René Grajales brings more than 30 years of leadership experience across enterprise, government, and regulated environments. As Chief Market & Strategy Officer at Kofile, he focuses on longer-term revenue growth to include corporate business development, marketing, and customer lifecycle strategy in support of scalable modernization for public-sector partners.
Experience & Growth
Prior to joining Kofile, René spent over a decade working in large Global Fortune 500 companies, serving as Head of Sales Channels and VP of Growth Initiatives and Planning. In these roles, he supported more than $2B in P&L oversight, led strategic sales programs and M&A initiatives, and helped build commercial infrastructure on a global scale. Later in his career, René served as VP of Sales at Staples Business, where he led U.S. and Canadian B2B and B2G national sales, M&A initiatives, and modernized performance systems, improving retention and revenue outcomes.
Strategic Focus
René owns enterprise strategy, corporate business development, marketing, and customer experience execution targeting more than 50,000 government agencies, integrating revenue operations, service delivery, customer communications, and market expansion to accelerate growth, improve retention, and expand market penetration.
Leadership Strengths
René’s leadership approach combines operational discipline, modern sales enablement architecture, and marketing rigor with a clear strategic vision and a strong emphasis on clarity, alignment, and accountability. He builds and empowers high-performing teams that translate corporate goals into scalable go-to-market execution, strengthening revenue performance, improving customer retention, and accelerating market expansion.
Education & Credentials
- B.S., MBA, and post-graduate degrees in Business Administration, Computer Information Sciences, and Marketing: University of Tampa
- Certifications in Change Management & Business Process Redesign: Prosci Institute
- Executive Education: Harvard Business School (HBS)
- Applied Generative AI for Digital Transformation: Massachusetts Institute of Technology