- Joined Cognition
- Jul 2025
- How they joined
- With Windsurf
- Before Windsurf
- MongoDBRegional Director, Acquisition
- Status
- Current
“One of the most common questions I get in candidate interviews is: "Why'd you decide to keep building at Cognition post-Windsurf acquisition?" The answer is simple: Cognition is packed with incredible operators who challenge me every day. … It's not for everyone.”
- Promoted to Director of Sales, Enterprise at Cognition in Feb 2026, tasked with 'Building and scaling Cognition's Enterprise East GTM team' and hiring Account Directors (Enterprise, Emerging Enterprise) and Account Managers.Feb 2026
- Joined Codeium (later Windsurf) in Aug 2024 as GTM Leader and 'Built and scaled Windsurf’s Mid-Market Sales team from the ground up', roughly a year before Cognition acquired Windsurf in July 2025.Aug 2024
- Quoted word for word on X (2026-07-13): 'Why'd you decide to keep building at Cognition post-Windsurf acquisition?' ... 'The answer is simple: Cognition is packed with incredible operators who challenge me every day.'Jul 13, 2026One of the most common questions I get in candidate interviews is: "Why'd you decide to keep building at Cognition post-Windsurf acquisition?" The answer is simple: Cognition is packed with incredible operators who challenge me every day. Former founders, cracked engineers, top sales reps and leaders. Every corner of the business is stacked with impressive people. Surrounding yourself with people who push you every day is one of the many joys of working here. It's not for everyone. But if that's what you're looking for, my DMs are open. We're hiring more A players.
- LinkedIn post (2026-01-28): 'Recently moved to NYC to help build out our GTM team in the new SOHO office' and describes Cognition as 'on track to become the default enterprise coding platform'; the Austin-to-NYC move coincides with his promotion to lead Enterprise East.Jan 28, 2026New year, new challenge! Recently moved to NYC to help build out our GTM team in the new SOHO office. If you’re looking (or know someone looking) to join a company that’s on track to become the default enterprise coding platform, shoot me a DM. We’re building our Enterprise Sales team in NYC, Austin, and San Francisco.
- Stayed through Cognition's July 2025 acquisition of Windsurf, holding a GTM Leader title at Cognition (Austin, TX) from Jul 2025 before the 2026 promotion; the Windsurf to Cognition path is how he arrived at Cognition.Jul 2025
- Codeium's sales leader Graham Moreno named him among leaders he was 'Proud to be building with A players like Lori Lipscomb, Dave Frankel, Sandeep Shah, and Sebastian Cañizares' in a Q3 2024 recap that also cited Codeium's $150M Series C.Nov 7, 2024
- At MongoDB (Feb 2022 to Aug 2024) he was Regional Director, Acquisition, leading a North America new-business team: built it from 1 rep to 5 in FY23, grew to 7 with '#1 NA Team for NL's & NARR' in FY24, and logged '4x HT RD of the Quarter / 2x NA RD of the Quarter'.Feb 2022
- Featured in MongoDB's 'Corporate Sales at MongoDB: Meet the Reps' (2021-12-20) as Sr. Corporate Account Executive in Austin, saying MongoDB sold him on 'The “Sales MBA”', leadership and market opportunity after he 'felt I had reached a personal sales career plateau'.Dec 20, 2021
- Joined MongoDB in Aug 2019 as Cloud Account Executive (Atlas, supporting North, Central and South America), then Corporate AE (May 2020) and Senior AE (Aug 2021) with 144% NACV attainment and Excellence Club in FY22.Aug 2019
- Started his career at Austin PR-analytics startup TrendKite (Jul 2017 to Jul 2019), rising from SDR (2x SDR of the Month) to Senior Account Executive; TrendKite was acquired by Cision in January 2019, so Windsurf was his second acquisition-exit experience.Jul 2017
- Public headline says "GTM Leadership @ Cognition".
- Replied 'mama, I made it' to Cognition engineer Jared Zoneraich's 2026-09-16 post about Devin scheduling customer onsites under the company value 'Everyone is GTM', a hint that sales-side workflows he is part of are being automated by Devin.Sep 16, 2026
Building and scaling Cognition's Enterprise East GTM team Hiring for: - Account Director, Enterprise - Account Director, Emerging Enterprise - Account Manager, Enterprise DM me if you're a top-performing enterprise seller looking to build something special
Cognition acquired Windsurf July 2025
Built and scaled Windsurf’s Mid-Market Sales team from the ground up Acquired by Cognition July 2025
Led a team of sellers focusing strictly on New Business Acquisition in North America FY '25 - 2 rep promotions / Q1 - 248% / Q2 - 105% FY '24 - 3 rep promotions / Grew team to 7 / #1 NA Team for NL's & NARR / #2 WW Team for NL's & NARR FY '23 - Built team from 1 rep to 5 / Countless lessons learned 4x HT RD of the Quarter / 2x NA RD of the Quarter
As an Account Executive at MongoDB, I owned a hybrid sales model of acquiring net new business, growing an account base, selling professional services, and handling renewals. In addition to the closing role, I mentored other Account Executives, led group/team trainings, and developed skill sets that enabled me to become a sales leader. FY '21: 113% NACV attainment / 225% New Logo attainment / Excellence Club FY '22: 144% NACV attainment / 160% New Logo attainment / Excellence Club Logos I'm most proud of: - MURAL - Box - Storyblocks
Enabling companies and users to help them achieve their strategic initiatives within MongoDB Atlas. Supporting North, Central, and South America
As an Account Executive at TrendKite*, I owned an end-to-end inside sales cycle from prospecting to close. Additionally, I set and executed product demos on a daily basis, trained/mentored other team members, and exclusively focused on bringing in new logos. Logos I'm Most Proud of: - StockX - JConnelly - Chapman University - Global Lyme Alliance - William Paterson University *Aquired by Cision in January 2019
One of the most common questions I get in candidate interviews is: "Why'd you decide to keep building at Cognition post-Windsurf acquisition?" The answer is simple: Cognition is packed with incredible operators who challenge me every day. Former founders, cracked engineers, top sales reps and leaders. Every corner of the business is stacked with impressive people. Surrounding yourself with people who push you every day is one of the many joys of working here. It's not for everyone. But if that's what you're looking for, my DMs are open. We're hiring more A players.
New year, new challenge! Recently moved to NYC to help build out our GTM team in the new SOHO office. If you’re looking (or know someone looking) to join a company that’s on track to become the default enterprise coding platform, shoot me a DM. We’re building our Enterprise Sales team in NYC, Austin, and San Francisco.
linkedin.com/posts/scanizares_account-director-enterprise-east-activity-7422281414206971904-Cpv6notedmama, I made it
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