
Management Consultant, Trainer and Speaker and "Management Excellence" blog author at www.artpetty.com
Greater Chicago Area

Management Consultant, Trainer and Speaker and "Management Excellence" blog author at www.artpetty.com
Greater Chicago Area
Career B2B/technology marketing and sales professional and strategist. Co-author of Practical Lessons in Leadership and author of Management Excellence blog at www.artpetty.com
Deep corporate experience in:
-Leading sales and marketing teams to growth and market leadership.
-Building innovative and operationally excellent teams and supporting the development of great leaders.
-Strategy development/facilitation and synchronizing strategy plans with organizational activities to drive growth.
-Driving innovation, lead generation and market visibility in B2B businesses.
Deep client experience:
-Helping management teams develop and sustain effective strategy and execution programs.
-Developing and delivering leadership training for leaders at all levels, including new leaders, senior managers, technical professionals and informal leaders (product and project managers).
leadership development, marketing and sales acceleration, project and product management, strategy development, training, coaching
(Management Consulting industry)
May 2006 — Present (3 years 7 months)
I established the practice to serve B2B clients for marketing and sales improvement, strategy facilitation/development and leadership development.
(Higher Education industry)
2008 — 2008 (less than a year)
I serve as an adjunct faculty member in the Management Department at DePaul University's Kellstadt Graduate School of Business, teaching Project Management and Quality Management.
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Computer Software industry)
November 1998 — April 2006 (7 years 6 months)
Responsible for all sales and marketing activities for this leading Business Intelligence software provider. The company was sold to Business Objects in April, 2006.
(Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)
April 1997 — November 1998 (1 year 8 months)
Guided marketing strategy development with division companies of this industrial technology leader (now part of Honeywell Inc.).
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MC; Consumer Electronics industry)
April 1988 — April 1994 (6 years 1 month)
Led the marketing efforts to turn this unit into market leader in retail automation software and hardware technology. Responsible for sales, marketing, product management and support at the time of departure.
(Public Company; Management Consulting industry)
1984 — 1988 (4 years )
KMI , General Management , 1999 — 2000
Member of Kellogg Management Institute #7 for 1999/2000
MBA , Finance, Marketing , 1984 — 1985
B.A. , Finance , 1979 — 1983