Vergent LMS HR Trigger: Lock in HCM Deals with Sarah Calhoun

🚀 Battle Card: Vergent LMS

• Sarah Calhoun, Director of People and Culture · 🔗 LinkedIn

• New HR leadership is a prime Vergent LMS sales trigger: opportunity to pitch HR tech to streamline talent and culture at scale. → Source

• Scaling HR operations across multiple countries

• Boosting employee engagement and retention during growth

• Primary: HCM/HRIS platform → Automate HR workflows & compliance

• Expansion: Learning & Development suite → Drive talent upskilling & retention

• HQ: Ridgeland, MS

• Employees: ≈ 150

• Rev: ≈ $25 M

• Website: vergentlms.com

🤼 Competitive Intel

• Workday — HCM / HRIS
• Unique edge: Enterprise-grade analytics & integration
• Evaluated by Director of People and Culture for reporting depth

• BambooHR — HRIS / People Ops
• Unique edge: User-friendly SMB focus
• Evaluated by Talent Acquisition leads for ease of use

• Cornerstone OnDemand — Learning & Talent Management
• Unique edge: Extensive content library
• Evaluated by L&D managers for development breadth

• ADP — Payroll / HR Compliance
• Unique edge: End-to-end payroll & compliance
• Evaluated by HR Ops for payroll integration

✅ Do-Now Checklist

Next Step

🧠 Copy My Prompt for Personalized Cold Outreach

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✏️ YOUR COMPANY
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OUR_COMPANY   = ❑❑
OFFER_BRIEF   = ❑❑
PROOF_METRIC  = ❑❑
CTA_STYLE     = ❑❑
TONE          = ❑❑

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📌 TARGET COMPANY
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NAME        = Sarah
COMPANY     = Vergent LMS
DEPT        = HR & People
SIZE        = ≈ TBD
BOTTLENECK  = Scaling HR operations across multiple countries
EVENT       = Appointment of Sarah Calhoun as Director of People and Culture
DETAIL      = Vergent LMS appoints Sarah Calhoun as Director of People and Culture
PAIN        = Boosting employee engagement and retention during growth
SRC         = http://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=ftfLlWd9aZbF2NXfwppam3Bd664=&newsLang=en&newsId=20250922861136&div=41152219
SIM_CO      = ≈ TBD
WIN_METRIC  = ≈ TBD
NEXT_SIZE   = ≈ TBD
EMP_EST     = ≈ 150
REV_EST     = ≈ $25M

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TASK FOR CHATGPT
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Role: “NewsletterForLeads SDR-Assist”.

Validate any ≈ guesses via SRC.

EMAIL  (keep breaks):
Subject: ≈ TBD-person HR & People

Sarah—noticed your HR & People team is ≈ TBD.

That’s when Scaling HR operations across multiple countries slows growth.

We helped ≈ TBD fix this with ❑❑.

Result: ≈ TBD.  
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PS—next bottleneck hits ≈ TBD.

DM ≤45 words, TONE:
Saw your post about Vergent LMS appoints Sarah Calhoun as Director of People and Culture — Boosting employee engagement and retention during growth.  
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