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At Best Startup US we track over 1,000,000 US startups and over 3 million people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top United States based President operating in the Sales space. If you think a President is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.us.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Rob Forman
Co-Founder, President & Chief Strategy Officer of Salesloft
Rob Forman is a co-founder, president, and chief strategy officer at SalesLoft. Prior to this, Rob spent over two years at HireIQ Solutions as a co-founder and CTO.
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About Salesloft: Salesloft helps thousands of the world’s most successful selling teams drive more revenue with The Modern Revenue Workspace™.
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Bharath Yadla
VicePresident of Workato
Seasoned Executive with 20+ years of experience in building Customer Success teams, Disruptive Products, Solutions & for Start-Up & high-growth companies. Key expertise includes building groundup & managing Customer Success, Product Management & Strategy, and Partner Enablement for StartUps & high-growth companies Key Technology & Domain expertise includes building solutions in the areas of SaaS / Cloud Integration, SOA & Middleware, Retail Bigdata Analytics, Relevance & Personalization technologies Read more: http://insights.wired.com/bharathyadla
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About Workato: Workato is an enterprise automation platform that helps organizations work faster and smarter without compromising governance and security.
Jason Rimokh
President of Signal Brands
With more than 15 years of experience, Jason Rimokh’s passion, leadership and operational insight has strengthened Signal Brands’ culture of handbag design. Along with his father, Jack, he has expanded the company to new markets and enhanced its product portfolio. Jason is responsible for the company’s global presence and oversees its corporate relations.
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About Signal Brands: Signal Brands is a manufacturer, distributor of licensed fashion handbags, small leather goods and luggage.
Hannah Budreski
Vice President Marketing Communications of Endurance International Group
Hannah Budreski is Vice President of Marketing at Endurance International Group, a technology company focused on helping small businesses around the world and whose family of brands includes Constant Contact, Bluehost, HostGator, and Domain.com. During her 20 year career, Hannah has honed her skills at building brands, driving demand, and helping customers meet their milestones. Deeply passionate about small business, Hannah is accomplished at adding value for customers at all stages of their journey from those just starting out to established and expanding businesses.
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About Endurance International Group: Endurance International Group provides small businesses with the products and technology they need to enhance their online presence.
Kathy Coover
Executive Vice President of Isagenix International
In 1992, Kathy Coover left her career as a dental hygienist in search of a way to spend more time with her family and contribute to others on a greater scale. Kathy went on to become a top earner in three separate network marketing companies, generating millions in income and helping tens of thousands of entrepreneurs achieve success. Remaining focused on her aspirations to positively impact the lives of others, Kathy joined her husband, Jim, and together they co-founded Isagenix. They set out to build a network marketing company that would be different than all the rest, founded on integrity, passion, and collaboration. Kathy is a nationally recognized and respected leader who has translated her personal successes into training and support systems that have helped create physical and financial freedom for countless Isagenix Associates.
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About Isagenix International: Isagenix International LLC is a multilevel marketing company that markets dietary supplements and personal care products.
David Graf
Chief Executive Officer & President of TRANZACT
As TRANZACT’s lead executive since 2003, David ensures that the company’s philosophies and strategies, which are based on clear, open and honest communications with corporate partners, suppliers, clients and employees, are in place during every process and at every level. Before joining TRANZACT, David was President of Mosaic Performance Solutions North America (formerly Paradigm Direct), a direct marketing services company and a wholly owned subsidiary of Mosaic Group, Inc. Mr. Graf co-founded Paradigm Direct in 1997, which became part of Mosaic in December 2000.
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About TRANZACT: MG LLC, a provider of sales and marketing services to insurance companies that does business as Tranzact
Andy Nelson
Executive Vice President of TRANZACT
Since 2003, Andy has been the co-manager of TRANZACT’s Insurance Division, focusing on the division’s marketing efforts. He has spent his entire career in direct marketing and has deep expertise in both digital and offline channels. Previously, Andy worked as Senior VP of Cross Media, an integrated direct marketing company, where he ran the company’s publishing vertical and managed its strategic relationships with leading online companies, ad networks and publishers. Previously, Andy held various leadership positions in the direct marketing industry, including President of RMS, a multi-channel marketing services company.
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About TRANZACT: MG LLC, a provider of sales and marketing services to insurance companies that does business as Tranzact
Robert Khodadadian
President & CEO of Skyline Properties
Robert Khodadadian is proven commercial real estate broker. He has been involved in almost every realm of the real estate industry since he was 20. He has been involved with several leading real estate firms, including Massey Knakal Realty Services and Eastern Consolidated. All through his career, Khodadadian has contributed in the sale of hundreds of properties across Manhattan, Queens, Long Island, the Bronx and other areas, with a diverse range of commercial and residential listings. He has been involved in all aspects of New York’s wide-ranging real estate properties, from multi-family homes to retail stores, offices, SRO’s, IMD’s, retail condos and hotels, as well as investment opportunities including shares, partnership interests, loans and note sales.
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About Audilar, kentstruction, Miren.Co Commercial Real Estate Brokerage, Skyline Properties: Commercial Real Estate Investment Sales
Tim Tompkins
Vice President & Deputy Chief Information Security Officer of CVSHealth
Vice President & Deputy Chief Information Security Officer at CVS Health.
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About CVSHealth: CVS Health provides an integrated healthcare services offering for its members.
David Casey
President, Board of Directors of CVSHealth
David Casey serves as Vice President, Workforce Strategies and Chief Diversity Officer for CVS Health. Casey joined the company in 2010 and is responsible for developing and driving diversity and engagement strategies across the company. He is also focused on ensuring that diversity and inclusion are embedded in CVS Health’s recruitment, talent development, performance management and succession planning efforts. In prior roles, Casey was Chief Diversity Officer at WellPoint, where he led the development and execution of enterprise-wide strategies to leverage diversity management for the workforce, workplace and marketplace. Casey was also a Regional Director of Business Development for Bernard Hodes Group, where he consulted with regional, national and international clients. Casey is a veteran of the United States Marine Corps and served in Operation Desert Storm. Casey has a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration from Indiana Wesleyan University.
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About CVSHealth: CVS Health provides an integrated healthcare services offering for its members.
Jonathan C. Roberts
President Caremark Pharmacy Services and Executive Vice President of CVS Caremark Caremark of CVSHealth
President Caremark Pharmacy Services and Executive Vice President of CVS Caremark Caremark at CVS Caremark Corporation
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About CVSHealth: CVS Health provides an integrated healthcare services offering for its members.
Papatya Tankut
Vice President, Pharmacy Affairs of CVSHealth
Papatya Tankut is Vice President of Pharmacy Affairs for CVS Health. Tankut is responsible for engaging with nonprofit, governmental and health-based organizations to expand CVS Health’s efforts to improve and enhance pharmacy care. Tankut began her career as a pharmacist at CVS/pharmacy in 1994. She has held various positions within the organization, including Vice President of Pharmacy Professional Services; Director, Pharmacy Recruiting and Professional Relations; and Manager of Professional and College Relations. In those roles she helped develop the company’s pharmacist recruitment strategies and initiatives, and oversaw the regulatory compliance, quality assurance and patient safety, and retail clinical services departments. Tankut graduated from the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy.
