Sales Empowerment to Drive Sales Effectiveness



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Advisory Board

The mission and mandate of the CLOSE Advisory Board is to provide insight based on real-world experience, to guide the development and growth of the CLOSE thought leadership program, and to suggest methodologies, best practices and solutions thanks to their own experience and domain knowledge.

The advisory board includes two distinct committees: The Corporate Liaison Committee and The Academic Liaison Committee. The Corporate Liaison Committee is made up of corporate sales executives from prominent global companies who are involved in the overall sales process. The Academic Liaison Committee's members are academics from business schools of top-tier universities from around the world.

All members of the CLOSE Advisory Board are experts and luminaries in their fields and offer a wealth of knowledge, experience and battle-tested best practices to improve and optimize sales effectiveness.


Faculty Board

Peter Cohen Peter Cohen
Founder
SaaS Marketing Strategy Advisors
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Richard Erschik Richard Erschik
Founder
Leads to Sales
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Nigel Edelshain Nigel Edelshain
CEO
Sales 2.0
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Mitch Gooze Mitch Goozé
President and Founder
Customer Manufacturing Group
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David Hatch David Hatch
Research Director
Aberdeen Group
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Mary Ann Kennedy Mary Ann Kennedy
Senior Sales Consultant
Sales Performance International
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V. Kumar V. Kumar
ING Chair Professor
University of Connecticut
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Christian Maurer Christian Maurer
Executive Sales Coach
Independent Consultant
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Jagmohan S. Ragu Jagmohan S. Raju
Professor of Marketing
Wharton School of Business
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Robert Schmonsees Robert J. Schmonsees
Founder
Value Mapping Consortium
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David Taber David Taber
Author
Salesforce Secrets of Success
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Tony Zambito Tony Zambito
President and CEO
Goal Centric
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Corporate Board

Michelle Accardi Michelle Accardi
VP of Global Marketing Shared Services
CA
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Debra Albert Debra Albert
COO, Director, Organizational Development
Sequent Learning Networks, Inc.
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Dr. Elie Daher Dr. Elie Daher
Director of Products Marketing
Schlumberger Information Solutions
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Nigel Davies Nigel Davies
Sales and Marketing Director
Auto Windscreens
 

Edward Diller Edward Diller
Multi-Media Sales Director
The Wall Street Journal Franchise
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Robert Fleming Robert Fleming
Vice President, Integrated Marketing
Oracle Corporation
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Julie Johnson Julie Johnson
Regional Vice President of Sales
MotivAction
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Roger Lewis Roger Lewis
Senior Vice President of Sales & Marketing
Alliance Tech 
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Carolyn Parent Carolyn Parent
Executive VP of Worldwide Sales
Deltek
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Kenneth Lienemann
Global Vice President of Sales
Rivermine
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Debra Albert Milton Longobardi
Director, Marketing and Sales
Sao Paulo Tourism
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Feliciano Rivera Feliciano Rivera
Executive Vice President of Sales
Secuware

 

Erica Schultz Erica Ruliffson Schultz
Group Vice President, CRM On Demand Sales Oracle Corporation
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Dirk Van Slyke Dirk Van Slyke
Vice President, Sales and Marketing
American Medical ID
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