Jonny Gaffney
About Jonny Gaffney
Jonny Gaffney is an Enterprise ISV Account Executive at Yugabyte, where he develops relationships with key ISVs and SaaS organizations across EMEA. He has a background in sales and account management, with previous roles at Workato, ThoughtSpot, and Aforza.
Work at Yugabyte
Jonny Gaffney currently serves as the Enterprise ISV Account Executive for EMEA at Yugabyte. He has been in this role since 2022, focusing on developing customer relationships with key Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) and Software as a Service (SaaS) organizations across the EMEA region. Yugabyte is recognized for its open-source YugabyteDB, a high-performance distributed SQL database designed for cloud-native applications. The database can be deployed across public and private clouds, as well as in Kubernetes environments.
Previous Experience in Sales
Before joining Yugabyte, Jonny Gaffney worked at Workato as a Sales representative for the UK and Ireland from 2020 to 2022. Prior to that, he held the position of Partner Sales Manager for EMEA at ThoughtSpot from 2018 to 2019. His career also includes a role as an Account Executive at Aforza, where he worked in the consumer goods industry from 2019 to 2020. Additionally, he served as a Senior Sales Development Representative at ThoughtSpot for Northern Europe from 2017 to 2018.
Educational Background
Jonny Gaffney completed his A Levels at Bradfield College from 2006 to 2011, achieving grades in Mathematics (A), Economics (A), Physics (B), and Geography (B). He then pursued higher education at Cardiff University, where he studied Economics and Finance, earning a Bachelor of Science (BScEcon) degree from 2011 to 2014.
Early Career Experience
Jonny Gaffney began his professional career as a Procurement Graduate at Jaguar Land Rover, where he worked from 2014 to 2015. Following this role, he served as a Recruitment Consultant at Morgan McKinley from 2015 to 2017. These positions provided him with foundational experience in both procurement and recruitment before transitioning into sales roles.