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About CVSHealth: CVS Health provides an integrated healthcare services offering for its members.
Eileen Howard Boone
SVP of Corporate Social Responsibility & Philanthropy, President of CVS Health Foundation of CVSHealth
Eileen Howard Boone is Senior Vice President, Corporate Social Responsibility and Philanthropy, for CVS Health. In this role, she leads a team responsible for implementing the company’s philanthropic and CSR programs. Howard Boone is also President of the CVS Health Foundation, the private foundation of CVS Health. In this role, she oversees the foundation’s charitable giving and is responsible for creating and managing strategic partnerships with non-profit organizations that share in the Foundation’s commitment to provide greater access to health care in communities nationwide. Previously, she served as Senior Vice President of Corporate Communications and Community Relations for the company and led media relations, internal communications and events for ten years. During that time, one of her most significant accomplishments was establishing CVS Health All Kids Can, a signature philanthropic program committed to making life easier for children of all abilities. Prior to joining CVS Health, she gathered a wide range of executive-level experience at JP Morgan, Talbots and Office Depot. Howard Boone is a graduate of the College of the Holy Cross and received her MBA from Fordham University.
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About CVSHealth: CVS Health provides an integrated healthcare services offering for its members.
Stephen J. Gold
Executive Vice President & Chief Information Officer of CVSHealth
Stephen Gold is Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer for CVS Health. In this role since July 2012, Gold is the company’s senior technology executive and has responsibility for all information systems and technology operations, including information technology strategy, application development, technology infrastructure, and business and technology operations. A seasoned executive with more than 30 years of information systems management experience, Gold was previously Senior Vice President and CIO for Avaya, guiding all aspects of the company’s technology strategy, as well as leading IT business operations and systems globally. Prior to joining Avaya, Gold was the Executive Vice President, Chief Information Officer and Corporate Chief Technology Officer for GSI Commerce. At GSI, Gold was responsible for product development, product marketing, systems architecture, product engineering and technology operations for one of the nation’s premier eCommerce solutions providers, supporting brands such as Toys R Us, Polo, BCBG, Estee Lauder, Kate Spade and all major sports leagues. Gold holds an undergraduate degree in computer science from Saint John’s University and currently serves as a member of their advisory board.
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About CVSHealth: CVS Health provides an integrated healthcare services offering for its members.
Robert (Rocky) O. Kraft
Executive Vice President of CVSHealth
Rocky Kraft is the President at Omnicare Inc.
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About CVSHealth, Omnicare, Omnicare: CVS Health provides an integrated healthcare services offering for its members.
Troyen Brennan, M.D.
Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer of CVSHealth
Troyen A. Brennan, M.D., M.P.H., is Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer of CVS Health. In this role, Brennan provides oversight for the development of CVS Health’s clinical and medical affairs and health care strategy, as well as the company’s MinuteClinic and Accordant Health Care businesses. Previously, Brennan was Chief Medical Officer of Aetna Inc., where he was responsible for clinical policies, as well as Aetna’s full range of clinical operations, disease management programs and patient management services. Prior to that, Brennan served as president and CEO of Brigham and Women’s Physicians Organization. In his academic work, he was Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Professor of Law and Public Health at Harvard School of Public Health. Brennan received his M.D. and M.P.H. degrees from Yale Medical School and his J.D. degree from Yale Law School. He has a Master’s Degree from Oxford University, where he was a Rhodes Scholar. He earned a BS from Southern Methodist University. He completed his internship and residency in internal medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital. He is a member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences.
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About CVSHealth: CVS Health provides an integrated healthcare services offering for its members.
Trevor Templar
Chief Executive Officer & President of Aviso
Trevor has a 22 year track record of executing rapid revenue growth for leaders in the SaaS and Enterprise software space. He has built high-performance teams that deliver customer value to the enterprise space. Prior to joining CipherCloud, Templar served as Area Vice President, Enterprise Sales at Salesforce.com where he led one of the company’s largest revenue-generating business groups with multiple years of 100% plus revenue growth. During this time, Salesforce.com’s revenue grew from $1B to over $4B. Trevor has also held sales and sales leadership roles at Oracle, Baan and PTC where he led some of their largest enterprise relationships. Trevor has a dual masters in MIS and Accounting from Arizona State University. He also has a bachelors in mathematics and economics from St Xavier’s
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About Aviso: AI-Driven Sales Forecasting and Pipeline Management
Ravi Suryanarayan
Vice President, Global Customer Success of Aviso
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About Aviso: AI-Driven Sales Forecasting and Pipeline Management
Utkarsh Contractor
Vice President of Artificial Intelligence of Aisera
Utkarsh Contractor is the Director of AI at Aisera, where he leads the data science team working on machine learning and artificial intelligence applications in the fields of Natural Language Processing and Vision. He is also pursuing his graduate degree at Stanford University, focussing his research and experiments on computer vision, using CNNs to analyze surveillance scene imagery and footages. Utkarsh has a decade of industry experience in Information Retrieval and Machine Learning working at companies such as LinkedIn and AT&T Labs.
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About Aisera: Aisera provides AI-driven service solution that automates operations and support for IT, human resources, sales, and customer service.
Earl Hesterberg
President, Chief Executive Officer & Director of Group 1 Automotive
Mr. Earl J. Hesterberg, Jr has been the President and Chief Executive Officer of Group 1 Automotive Inc. since April 9, 2005. Mr. Hesterberg served as a Group Vice President of North America Marketing, Sales and Service for Ford Motor Co. from October 1, 2004 to April 11, 2005. Prior to joining Group 1 Automotive, he held various senior executive level sales, marketing, general management, operations and customer service positions in the United States and Europe.
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About Group 1 Automotive: Group 1 Automotive owns and operates about 130 franchises at approximately 100 dealerships, as well as about 25 collision service centers
James R. Druzbik
Vice President, Information Systems of Group 1 Automotive
James R. Druzbik has served as Group 1’s Vice President of Information Systems since November 2006. Since joining the Company in September 1999, he held the positions of Director of Information Systems from November 2002 – November 2006 and e-Commerce Manager from September 1999 – November 2002. Prior to joining Group 1, Druzbik served in various management , sales, operating and information systems roles with both Dealer Solutions and an automotive dealership. He earned a bachelors degree from the University of Houston.
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About Group 1 Automotive: Group 1 Automotive owns and operates about 130 franchises at approximately 100 dealerships, as well as about 25 collision service centers
Peter C. DeLongchamps
Senior Vice President of Group 1 Automotive
Peter C. DeLongchamps has served as Group 1’s Vice President, Manufacturer Relations, Financial Services and Public Affairs since January 2012. He previously served as Group 1’s Vice President, Manufacturer Relations and Public Affairs from January 2006 through December 2011, and as Vice President, Manufacturer Relations from July 2004 through December 2005. Mr. DeLongchamps began his automotive retailing career in 1980, having served as District Manager for General Motors Corporation and Regional Operations Manager for BMW of North America, as well as various other management positions in the automotive industry. Immediately prior to joining Group 1 in 2004, he was President of Advantage BMW, a Houston-based automotive retailer. Mr. DeLongchamps also serves on the Board of Directors of Junior Achievement of Southeast Texas.
