_nKvrCoRrOV40)
- Promoted Postal's third annual 'Opp-toberfest' at SaaStr with partners Navan, 6sense and Planful in Aug 2023. (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/hayden-hibberd-296a0a41_going-to-saastr-next-week-calling-all-activity-7102789918954840064-39qg?trk=public_profile_like_view)
- Previous roles include Strategic Account Executive at Cognition; Strategic Account Executive at Windsurf; Enterprise Account Executive at Windsurf; Enterprise Sales Team Lead at Postal by Sendoso; Enterprise Account Executive  at Postal by Sendoso; Associate at Revenue Collective; Enterprise Account Executive at iCIMS; SMB Account Executive at TextRecruit, an iCIMS Company. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/hayden-hibberd-296a0a41)
- Education history includes History, Sonoma State University; Communications, Business/Corporate Communications, Mission College; Communications, Business/Corporate Communications, Cabrillo College. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/hayden-hibberd-296a0a41)
- Previous roles include Strategic Account Executive at Cognition; Strategic Account Executive at Windsurf; Enterprise Account Executive at Windsurf; Enterprise Sales Team Lead at Postal by Sendoso; Enterprise Account Executive  at Postal by Sendoso; Associate at Revenue Collective; Enterprise Account Executive at iCIMS; SMB Account Executive at TextRecruit, an iCIMS Company. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/hayden-hibberd-296a0a41)
- Education history includes History, Sonoma State University; Communications, Business/Corporate Communications, Mission College; Communications, Business/Corporate Communications, Cabrillo College. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/hayden-hibberd-296a0a41)
- Was an Associate member of Revenue Collective (later Pavilion), the revenue-leader community, from Nov 2020 to Aug 2022. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/hayden-hibberd-296a0a41)
- Sonoma State 2015 baseball roster includes Hayden Hibberd. (https://sonomaseawolves.com/sports/baseball/roster/hayden-hibberd/2534)
- Location is San Jose, California, United States. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/hayden-hibberd-296a0a41)
- Location is San Jose, California, United States. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/hayden-hibberd-296a0a41)

## Experience
- Account Director - High Tech Majors at Cognition - San Francisco Bay Area (Feb 2026 - Present)
- Strategic Account Executive at Cognition - Mountain View, California, United States (Sep 2025 - Mar 2026)
- Strategic Account Executive at Windsurf - Mountain View, California, United States (Aug 2025 - Sep 2025): **Acquired by Cognition
- Enterprise Account Executive at Windsurf - Mountain View, California, United States (Mar 2025 - Aug 2025)
- Enterprise Sales Team Lead at Postal by Sendoso - San Francisco Bay Area (Aug 2022 - Mar 2025): ** Acquired by Sendoso
** Top Revenue Driver 2022
- Enterprise Account Executive at Postal by Sendoso (Jun 2020 - Aug 2022)
- Associate at Revenue Collective - San Francisco Bay Area (Nov 2020 - Aug 2022)
- Enterprise Account Executive at iCIMS - San Jose, California (Jan 2018 - Jun 2020): ** Acquired by Vista Equity Partners 
** Presidents Club 2019
- SMB Account Executive at TextRecruit, an iCIMS Company - San Francisco Bay Area (May 2017 - Jan 2018): ** Acquired by iCIMS 
** SMB Account Executive of the Year 2017
- Sales Development Team Lead at TextRecruit, an iCIMS Company - San Francisco Bay Area (Jan 2017 - May 2017)
- Sales Development Representative at TextRecruit, an iCIMS Company - San Francisco Bay Area (Aug 2016 - Jan 2017)

## Education
- Sonoma State University - History - (Jan 2014 - Jan 2016): Sonoma State Baseball Team (Division II NCAA)
- Mission College - Communications, Business/Corporate Communications - (Jan 2013 - Jan 2014): Mission College Baseball Team (Junior College)
• Named First Team All Coast Conference 2014
- Cabrillo College - Communications, Business/Corporate Communications - (Jan 2012 - Jan 2013): Cabrillo College Baseball Team (Junior College)

## Sources
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/hayden-hibberd-296a0a41
- https://www.linkedin.com/posts/hayden-hibberd-296a0a41_im-excited-to-share-that-ive-started-a-activity-7305685794684293120-Jq2a
- https://www.linkedin.com/posts/hayden-hibberd-296a0a41_going-to-saastr-next-week-calling-all-activity-7102789918954840064-39qg?trk=public_profile_like_view
- https://www.linkedin.com/posts/arif-shenoy-6b296b4_its-been-a-wild-ride-from-the-windsurf-acquisition-activity-7465791700360237056-PfDr
- https://www.linkedin.com/posts/shannonscheel_after-an-incredible-2-year-journey-my-time-activity-7490555965772263424-wsFR
- https://www.linkedin.com/posts/benjaderstrom_%F0%9D%97%AA%F0%9D%97%B5%F0%9D%97%AE%F0%9D%98%81-%F0%9D%97%94-%F0%9D%97%A4%F0%9D%98%82%F0%9D%97%AE%F0%9D%97%BF%F0%9D%98%81%F0%9D%97%B2%F0%9D%97%BF-west-apac-activity-7325531034618396672-7SPC
- https://www.gtmba.ai/p/150k-to-1m-acv-the-constellation-strategy
- https://athletics.missioncollege.edu/sports/bsb/2013-14/bios/hibberd_hayden_11iz
- https://sonomaseawolves.com/sports/baseball/roster/hayden-hibberd/2534
- https://www.linkedin.com/company/cognition-ai-labs/posts
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/scott-wu-8b94ab96?miniProfileUrn=urn%3Ali%3Afsd_profile%3AACoAABRcyU0B3eVfSh_wWQgM7w3CZRywJOf28G8
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- https://www.linkedin.com/posts/cognition-ai-labs_cognition-has-raised-over-2b-at-a-48b-valuation-activity-7503135806124097536-rwUq?utm_source=social_share_send&utm_medium=member_desktop_web&rcm=ACoAAHCgwk8B2dfBl99xMLkVLk_nKvrCoRrOV40
- https://www.linkedin.com/posts/cognition-ai-labs_introducing-swe-17-the-most-capable-model-activity-7480649482699714560-5_fc?utm_source=social_share_send&utm_medium=member_desktop_web&rcm=ACoAAHCgwk8B2dfBl99xMLkVLk_nKvrCoRrOV40


Researched with Autumn (https://www.autumn.ai) from public sources. Updated 2026-11-04. Profile: https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/hayden-hibberd · Everyone at Cognition: https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people