Cynthia Bland

Current

• Sales and Marketing Professional (Self-employed)

Past

• Senior Manager WW Sales Education & Development at Cognos
• Senior Account Manager at Libraxus
• Account Executive at Halogen Software

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Program Development

Cynthia Bland’s Summary

Results- oriented professional possessing exceptional skills in building and maintaining mutually beneficial relationships in demanding environments. Creative and strategic problem-solver who quickly understands business challenges, identifies barriers to success and finds solutions. Extensive experience collaborating across business units and globally in order to successfully implement new programs, methodologies and processes.

A generalist with numerous transferable skills, I am seeking opportunities in an environment where I can quickly add value and make a meaningful contribution. This role would most likely be in the areas of organizational development, marketing or sales.

• Clear and effective communicator across various media
• Excellence in message development, sales enablement and training
• Exceptional relationship manager and leader
• Strong campaign, program and project management skills
• Learning event and conference management expert
• Strong advocate/implementer of best practices, process improvement
• Solution selling expert

Cynthia Bland’s Specialties:

Development and Management of On-boarding Programs, Event and Program Logistics, Sales Process Coaching, Development and Management of Sales Training Programs, Effective Presentation Skills, Value Based Selling, Sales Enablement Tools, Process Development and Documentation, Needs Analysis, Customer Relationship Management, Sales Cycle Management, Lead generation, Marketing Communications

Cynthia Bland’s Experience

• Sales and Marketing Professional

  Self-employed

  (Self-Employed; Computer Software industry)

  April 2007 — Present (1 year 9 months)

  Sales/marketing professional with expertise in the following:
  Sales enablement
  Creation, management and execution of sales training and development initiatives
  Defining and implementing sales process
  Development of sales messages
  Coaching sales teams
  Program management
  Partner enablement
  Event logistics and management

• Senior Manager WW Sales Education & Development

  Cognos

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Cogn; Computer Software industry)

  September 2000 — September 2006 (6 years 1 month)

  Creation,management and facilitation of new sales hire program,
  Curriculum development,instructional design, application of adult learning principles
  Coaching sales teams on effective presentations,
  Sales methodology reinforcement,
  Program management including development of templates and streamlining of processes,
  Event Management
  Sales Rep skill development
  Trusted advisor to global sales team

• Senior Account Manager

  Libraxus

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  September 1999 — August 2000 (1 year)

  Sales of Consulting Services to Provincial and Federal Government.
  Expertise in Knowlege Management

• Account Executive

  Halogen Software

  (Computer Software industry)

  September 1997 — August 1999 (2 years)

  Sales and marketing of online Survey Solution

Additional Information

Cynthia Bland’s Interests:

Coaching. Sales Talent Retention and Development, Traveling, Organizing Events, Figuring out how things work, Music and the Arts.

Cynthia Bland’s Groups:

•    Executive Suite
•    SalesLab
•    EPM - Business Intelligence
•    ! Sales Best Practices
•    Cognos Alum
•    The Ottawa Network
•    Ottawa Technology Network
•    Cognos Alumni
•    The OCRI Network

Cynthia Bland’s Honors:

Product Launch Contribution Awards for both Series 7 and Cognos 8 product releases
Dedication Award for ”displaying unwavering dedication and loyalty in delivering high value products to the sales force”, Cognos
Program Excellence Award from Field Strategy and Support, Cognos
Team Excellence Award for execution of annual global kickoff (2 times), Cognos

Cynthia Bland’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

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