About

The practitioner behind the practice

25+ years building and scaling B2B sales organizations. Twice recognized at the Gartner Magic Quadrant level. Still doing the work.

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Steve Schilling
Managing Partner — Sales Tech Partners & Growth Orbit
2× Gartner Magic Quadrant HubSpot Gold Partner MBA — Georgia State University Atlanta, GA · US & Europe

From Insight to Impact

I've spent 25+ years in B2B sales leadership — not consulting about it, actually running it. From early-stage startups to companies that made the Gartner Magic Quadrant twice, I've built sales organizations, chosen the technology, made the implementation mistakes, and figured out what actually works.

Sales Tech Partners exists because I kept seeing the same problem: companies spending serious money on Salesforce and HubSpot and getting almost nothing back. Not because the platforms were wrong — because the strategy wasn't built first, and nobody mapped the sales motion before the system was configured.

My work through Growth Orbit gave me the pipeline generation side. Sales Tech Partners gives me the technology advisory side. Together they cover the full GTM stack — and clients who need both can access both, without the typical agency hand-off problem.

I work with CROs, VP Sales, and RevOps leaders who are tired of being told that the solution is more features. Sometimes the answer is less technology, configured better, with a clear process behind it.

2023–Now

Managing Partner — Sales Tech Partners

CRM implementation, sales tech stack advisory, and AI integration for B2B SaaS companies.

2018–Now

Managing Partner — Growth Orbit, LLC

B2B sales growth programs, pipeline generation, and fractional sales leadership.

2011–Now

Managing Partner — S2 Ventures, LLC

Investment and advisory work across B2B technology companies.

Prior

25+ Years B2B Sales Leadership

Senior executive roles across SaaS, cloud services, and telecom — twice placing companies in Gartner's Magic Quadrant (Leadership & Visionary categories).

1988–1991

MBA International Business

Georgia State University, Atlanta

Principles we don't compromise on

Senior Practitioners Only

The person on your call is the person doing the work. No hand-offs to juniors. No offshore delivery teams. Every engagement is led by someone who has actually run a sales organization at scale.

Diagnosis Before Prescription

We do a stack audit before we recommend anything. We've seen too many companies pushed into platforms they didn't need. We'll tell you if your current system is the problem — or if it's the process.

Outcomes, Not Deliverables

We're not done when the implementation is "complete." We're done when your team is using the system, your pipeline is visible, and you can see the impact in your forecast. We measure results, not documents.

Honest About Scope

We work with companies between $5M–$100M ARR. We're not the right partner for every situation. If you need enterprise-scale delivery, we'll tell you. If you need a quick fix, we'll tell you that too.

Also need pipeline generation?

Growth Orbit is our B2B sales growth practice — outsourced SDR/BDR programs, lead generation, and fractional sales leadership for companies that need more pipeline alongside better systems. Sales Tech Partners handles the technology layer. Growth Orbit handles the execution layer. They're designed to work together.

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Growth Orbit, LLC
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30 minutes. We'll assess your biggest CRM or tech stack gap and tell you exactly what we'd do about it — no pitch, no obligation.