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About Group 1 Automotive: Group 1 Automotive owns and operates about 130 franchises at approximately 100 dealerships, as well as about 25 collision service centers
John C. Rickel
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Group 1 Automotive
John C. Rickel was appointed Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in December 2005. From 1984 until joining Group 1, Mr. Rickel held a number of executive and managerial positions of increasing responsibility with Ford Motor Company, a global manufacturer and distributor of cars, trucks and automotive parts. He most recently served as Controller, Ford Americas, where he was responsible for the financial management of Ford’s western hemisphere automotive operations. Immediately prior to that, he was Chief Financial Officer of Ford Europe, where he oversaw all accounting, financial planning, information services, tax and investor relations activities. From 2002 to 2004, Mr. Rickel was Chairman of the Board of Directors of Ford Russia, and a member of the Board of Directors and the Audit Committee of Ford Otosan, a publicly traded automotive company located in Turkey and owned 41% by Ford.
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About Group 1 Automotive: Group 1 Automotive owns and operates about 130 franchises at approximately 100 dealerships, as well as about 25 collision service centers
Frank Grese Jr.
Senior Vice President, Human Resources, Training, and Operations Support of Group 1 Automotive
Frank Grese Jr. was appointed the Senior Vice President of Human Resources, Training, and Operations Support in February 2016. Previously, he served as a Regional Vice President since January 2006 and served as the Platform President of Group 1 Atlanta from December 2004 – December 2005. After graduating from the University of Georgia, he began his automotive career in the Ford Management Training Program in 1974. Following Ford, he joined Nissan where he ultimately held the position of National Dealer Advertising Manager. In 1986, Grese left the manufacturer side of the business and began working in various executive positions, including chief operating officer and district president, with large public and private dealer groups. He last served as Director of Dealership Operations, working extensively with underperforming stores, for a large private dealer group
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About Group 1 Automotive: Group 1 Automotive owns and operates about 130 franchises at approximately 100 dealerships, as well as about 25 collision service centers
Ronald W. Barnhill
Vice President – Taxes of Group 1 Automotive
Ronald W. Barnhill has served as Group 1’s Vice President – Taxes since January 2011. He previously held the position of Director of Taxation from March 2005 – January 2011. Prior to joining Group 1, Barnhill served as Director of Tax Reporting and Compliance for Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corporation. He previously worked for 13 years with the Tax Department of the public accounting firm KPMG, LLC. He is a Certified Public Accountant.
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About Group 1 Automotive: Group 1 Automotive owns and operates about 130 franchises at approximately 100 dealerships, as well as about 25 collision service centers
Blake Moret
President & Chief Executive Officer of Rockwell Automation
Blake Moret Chairman and Chief Executive Officer at Rockwell Automation
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About Rockwell Automation, Rockwell Automation: Rockwell Automation specializes in industrial automation and information, makes its customers more productive.
Susan Schmitt
Senior Vice President of Human Resources of Rockwell Automation
Susan Schmitt is the SVP Human Resources at Rockwell Automation, a Fortune 500 global technology and engineering company with 22,500 employees serving customers in 80+ countries. Schmitt leads the global HR team and sets the strategic HR direction drawing on her global experience. Her expertise includes building leadership capability and organization effectiveness to create a healthy and vital company. Schmitt also serves as the company’s executive sponsor for the Insider Risk Management program. Susan holds a master’s degree in industrial/organizational psychology from Illinois State University and a bachelor of arts degree in psychology and French from Albion College. Additionally, she attended the University of Grenoble in France and lived and worked in the United Kingdom.
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About Rockwell Automation: Rockwell Automation specializes in industrial automation and information, makes its customers more productive.
Joe Sousa
President, Asia Pacific of Rockwell Automation
Joe Sousa, president of the Latin America region, leads the commercial and selling activities in Mexico, Central and South America. He is responsible for growing market share and leading our business operations in Latin America. Joe joined Rockwell Automation in 1988 as a sales engineer and has held numerous roles of increasing responsibility in our Global Sales and Marketing organization. Prior to his current role, Joe was regional vice president, Western Region, North America Sales; he was responsible for driving sales growth and market share in the Western U.S., which was comprised of six districts. He has also served as district manager for the Northeast District; Boston team lead; and New England branch manager. In his time with Rockwell Automation, Joe has excelled at building high-performance teams, developing leaders, and strong sales execution. Joe has an MBA and a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, both from the University of Rhode Island.
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About Rockwell Automation: Rockwell Automation specializes in industrial automation and information, makes its customers more productive.
Lee Tschanz
Global Vice President Enterprise Accounts CPG & LS of Rockwell Automation
Lee Tschanz, vice president, North America Sales, Global Sales and Marketing at Rockwell Automation provides leadership and strategic direction for the sales force in the North America region. He is responsible for driving the North American Accelerated Growth Sales Model, current growth initiative performance while positioning the sales organization for future accelerated growth and improved sales force effectiveness. Global Sales and Marketing (GSM) is the company’s customer-facing organization, bringing together global Sales regions, Channels and Marketing, Customer Care, Customer Experience, Sales Operations and focused selling resources for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), Global Accounts, and Oil and Gas. With more than 30 years of experiences and a diverse background in the automation and control industry, Lee brings a wealth of expertise to his current role. He originally joined the sales organization at Rockwell Automation in 1993. He has since held numerous positions of increasing responsibility and leadership, including regional vice president, Western region; district manager, Milwaukee; regional channel manager; industry account manager; and senior account sales engineer. Prior to joining the company, Lee held a variety of roles ranging from product development engineering, product maintenance engineering and manufacturing support engineering, as well as engineering management roles at industry-leading companies such as Honeywell, Square D and Allen-Bradley. In 1983, he was awarded a patent for a coil assembly apparatus for an IEC contactor at Square D. Lee holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from University of Wisconsin-Platteville and an MBA from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
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About Rockwell Automation: Rockwell Automation specializes in industrial automation and information, makes its customers more productive.
John G.
Senior Vice President, Enterprise Accounts and Software of Rockwell Automation
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About Rockwell Automation: Rockwell Automation specializes in industrial automation and information, makes its customers more productive.
Dan Burkland
President of Five9
Dan is responsible for all sales and business development activities for the enterprise and mid-markets for Five9. He has a strong track-record and over 20 years of experience building successful sales organizations for contact center and other voice applications companies. Prior to Five 9, Dan was SVP of Sales at Transera Communications, an on-demand hosted contact center solution provider, where he and his team focused on enterprise and outsourcer sales. Before that, Dan ran world-wide sales for IP Unity, provider of carrier-hosted Unified Communications (UC) and conferencing solutions. Dan built and managed a world-wide sales team for direct and channels while growing the business 10-fold during his 4 years with the Company. Dan also held sales management positions at Cisco and GeoTel (prior to its acquisition by Cisco) focusing on their contact center applications and other VoIP solutions. He holds a BS in Business Administration and Marketing from California State University, Chico.
