Episode 44 | Ian Spandow | Founder at Spandow House Dog Rescue

Posted on Wednesday, Feb 18, 2026 | Category: Cloud Technology | Series: Exploring the Cloud | Cloud, Technology, Sales, AI, Open Source
Ian Spandow is friends with Bono and U2, a standup comic, a musician, an author, and a dog rescuer. Does it take all of that to be a successful sales trainer? Ian Spandow has built his career as a sales trainer and sales coach at some of the biggest technology companies in the world like Oracle and MongoDB. His ability to engage the trainees is not merely natural report, he goes into detail into a bunch of different techniques that he uses to keep people focused and enjoying the learning the process.

Show Notes

Ian Spandow is friends with Bono and U2, a standup comic, a musician, an author, and a dog rescuer. Does it take all of that to be a successful sales trainer?

Ian Spandow has built his career as a sales trainer and sales coach at some of the biggest technology companies in the world like Oracle and MongoDB. His ability to engage the trainees is not merely natural report, he goes into detail into a bunch of different techniques that he uses to keep people focused and enjoying the learning the process.

Ian also runs a Dog Sanctuary in Grass Valley for dogs that aren’t suitable for the typical shelter environment. His new book ““Rescuing Dogs and Salespeople: Memoir of a Mutt”” is available on Amazon and proceeds from the book help fund the Dog Sanctuary.

Please donate to Ian’s Dog Rescue shelter online at https://spandowhouse.com/

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Links mentioned in the episode:

Ian’s Book ““Rescuing Dogs and Salespeople: Memoir of a Mutt”": https://www.amazon.com/Rescuing-Dogs-Salespeople-Memoir-Mutt/dp/B0F6M2T324

Ian’s Dog Rescue: https://spandowhouse.com/

Guests

Ian Spandow

Ian Spandow

Ian Spandow is a seasoned Enablement Leader & Sales Trainer with extensive global and intercultural expertise and over 30 years of experience.

He has a proven track record of upskilling Sales Teams to high-performance through his unique and somewhat radical sales training.

Ian has held several leadership roles in the technology industry, including Director of Sales Training & Enablement at Riverbed, Senior Director of Sales Training & Enablement at Marin Software, and Director of Training & Development at MongoDB and Global Field Readiness Leader at WalkMe.