Brian Willms

Brian Willms

Director at the Portland Business Alliance

Portland, Oregon Area

Current
  • Director of Member Services at Portland Business Alliance - Greater Portland's Chamber of Commerce
Past
  • Small Business Development Manager at Portland Business Alliance - Greater Portland's Chamber of Commerce
  • Staffing Agent at Randstand - Portland Office
  • Manager at ServiceMagic
Education
  • Regis University
  • Metropolitan State College of Denver
Connections
375 connections
Industry
Non-Profit Organization Management
Websites

Brian Willms’s Summary

Brian is an accomplished, results-driven senior level sales manager offering more than 20 years of sales experience, including 10 years of sales management and sales training practice. His focus has been on consultative selling within a variety of channels for both business-to-business and business-to-consumer segments. Brian is recognized as an exceptional communicator with demonstrated success building relationships with C-level executives of mid and large-cap companies as well as small business owners. Brian consistently distinguishes himself by exceeding projected sales quotas, as well as designing and incorporating innovative sales programs for his team and others.

Brian Willms’s Specialties:

Collaborating & Implemting Business-to-Business Solutions, Developing & Implementing Sales Systems, Consultative Selling, Mentoring & Coaching, Team Building & Development, Dynamic Presentations


Brian Willms’s Experience

  • Director of Member Services

    Portland Business Alliance - Greater Portland's Chamber of Commerce

    (Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

    January 2007Present (1 year 8 months)

    Responsible for the recruitment and retention of members, as well as the development and execution of its value-add programs and services, for the Portland Business Alliance, Portland’s Greater Chamber of Commerce. Manage successful team of business development managers, advising the team on the most effective sales strategies, supervising the implementation of their respective sales plans, and member retention efforts.


Brian Willms’s Education

  • Regis University

    Business Management 19951997

  • Metropolitan State College of Denver

    History 19881994

    Activities and Societies:
    Delta Phi Omega, Student Senate

Additional Information

Brian Willms’s Websites:

Brian Willms’s Interests:

Sales, training, business, chambers of commerce, renewable energy, connecting, professional networking, social networking, learning, reading, hiking, camping, canoeing, outdoor activities, soccer, music, Portland, Denver, Red Rocks, Denver Broncos, Bayern Munich

Brian Willms’s Groups:

Portland Business Alliance, Small Business Advisory Council for the City of Portland, SBAC, Small Business Council for the Portland Business Alliance, American Chamber of Commerce Executives, ACCE, Junior Achievement, Opertation HOPE, Banking On Our Future, S2F2, MeetIn Portland, MiPL,

  •    Obama for America
  •    Renewable Energy Business Network
  •    Plaxo.com
  •    Sales Best Practices
  •    Portland Connect
  •    GreenTek
  •    LI Switzerland
  •    Renewable Energy Network
  •    Sustainability Working Group
  •    Sales Management 2.0
  •    Green
  •    Wind Energy Professionals
  •    SalesBlogcast.com
  •    Inside Sales Experts
  •    Friends of Colorado
  •    Chamber of Commerce Members
  •    Portland Business Alliance - Greater Portland's Chamber of Commerce
  •    Linkin Greater Portland
  •    Linked To Denver
  •    Link_Denver
  •    Solar Energy Professionals - PV and CSP

Brian Willms’s Honors:

2006 & 2007 - Better Business Bureau "Business of the Year" Judge for Oregon & SW Washington


Brian Willms’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

  • career opportunities
  • consulting offers
  • new ventures
  • job inquiries
  • expertise requests
  • business deals
  • reference requests
  • getting back in touch

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