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About Five9: Five9 is a cloud-based call center software company that specializes in sales, marketing, and customer service.
Michael Amick
Senior Vice President, North American Papers, Pulp & Consumer Packaging of International Paper
Mike started his career with International Paper at the Louisiana Mill in Bastrop in 1990. Since then he has served in various capacities and businesses across P&C Papers, Coated Papers, Industrial Packaging, xpedx and Coated Paperboard. He also led the company’s supply chain transformation and was appointed an officer of the company in 2002 as vice president of supply chain with focus on driving improvements across the company’s North American manufacturing businesses. He later held the roles of executive vice president, xpedx and vice president and general manager for the Coated Paperboard business. From 2012-2014, Mike served as International Paper vice president and president, IP India, and as executive chairman, International Paper APPM Limited. He was elected senior vice president, North American Papers, Pulp and Consumer Packaging in November 2014.
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About International Paper: International Paper manufactures paper and paper-packaging products.
William Hoel
Senior Vice President, Container The Americas of International Paper
Bill Hoel is senior vice president, Container The Americas. Bill joined International Paper subsidiary Masonite Corporation in 1983. He was named vice president and general manager of the Decorative Products business in 1996, and vice president and executive assistant to then Chairman and Chief Executive Officer John T. Dillon in 1999. In 2000, Bill was named vice president of Wood Products where he led the manufacturing, marketing, sales and distribution of high-quality lumber, plywood, poles and engineered wood products in the United States and Canada. He was named senior vice president, Corporate Sales and Marketing, in 2004; vice president, Container The Americas, in 2005; and senior vice president, Container The Americas, in 2012.
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About International Paper: International Paper manufactures paper and paper-packaging products.
Thomas G. Kadien
Sr. Vice President of International Paper
Tom joined International Paper in 1978 and held various sales and marketing positions in the company’s Packaging businesses. He became manufacturing manager for Nicolet in 1991 and general manager of Nicolet in 1992. Tom was appointed an officer of the company in 1999 while leading the Fine Papers division and transitioned to vice president of Commercial Printing and Imaging Papers in 2000. In April 2003, he was appointed president of IP Europe, and was named a senior vice president of International Paper in May 2004. Tom served as the senior vice president and president of xpedx, International Paper’s distribution business from 2005-2010 and as the senior vice president Consumer Packaging, IP Asia and IP India from 2010-2014. In November 2014, he was named Senior Vice President, Human Resources, Communications & Government Relations, with continuing leadership responsibilities for IP India and Supply Chain Operations.
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About International Paper: International Paper manufactures paper and paper-packaging products.
C. Cato Ealy
Senior Vice President of International Paper
C. Cato Ealy joined International Paper in April 1992 as director, Corporate Development. In June 1996, he was named vice president and was promoted to senior vice president in June 2003. Ealy is responsible for the company’s domestic and foreign acquisition and divestiture programs. Prior to joining International Paper, he had been a director at Charterhouse Inc. since 1989.
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About International Paper: International Paper manufactures paper and paper-packaging products.
Tim S. Nicholls
Senior Vice President, Industrial Packaging of International Paper
In November 2014, Tim Nicholls was named senior vice president, Industrial Packaging Group, with responsibility for the company’s North American Containerboard, Corrugated Packaging and Recycling businesses. Mr. Nicholls’ previous positions have included senior vice president, Printing & Communications Papers the Americas, senior vice president and chief financial officer, vice president of Finance, vice president and CFO of IP Europe, president of Weldwood (formerly a wholly owned subsidiary of International Paper located in Vancouver, Canada), director of finance and strategic planning for Industrial Packaging, and general manager of the international packaging converting business. He joined International Paper in 1999 through the company’s acquisition of Union Camp, where he held a series of finance and business planning positions.
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About International Paper: International Paper manufactures paper and paper-packaging products.
Mike Welch
Co-Founded Senior Vice President & Executive Officer of Texas Direct Auto
Earned Degree in Computer Science from Stephen F. Austin State University. Started career in 1994 as a Programmer with American General writing applications for the insurance industry. In 1996, joined Exxon-Mobile’s litigation department developing software used in multi-billion dollar litigation. Went on to co-found Medianet, a software company that specialized in writing billing engines for deregulated energy markets. In 2002, co-founded Texas Direct Auto, taking it from a small 2 person start-up to the largest independent dealership in the nation with over $3 Billion in total revenues.
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About Texas Direct Auto: With over $500M in annual sales, Texas Direct is the largest independent dealership in the nation and is the largest online Dealership.
Albert Saltiel
Senior Vice-President of Marketing and Customer Satisfaction of AutoZone
Albert “Al” Saltiel was elected Senior Vice President, Marketing, Customer Satisfaction in April, 2013. Prior to that, he was Chief Marketing Officer and a key member of the leadership team at Navistar International Corporation. Saltiel has also been with Sony Electronics as General Manager, Marketing, and Ford Motor Company where he held multiple marketing roles.
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About AutoZone: AutoZone retails and distributes automotive replacement parts and accessories.
Richard C. Smith
Senior Vice-President of Human Resources of AutoZone
Richard C. Smith was named Senior Vice President, Human Resources in January, 2016. Previously, he was Vice President – Stores. Mr. Smith joined AutoZone in 1985 and has served in various capacities with the Company.
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About AutoZone: AutoZone retails and distributes automotive replacement parts and accessories.
William C. Rhodes
President and Chief Executive Officer for Customer Satisfaction of AutoZone
William C. Rhodes, III, was named Chairman of AutoZone during fiscal 2007 and has been President, Chief Executive Officer and a director since March 2005. Prior to his appointment as President and Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Rhodes was Executive Vice President – Store Operations and Commercial. Previously, he held several key management positions with the Company. Prior to 1994, Mr. Rhodes was a manager with Ernst & Young LLP. Mr. Rhodes is currently a member of the Board of Directors for Dollar General Corporation.
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About AutoZone: AutoZone retails and distributes automotive replacement parts and accessories.
Charlie Pleas, III
Senior Vice-President and Controller of Customer Satisfaction of AutoZone
Charlie Pleas, III, was elected Senior Vice President and Controller during fiscal 2007. Prior to that, he was Vice President and Controller since 2003. Previously, he was Vice President – Accounting since 2000, and Director of General Accounting since 1996. Prior to joining AutoZone, Mr. Pleas was a Division Controller with Fleming Companies, Inc. where he served in various capacities since 1988.
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About AutoZone: AutoZone retails and distributes automotive replacement parts and accessories.
Phillip B. Daniele
Senior Vice-President, Commercial, Customer Satisfaction of AutoZone
Phillip B. Daniel was named Senior Vice President, Commercial in October, 2015. Previously, he was Vice President – Commercial Support since 2008 and Divisional Vice President from 2005 to 2008. Prior to 2005, Mr. Daniele held several key management positions with the company.
