Mike Demopoulos
Mike Demopoulos

Strategic Partnerships & GTM Leader | Cloud, SaaS, Hosting, Open Source

Open to offers · Member since 25 Sep 2026
Location
Hudson, United States
Desired salary
130k–180k USD/yearly
Work preference
Remote Only / Full Time
Experience level
Lead

About

Professional summary

I help digital agencies make hosting and partnership decisions that still hold up three years later. A decade inside hosting, five years agency-side, and six years on the board of the non-profit behind Joomla gave me a view of the same decision from all three sides. Today I lead partnerships for North America at hosting.com, managing 500+ VIP and enterprise accounts with roughly 90% success on quoted renewal, upgrade, and expansion opportunities. At Codeable I shipped native WP Toolkit integrations into cPanel and Plesk and cut applicant-to-approval time from ~10 months to 3 weeks across 1,000-2,000 applications/month. At InMotion Hosting I sourced ~80% of the qualified M&A opportunities that closed. I lead the Web Hosting & Infrastructure Group in the Forbes Agency Council and write on agency infrastructure for Forbes.com.

Skills

24 capabilities

Tech stack & tools

Working toolkit

Development

Experience

Career history

Partnerships Lead, North America hosting.com

Manage a portfolio of more than 500 VIP and enterprise accounts across North America, driving five-figure monthly recurring revenue growth through renewals, upgrades, and account expansion. Maintain approximately 90% success across quoted renewal, upgrade, and expansion opportunities within six months.

Built and tested targeted partner outreach around major international events, converting agency and MSP outreach into meetings or replies with clear next steps at an approximate 80% rate. Translate between clients, partners, and technical stakeholders to resolve complex issues and advance long-term growth.

Supported organizational restructuring by training 19 incoming customer success managers, transferring customer knowledge, documenting processes, and assisting cross-team transition efforts. Integrated AI-enabled workflows into research, meeting preparation, follow-up, and account planning.

Head of Partnerships Codeable

Expanded company go-to-market strategy by identifying web hosting as a strategic market beyond the initial base of major WordPress hosting partners. Opened access to new customer segments and developed scalable partner-led distribution opportunities.

Led native WP Toolkit integration distribution through cPanel and Plesk, extending reach across hosting ecosystems serving millions of websites. Managed the cPanel and Plesk partner initiative from business case and RFP development through agency selection, testing, rollout, and launch.

Redesigned onboarding processes, reducing applicant-to-approval time from roughly 10 months to three weeks for a flow handling approximately 1,000 to 2,000 applications per month while maintaining quality standards.

Business Development Specialist – Product Evangelist InMotion Hosting / BoldGrid

Sourced approximately 80% of qualified M&A opportunities that ultimately closed, including six- and seven-figure transactions. Built trusted relationships across hosting providers, agencies, partners, and community stakeholders to generate strategic opportunities and market visibility.

Turned major industry events into strategic go-to-market campaigns, frequently booking more than 85 meetings around major events such as CloudFest to improve executive access, partnership development, and event ROI. Extended this strategy across dozens of international events annually.

Supported product adoption through speaking, partner engagement, and visibility for native Plesk and cPanel integrations.

Senior Digital Services Manager MVP Marketing + Design

Lead Developer SPC

Technical Specialist Sengistix

Chief Manager Binary Web Design

Education

Learning history

The Art Institutes Minnesota

Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design

MIT Professional Education

Professional Certificate, No Code AI & Machine Learning

Completed April 2025. Top 1% of cohort.

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