Luis
Curet - Vice President of Sales at 8e6 Technologies
Luis is a seasoned sales and marketing executive with 25
years of experience in the technology industry. He has extensive
experience utilizing different sales methodologies, different
types of sales resources and several CRM solutions. He has
previously served as the senior vice president at Clearpath
Networks, where he increased revenues fivefold for the company's
new SNAP VPN product line. Curet also held the position
of vice president of sales & corporate marketing for
Rainbow Technologies, a $125 million IT security solutions
firm that was acquired by SafeNet Inc. While in this role,
he closed major agreements with Microsoft, Johnson &
Johnson and Adobe, developed and revamped marketing brand
strategy and partner programs and led a Latin American expansion
that generated 100 percent growth in revenue. Curet began
his career of over 25 years at IBM, where he held a variety
of sales and management positions.
Mark
Friedman - Partner, Cerius Consulting Group
Mark Friedman has over 20 years of proven success in managing
Sales, Sales Lead Management, Telemarketing, Marketing and
Customer Service. Notably, world-renown consulting giant
Accenture and the Distribution Research and Education Foundation
have recognized one of his programs as a Wholesale Distribution
Industry Sales "Best Practice”. Mark possesses
the outstanding ability to assess a company's current Sales
Chain and make recommendations for dramatically improving
sales results and productivity while providing the infrastructure
to determine ROI for each Marketing activity. He has increased
sales volume by over 50% in call center environments at
several companies by integrating Out-Bound TeleSales capabilities
with the In-Bound Customer Service group.
Don
Hicks – Director, Sales Practice Group, Quantum Leaders
Inc.
Don leads the sales practice group at Quantum Leaders
Inc. an organization focused on advising CEOs on sales performance
strategies. Don is a trusted advisor for many CEOs in a
variety of B2B industries in Southern California. He has
more than 25 years of sales leadership experience serving
in senior sales management positions with companies such
as: IBM, Simtrex, and Market Launch LLC. Don is also currently
serving as the interim Executive Director for AeA Orange
County.
Patrick
McClure - Founder and President of the Connexia Group
Patrick
works with individuals and corporations to achieve maximum
performance and results in their sales and marketing organizations.
During his 25 years in corporate America, he personally
sold over $100 million in products and services for companies
such as IBM, Digital Equipment, EDS and Hitachi Data Systems.
He recently published his first book: “Precision Selling:
21 Winning Strategies to Achieve Peak Performance.”