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About AutoZone: AutoZone retails and distributes automotive replacement parts and accessories.
Kristen Collier Wright
Senior Vice-President, General Counsel and Secretary, Customer Satisfaction of AutoZone
Kristen Collier Wright was elected Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, Customer Satisfaction in January, 2014. Previously with AutoZone, she was Vice President, Assistant General Counsel and Assistant Secretary with oversight for Litigation, Labor and Employment law, Environmental, Regulatory and International Compliance, Policy and Procedure, and Operational Support. Prior to joining AutoZone, Wright was a partner with Bass, Berry & Sims in Memphis focusing on complex litigation, commercial and financial transactions, and intellectual property and technology.
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About AutoZone: AutoZone retails and distributes automotive replacement parts and accessories.
Thomas B. Newbern
Executive Vice-President of Store Operations of AutoZone
Thomas B. Newbern was named Executive Vice President Store Operations, Commercial and Loss Prevention in October, 2015. Previously he was Senior Vice President – Store Operations and Loss Prevention since December 2013, Senior Vice President – Store Operations and Store Development from October 2012 to December 2013, Senior Vice President – Store Operations from fiscal 2007 to October 2012 and Vice President – Store Operations from fiscal 1998 to fiscal 2007. Prior to 1998, Mr. Newbern held several key management positions with the Company.
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About AutoZone: AutoZone retails and distributes automotive replacement parts and accessories.
Mark A. Finestone
Executive Vice-President of Merchandising, Supply Chain and Marketing, Customer Satisfaction of AutoZone
Mark A. Finestone was named Executive Vice President – Merchandising, Supply Chain and Marketing in October, 2015 . Previously, he was Senior Vice President – Merchandising since fiscal 2008 and Vice President – Merchandising since 2002. Prior to joining AutoZone in 2002, Mr. Finestone worked for May Department Stores for 19 years where he held a variety of leadership roles which included Divisional Vice President, Merchandising.
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About AutoZone: AutoZone retails and distributes automotive replacement parts and accessories.
William W. Graves
Executive Vice-President of Mexico, Brazil, IMC and Store Development, Customer Satisfaction of AutoZone
William W. Graves was named Executive Vice President – Mexico, Brazil, IMC and Store Development in October, 2015. Previously, he was Senior Vice President – Supply Chain and International since October, 2012, Senior Vice President – Supply Chain from fiscal 2006 to October 2012 and Vice President – Supply Chain from fiscal 2000 to fiscal 2006. From 1992 to 2000, Mr. Graves served in various capacities with the Company.
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About AutoZone: AutoZone retails and distributes automotive replacement parts and accessories.
Ronald B. Griffin
Senior Vice-President and Chief Information Officer for Customer Satisfaction of AutoZone
Ronald B. Griffin was elected Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer in June 2012. Prior to that, he was Senior Vice President, Global Information Technology at Hewlett-Packard Company. During his tenure at Hewlett-Packard Company, he also served as the Chief Information Officer for the Enterprise Business Division. Prior to that, Mr. Griffin was Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer for Fleming Companies, Inc. He also spent over 12 years with The Home Depot, Inc., with the last eight years in the role of Chief Information Officer. Mr. Griffin also served at Deloitte & Touche LLP and Delta Air Lines, Inc.
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About AutoZone: AutoZone retails and distributes automotive replacement parts and accessories.
Rex Galbraith
Vice President of Sales of Consensus
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About Consensus: Consensus navigating through the jungle of sales and marketing one effective automated product demo at a time.
Louis Jonckheere
President, Chief Product Officer & Co-Fouder of Showpad
Louis co-founded Showpad in 2011 with PJ Bouten and Peter Minne. As Chief Product Officer, Louis is responsible for leading the product, design, and engineering teams that deliver the only sales enablement platform that combines sales content, readiness, and engagement. Showpad is the second company Louis has founded. Prior to founding Showpad, Louis and PJ founded In The Pocket, a leading mobile development agency. Louis continues to serve on the company’s board of directors. Prior to founding In The Pocket, Louis served as a Strategic Partnerships Manager at social media network Netlog, where he first met PJ. Louis holds master’s degrees in both law and business and serves on the board of directors of his alma mater — Vlerick Business School in Belgium.
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About InThePocket, Showpad: The best thing to ever happen to your sales team
Alex Beller
Co-Founder and President of Postscript
Alex Beller is the co-founder and president at Postscript. He was a director of business development at StackCommerce. He studied philosophy at University of Southern California.
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About Postscript: Postscript is an SMS platform that enables brands to communicate and engage with customers through text message marketing.
Gene Welsh
Senior Vice President of Holman Automotive
Gene has been with ARI for 28 years and most recently held the position of Senior Vice President of Global Sales and Marketing. During his tenure, he has also held various positions in sales management, operations, customer service, and finance. Gene has been instrumental in building strong and long lasting relationships with our clients and business partners and has had a direct impact on ARI’s growth and success.
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About Holman Automotive: Holman Automotive is an automotive services company.
Frank Cardile
Vice President of Holman Automotive
Frank joined ARI in 1983 and held management positions in sales until 1989 before being promoted to director fleet management services. He advanced to vice president of operations in 1999 and then to senior vice president of operations and client relations in 2004. Frank began oversight of Auto Truck operations in 2010 while still serving as ARI senior vice president of operations. He transitioned to his current dedicated role with Auto Truck in 2013. Mr. Cardile attended Trenton State College.
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About Holman Automotive: Holman Automotive is an automotive services company.
Steve Albanese
Vice President of Holman Automotive
Steve began his career in the Holman organization in September 1980 at Holman Lincoln Mercury. Steve worked his way up through the new and used car side until being promoted to his most recent position of Used Car Director.
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About Holman Automotive: Holman Automotive is an automotive services company.
Frank H Beideman
Executive Vice President of Holman Automotive
Mr. Beideman joined Holman Automotive in 1981. He was appointed Vice President/General Manager of Saturn of Mount Laurel in 1992, Vice President/General Manager of Saturn of Turnersville in 1993, Saturn of English Creek in 1996, and went on to serve as Vice President/General Manager of Holman Motorcars and Holman Infiniti in 1999. In 2006, he became Vice President of Resource Development for Holman.
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About Holman Automotive: Holman Automotive is an automotive services company.
Michael George
Vice President of Holman Automotive
Mr. George is a graduate of Villanova University with a B.S. in Finance and Marketing. He held various positions at both General Motors and BMW of North America prior to joining Holman in 2006. Mr. George served as an Assistant General Manager at Lauderdale BMW and Lauderdale MINI. In 2007, he was promoted to General Manager of Margate Lincoln Mercury Volvo. In 2009, he assumed the position of General Manager at Lauderdale BMW & MINI. He was named Vice President and Supervisor of Southern Operations of Holman Automotive Group, Inc. in 2015.
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About Holman Automotive: Holman Automotive is an automotive services company.
