Pearl Chen
Chief Commercial Officer at Xoople
Global commercial executive with 25+ years leading enterprise sales, customer success and go-to-market operations at Microsoft, AWS, Bain & Company, GE Digital and SAP. She joined Earth-data infrastructure company Xoople as chief commercial officer in 2026 to build its commercial engine, and was named to Women We Admire's list of top women chief commercial officers that year.
Key arguments & positions
- Argues revenue comes from relationships, value and trust rather than from the product alone — the basis of her "last mile of AI is human" talk.
- Builds unified commercial engines that join sales, customer success, product and partnerships instead of running them separately.
- Advocates AI-enabled operating models and data-driven decision systems inside commercial teams.
- Focuses on predictable revenue, customer lifetime value, retention and expansion.
Accomplishments
- Chief Commercial Officer at Xoople, an Earth-data infrastructure company, since 2026.
- Named to Women We Admire's Top Women Chief Commercial Officers of 2026.
- Led commercialization through Xoople's $130M Series B, part of $225M raised.
- Previously senior commercial roles at Microsoft, AWS, Bain & Company, GE Digital and SAP across 25+ years.
Papers & key writings
No published articles found; her public thinking appears mainly in her own LinkedIn posts on commercial leadership.
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