David Button
About David Button
David Button is the Director East Coast Strategic at SentinelOne, with extensive experience in sales and business development across various tech companies.
Current Role at SentinelOne
David Button serves as the Director East Coast Strategic at SentinelOne, located in Hingham, Massachusetts. In this role, he brings his extensive experience in strategic sales and account management to the East Coast region. His responsibilities include accelerating and closing business deals, with a particular emphasis on high forecast accountability.
Previous Roles
David Button has held several key positions in various organizations. From 2020 to 2022, he was the Director of Northeast Sales-Enterprise at SentinelOne in the Greater Boston Area. Prior to that, he worked at Elastic as Sales Director-Strategic Accounts from 2018 to 2020. Additionally, he served at ObserveIT (acquired by Proofpoint) as Vice President of Americas Sales & Business Development for a year from 2017 to 2018, and prior to that as Senior Director Americas Sales from 2016 to 2017.
Professional Background at Rapid7
David Button had a significant career at Rapid7, holding multiple roles over several years. He started as an Account Executive from 2009 to 2010. He then advanced to Senior Manager of East Sales from 2013 to 2014. Following this, he became the Regional Vice President Northeast from 2014 to 2015 and then Area Vice President East Enterprise from 2015 to 2016 in the Greater Boston Area.
Educational Background
David Button attended Northeastern University, where he studied Communications & Criminal Justice, earning his Bachelor's degree from 2005 to 2009. Prior to that, he completed his secondary education at Concord Carlisle, studying there from 2001 to 2005.
Achievements and Expertise
David Button has a proven track record of closing over $200 million in Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR) from Fortune 500 accounts over the past decade. He achieved Presidents Club status in 2022. His areas of expertise include Competitive Product Displacements, Endpoint Detection & Response, IOT, Incident Detection & Response, SIEM, Operational Logging, and much more. He is known for his passion for mentoring and motivating sales teams, as well as his ability to invest in the success of all levels of the sales organization.