Rick Deeck
Vice President of Holman Automotive
Mr. Deeck has been with the Holman organization for more than 15 years, most recently serving as Vice President of Global Marketing for ARI. He has held a variety of sales and management positions with ARI during his time with ARI, including serving as Manager of Fleet Solutions and as a District Sales Manager. Mr. Deeck holds a B.S. from Rutgers University.
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About Holman Automotive: Holman Automotive is an automotive services company.
William J Cariss
Executive Vice President & Chief Strategy Officer of Holman Automotive
Mr. Cariss has been with the Company since 1984, beginning his career at ARI. He has worked in various management capacities in retail operations since 1996. He is currently responsible for the integration of the Holman-Kuni transaction. Once the transaction is completed, he will focus on identifying future investment opportunities across all Holman business segments. Mr. Cariss received a B.S. in Business Administration from Messiah College and an M.B.A. from the University of California, Irvine.
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About Holman Automotive: Holman Automotive is an automotive services company.
Steve Haindl
Executive Vice President of Holman Automotive
Mr. Haindl is responsible for designing and executing the IT strategy for all of Holman’s operating companies: ARI, Auto Truck Group, Holman Parts Distribution and Holman’s retail operations. From 2013-2015, he served as executive vice president, technology and innovation for ARI. His impact on ARI’s IT organization was profound. His experience and expertise strengthened many areas of the company through new products, partnerships and technologies. He was also integral to ARI’s expansion in the UK and Europe. Mr. Haindl joined ARI in 2008 as vice president of IT. He formerly served as senior vice president and chief technology officer at Commerce Bank. He is a graduate of Drexel University and holds an MBA in technology management from the University of Phoenix.
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About Holman Automotive: Holman Automotive is an automotive services company.
Jeremy Paolone
Vice President of Holman Automotive
Jeremy joined Holman as an auditor in 1997 and since then has held the positions of Assistant Controller; Assistant to the Northern Supervisor; Manager of Finance, Dealership Operations; Controller of Holman Ford, Holman Ford Lincoln Mercury and Holman Leasing; Assistant to the Vice President of Dealership Operations; and most recently Director of Finance and IT – Dealership Operations.
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About Holman Automotive: Holman Automotive is an automotive services company.
Joseph R Frantz
Vice President of Holman Automotive
Mr. Frantz has been with the company since 1986. He has held various sales positions throughout ARI including Vice President of Sales Support. Mr. Frantz was promoted to Vice President Community And Business Development for Holman Automotive Group in 2013.
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About Holman Automotive: Holman Automotive is an automotive services company.
Katherine Andreola Mullin
Executive Vice President of Holman Automotive
Ms. Mullin received her B.A. from Mt. Holyoke College in 1977 and her J.D. from Santa Clara Law School in 1982. Formerly a partner with the law firm Whitmore, Kay & Steven in Palo Alto, California, Ms. Mullin joined the Company in June 1991.
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About Holman Automotive: Holman Automotive is an automotive services company.
Chris Conroy
Executive Vice President of Holman Automotive
Mr. Conroy joined ARI in 1994 as part of the Canadian client services team and went on to serve in a variety of roles in the US and Canada, eventually becoming senior vice-president and chief operating officer of ARI’s Canadian business. Prior to his current role, Chris was executive vice-president, Global Operations. Chris was a key architect of ARI’s strategy and its expansion into the European market. He led ARI’s most recent strategic planning initiative resulting in a focused approach to growth and service delivery through 2020. His leadership, strategic planning, and execution experience are invaluable to the company’s global operations and overall success. Mr. Conroy attended the University of Ottawa and the Queen’s School of Business.
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About Auto Truck Group, Holman Automotive, Holman Enterprises: Holman Automotive is an automotive services company.
Jim Creighton
Vice President of Holman Automotive
Jim is primarily responsible for coordinating strategic planning efforts throughout the entire Holman organization. He began his career with ARI in 1983, and over his long and distinguished career, he has worked as vice president of global operations, vice president of global strategic services, director of operations, and several other management positions in operations and client administration. He was also chairperson of the board for Global Fleet Services (GFS), ARI’s global alliance of leading fleet management companies and was a member of the board of ARIZA, ARI’s joint venture in Mexico. Jim earned a bachelor’s degree in business logistics from Pennsylvania State University.
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About Holman Automotive: Holman Automotive is an automotive services company.
Mike Long
Vice President of Holman Automotive
Mike has been with Holman for 30 years and has experience with running dealerships from a general management, financial and operational perspective. He also has extensive experience in working on automotive related acquisitions and integration.
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About Holman Automotive: Holman Automotive is an automotive services company.
Jim Creighton
Vice President of Holman Automotive
Jim is primarily responsible for coordinating strategic planning efforts throughout the entire Holman organization. He began his career with ARI in 1983, and over his long and distinguished career, he has worked as vice president of global operations, vice president of global strategic services, director of operations, and several other management positions in operations and client administration. He was also chairperson of the board for Global Fleet Services (GFS), ARI’s global alliance of leading fleet management companies and was a member of the board of ARIZA, ARI’s joint venture in Mexico. Jim earned a bachelor’s degree in business logistics from Pennsylvania State University.
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About Holman Automotive: Holman Automotive is an automotive services company.
Anne Williams
Vice President of Holman Automotive
Ms. Williams joined the organization in 1989 and has served at several different Holman retail locations in a variety management positions including General Manager of Holman Toyota-Scion. During her tenure there, the dealership was awarded the prestigious Toyota President’s Award for outstanding achievement by Toyota Motor Sales. She became President of Holman Parts Distribution in February of 2014. Ms. Williams is a graduate of Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, Pa.
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About Holman Automotive: Holman Automotive is an automotive services company.
Mike Long
Vice President of Holman Automotive
Mike has been with Holman for 30 years and has experience with running dealerships from a general management, financial and operational perspective. He also has extensive experience in working on automotive related acquisitions and integration.
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About Holman Automotive: Holman Automotive is an automotive services company.
Heidi Thompson
President and Co-Owner of Scentsy
Heidi is president and co-owner at Scensty.
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About Scentsy: Scentsy is a consumer goods and fragrance company platform.
Dave Myron
Vice President Product Marketing of Seismic
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About Seismic: Seismic is a sales enablement and marketing orchestration platform that improves close rates & delivers larger deals for sales teams.
Brad Terrell
Vice President, Product Management of Seismic
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About Seismic: Seismic is a sales enablement and marketing orchestration platform that improves close rates & delivers larger deals for sales teams.
Steven Peters
President of 2020 Companies
Steve joined 2020 in 2006 with a strong background in product and channel marketing, and immediately began working to bolster the company’s success with many high profile clients across numerous channels. He has extensive experience leading and consulting for some of the world’s largest brands.
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About 2020 Companies: 2020 Companies is one of the premier outsourced sales and marketing agencies in the United States.
Ross Wissner
Executive Vice President of 2020 Companies
Since joining 2020 in 2008, Ross has lent his unique knowledge of brand strategy, retail field marketing, merchandising, and operations to help generate rapid gains in market share. He draws upon years of sales, operations, and distribution experience with an emphasis in CPG and Beverage Alcohol.
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About 2020 Companies, 2020 Companies: 2020 Companies is one of the premier outsourced sales and marketing agencies in the United States.
Christopher W. Cabrera
Founder, President & Chief Executive Officer of Xactly
Mr. Cabrera is a noted industry expert in issues relating to motivation, sales performance management, sales compensation, and enterprise and on-demand/software-as-a-service delivery models. He was recently named the 2011 “Alumni Entrepreneur of the Year” by the Lloyd Greif Center for Entrepreneurial Studies at the USC Marshall School of Business.
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About Xactly: Xactly is the pure-play provider of cloud-based, incentive compensation software.
Erik Charles
Vice President, Solutions Evangelist of Xactly
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About Xactly: Xactly is the pure-play provider of cloud-based, incentive compensation software.
Joseph Chang
Chief Scientific Officer & Executive Vice President of Nu Skin Enterprises
Joseph Y. Chang, also known as Joe, Ph.D., has been the Chief Scientific Officer and Executive Vice President of Product Development at Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc. since February 2006. Chang is the Chief Scientific Officer and Executive Vice President of Product Development at Nu Skin International, Inc. He served as Chief Scientific Officer and President of Pharmanex LLC. He served as the President of Pharmanex division, a natural healthcare division at Nu Skin Enterprises from April 2000 to February 2006. He served as a Senior Pharmaceutical Executive at two major pharmaceutical companies, Wyeth-Ayerst Research and Rhone Poulenc Rorer, where he was involved in researching natural products for arthritis and cancer treatment. He served as Vice President for Clinical affairs and Pharmacology of Pharmanex from 1997 to April 2000. He served as the President and Chief Scientific Officer of Binary Therapeutics Inc. from 1994 to 1997 and at OAS from 1991 to 1994. He served as a Director of Optimer Pharmaceuticals, Inc. from November 1998 to October 24, 2013. He served as Lead Independent Director of Optimer Pharmaceuticals, Inc. from May 2010 to February 2013. Early in his professional career, he was The Arthritis Foundation fellow at The Johns Hopkins University School of Public. He is a member of New York Academy of Sciences, and American Society of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. A prolific author, he has published numerous articles, reviews and books on pharmacological research during his 20 years in the healthcare industry. He serves on the Board of Directors of a major trade association (CHPA) related to consumer health products in U.S. He had co-edited a textbook on inflammation and developed a series of monographs on botanical products as a source of information for consumers and health professionals. He also holds several patents on new drugs. He received a B.S. degree from Portsmouth University and obtained his Ph.D. in pharmacology from the University of London and conducted post-doctoral research at The Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health and Hygiene.
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About Nu Skin Enterprises: Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc. is a global direct selling company with operations in 53 markets worldwide
Matthew Dorny
Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary of Nu Skin Enterprises
Matthew Dorny was appointed vice president and general counsel for Nu Skin in 2003. From 1998 to 2003, Dorny served as the assistant general counsel for Nu Skin Enterprises. Prior to joining Nu Skin Enterprises, Dorny was a securities and business attorney in private practice. Dorny received a bachelor of arts, master of business management and juris doctorate degrees from the University of Utah.
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About Nu Skin Enterprises: Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc. is a global direct selling company with operations in 53 markets worldwide
Roger Braswell
Founder, CEO & President of Compact Power Equipment
Roger Braswell serves as a CEO at Compact Power Equipment Inc.
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About Compact Power Equipment: Compact Power Equipment operates as a national provider of equipment rental and maintenance services.
Jenna Huss
Vice President of Development of DMC Atlanta
Jenna Huss is the Vice president of Development at DMC Atlanta. In 2010, she applied for the Account Manager position with DMC Atlanta. In May of 2014 Jenna received a promotion to Vice President of Development.
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About DMC Atlanta: DMC Atlanta is a people-first, humanity-positive company focused on the growth, experience, and contribution of our team members.
Isabel DuPont
Vice President Content Production & Product Delivery of Gladson
Isabel brings her vast experience in understanding the challenging information needs of manufacturers and retailers to Gladson, leading the company’s content production and product management teams. These groups form the core of Gladson’s unique data capture and output services, delivering Gladson’s industry-leading content offerings. Prior to Gladson, Isabel spent 22 years at research giant ACNielsen where she oversaw a customer base of more than 500 small and medium-size companies. During that time, Isabel helped to restructure and modernize the data and report delivery process, including developing new products that were tailored to customer needs. Isabel’s background also includes helping to prepare customers for data synchronization efforts, including GDSN and supply chain initiatives.
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About Gladson: Gladson provides product images, product content, and other related services for the U.S. consumer packaged goods industry.
Eiji Yanagawa
President of Mitsui & Co
Eiji joined Mitsui & Co., in 1993 and has experienced wide range of energy business such as E&P, petroleum trading, LNG trading and business development based in Tokyo and London. As for LNG projects, he used to be a board member of Equatorial Guinea LNG and now acting a role as a board member of Cameron LNG. Eiji is now working as CEO of Mitsui and Co. Energy Marketing and Services (USA) Inc. (“MEMS”) in Houston, which is responsible for project management of Cameron LNG as well as trading full range of energy commodities such as Natural Gas, Crude Oil, NGL and Power in United States.
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About Mitsui & Co: Mitsui & Co., is a general trading and investment company with interests in Iron and Steel products.
Conner Burt
President of Lessonly
Conner Burt is the President of Lessonly.
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About Lessonly: Lessonly is a simple training software that helps teams learn, practice, and do better work.
Kenneth P. Slosser
Executive Vice President & Head of Investment Banking of FBR & Co
Mr. Slosser is Executive Vice President and Head of Investment Banking. He is also a member of the firm’s Executive Committee. As Head of Investment Banking, Mr. Slosser manages all investment banking and corporate finance activities across multiple industries including Financial Institutions, Insurance, Real Estate, Diversified Industrials, and Energy and Natural Resources. Prior to becoming the Head of Investment Banking, he was Head of both the Financial Institutions and Insurance Investment Banking Groups at FBR, which have consistently been the core of the firm’s business since its inception. Prior to joining FBR in 1996, Mr. Slosser served as an Assistant Director with the Office of Thrift Supervision. At the OTS, he had primary oversight responsibility for savings institutions and savings institution holding companies located in California, Arizona and Nevada, including the nation’s largest and most troubled institutions. During his tenure with the OTS, Mr. Slosser was directly responsible for several significant private sector transactions resulting in the successful acquisition, restructuring or recapitalization of distressed financial institutions.
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About FBR & Co: FBR full-service investment banking, institutional sales, trading and research and asset management firm.
Oliver Sharp
Co-Founder and Vice President of Customer Services of Highspot
Oliver Sharp is the co-founder and VP of Product at Highspot.
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About Highspot: Highspot is an AI-fueled sales enablement platform that helps companies worldwide improve the performance of their sales teams.
Jarod Greene
Vice President Product Marketing of Highspot
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About Highspot: Highspot is an AI-fueled sales enablement platform that helps companies worldwide improve the performance of their sales teams.
Dimitri Akhrin
Founder & President of IRIS CRM
Dimitri Akhrin is the Founder of IRIS CRM.
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About Bank Associates Merchant Services, CRMDialer, Forbes Business Council, Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses, IRIS CRM: IRIS CRM is SalesForce on steroids for the payments industry.
Jameson Yung
Vice-President of Sales of Gong
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About Gong: Gong unlocks reality to help people and companies reach their full potential.
Eric Ni
President of Brandboom
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About Brandboom: Brandboom is a wholesale platform providing effortless cloud-based Line Sheets, order management, & a revolutionized wholesale marketplace.
Aaron Brinsko
Vice President Sales & CO-Founder of E-Drive Autos
Co-founder of E-Drive Autos, LLC. Former sales trainer and mentor at Pfizer Corporation. Car expert and experienced buyer. Scholarship athlete at Syracuse University with a degree in Communications.
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About E-Drive Autos: Provides price reassurance and incentive-based marketing solutions to franchise and independent auto dealerships.
Aaron Brinsko
Vice President Sales & CO-Founder of E-Drive Autos
Co-founder of E-Drive Autos, LLC. Former sales trainer and mentor at Pfizer Corporation. Car expert and experienced buyer. Scholarship athlete at Syracuse University with a degree in Communications.
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About E-Drive Autos: Provides price reassurance and incentive-based marketing solutions to franchise and independent auto dealerships.
William Violante
Co-Founder & President of Hatch
William Violante is the President & Co-Founder at Hatch. He was an interactive media specialist at Comcast Spotlight. He studied business administration at Radford University.
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About Hatch: Hatch is an SMS Texting Platform that helps small and medium-size businesses harness the power of two-way SMS messaging.
Raïna Chemaly
President of RHiiNO Corp
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About RHiiNO Corp: RHiiNO Corp (Tampa, FL) executes business to business marketing campaigns on behalf of global brands.
Michael Whife
CEO & President of Selling Simplified
has a proven track record helping companies develop new markets and building a solid foundation for long-term growth. Prior to Selling Simplified, Michael became VP Sales at NetLine Corporation after the acquisition of his company All About Sales where he was the founder and CEO, a leading provider of pay-for-performance appointment setting services.
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About Selling Simplified: Selling Simplified is a provider of b2b demand generation solutions.
Rob Monroe
Executive Vice President of Client Management of KeyImpact Sales and Systems
Prior to entering foodservice, Rob spent three years in software development with IBM. In 1986, Rob began his career in foodservice, working for Prestige Food Brokers, a Metro NY-based food brokerage founded by his father Jim Monroe. In 1991, Rob became the President of Prestige and subsequently acquired Sierra Sales, a successful packaging & supply sales agency, and GMD Sales, a successful Metro NY school foodservice sales agency. Prestige joined KeyImpact Sales & Systems, Inc. in 2008, as the foodservice industry began its transformation. Rob’s areas of expertise include project management, analytics and communications. Having grown up in foodservice, Rob is dedicated to the industry’s collective success, serving as the President of FSMA and the Secretary/Treasurer of the Metro NY Foodservice Association. Rob graduated in 1983 from Rutgers University with degrees in Business Administration and Computer Science.
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About KeyImpact Sales and Systems: KeyImpact Sales and Systems operate as a sales and marketing agency to the foodservice industry.
Randy Wieland
Senior Vice President Business Development of KeyImpact Sales and Systems
Randy Wieland is a Senior Vice President Business Development at KeyImpact Sales & Systems.
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About KeyImpact Sales and Systems: KeyImpact Sales and Systems operate as a sales and marketing agency to the foodservice industry.
Butch Cassidy
Senior Vice President of Segment Sales of KeyImpact Sales and Systems
Butch Cassidy joined Key Food Brokers in July of 1992. Over the past 23 years, Butch has held various positions within KeyImpact Sales & Systems, overseeing multiple sales divisions including operator segment sales and Sysco. Currently, Butch is Senior Vice President of the KeyImpact Sysco Sales Division. Butch’s extensive foodservice background began with educational cooperative from 1988 to 1992 that exposed him to various responsibilities within the food industry. Butch has worked for the US government at the Defense Personnel Support Center (DPSC) as part of the Subsistence Team tasked with food bids for the US Army and as a merchandiser for Ferolie Food Brokerage. This practical expertise is underscored by a Master of Business Administration in Marketing from the Haub School of Business, Saint Joseph’s University and a Bachelor of Science in Food Marketing from Saint Joseph’s University. Armed with this comprehensive understanding of the foodservice industry and a desire for continued success, Butch utilizes his avid love of reading to learn about other industries and draw parallels with our own. This allows him to set the bar for the progressive thinking necessary for growth.
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About KeyImpact Sales and Systems: KeyImpact Sales and Systems operate as a sales and marketing agency to the foodservice industry.
Joe Hargadon
President of KeyImpact Sales and Systems
Joe Hargadon is a President at KeyImpact Sales & Systems
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About KeyImpact Sales and Systems: KeyImpact Sales and Systems operate as a sales and marketing agency to the foodservice industry.
Luke Kupersmith
President & CEO of Lojistic
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About Lojistic: Lojistic is as logistics automation and analytics platform for controlling and reducing shipping costs.
Keenan .
CEO/President of A Sales Guy
Keenan is A Sales Guy Inc’s CEO/President and Chief Antagonist. He’s been selling something to someone for his entire life. He’s been teaching and coaching almost as long. With over 20 years of sales experience, which he’ll tell you he doesn’t give a shit about, Keenan has been influencing, learning from and shaping the world of sales for a long time. Finder of the elephant in the room, Keenan calls it as he sees it and lets nothing or no one go unnoticed.
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About A Sales Guy, Forbes, Vail Resorts: A Sales Guy is one of todays leading sales consulting and recruiting firms.
James Parrish
President Wealth Management Division of Wunderlich Securities
James A. Parrish is the Chairman at Eudaimonia Group.
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About B. Riley Financial, B. Riley Financial, Eudaimonia Group, Wunderlich Securities: Wunderlich Securities is a brokerage firm offering equity sales and trading services.
Harry Jakubowitz
Vice President and Treasurer of Tupperware Brands
Harry Jakubowitz was named Vice President and Treasurer of Curtiss-Wright Corporation in May 2007. Prior to this, he held the position of Treasurer since September 2005, and also served as Director of Taxes since his hiring in June 2002. Prior to his joining Curtiss-Wright, he served as the Vice President Taxes, Treasurer and Assistant Secretary for General Semiconductor, Inc., a spin off from General Instrument Corporation; Director of Taxes and Assistant Treasurer for General Instrument Corporation, both publicly traded multinational manufacturers. Prior to this, Jakubowitz worked for the public accounting firm Pannell, Kerr and Forster. Jakubowitz received his MBA degree in Taxation from St. John’s University and his BS degree in Accounting from Herbert H. Lehman College (CUNY). Jakubowitz is a CPA and is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
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About Curtiss-Wright, Tupperware Brands: Tupperware Brands provides housewares products.
