
President at Albertson Performance Group, Inc.
Portland, Oregon Area

President at Albertson Performance Group, Inc.
Portland, Oregon Area
Eric Albertson and the team at Albertson Performance Group Inc, help medium and large businesses with complex sales cycles see more of their market, create "sales ready leads", and close those leads while retaining higher margins than competitors.
Eric has done this work with companies as well known as Microsoft, EMC, American Express, McData, Intel, Toshiba, SonoSite and many others of equal ambition but far smaller in size.
- Database marketing
- Lead generation for complex sales
- Search Engine Optimization
- Support of platforms such as Eloqua and Dataflux
- Campaign design
- Marketing and sales leadership
- Hiring for marketing and sales
- Value based pricing and margin retention
- Creating proposals that close
- Ideal target market definition
- Market segmentation
(Marketing and Advertising industry)
January 2006 — Present (3 years 7 months)
Albertson Performance Group, Inc. (APGI)
APGI works with companies that are already successful but want a level of results that their current resources and skills are unlikely to deliver in the areas of sales, marketing and leadership.
We have found that long term growth in business value, profits, and culture require enhancements in sales, marketing and leadership. Leaving any one out tends to put the organizations profit performance at serious risk in the long term.
If your revenue is in the range of $2M to $300M per year and you are deeply committed to enhancing your profit performance in the long term then we would welcome a dialog to explore the possibility of working together.
Eric may be reached at:
503-635-2319 - office
503-709-4162 - cell
eric@albertsonperformancegroup.com
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
December 2005 — Present (3 years 8 months)
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(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
July 2002 — November 2005 (3 years 5 months)
Partner, Rainmaker for Fortune 500 oriented database marketing company working with clients such as American Express, Microsoft, Dell, HP, EMC, Symbol, Storage Tek, etc.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
May 2001 — April 2002 (1 year)
Outstanding direct marketing firm. Left when post 9/11 and anthrax scare impeded the firms ability to execute it's business model.
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; INTC; Semiconductors industry)
May 2000 — May 2001 (1 year 1 month)
Successfully managed a team of 22 sales professionals spread accross the US and Canada. Intel is a wonderful company but was not a good fit for my entreprenuerial style. I departed on excellent terms and was given an invitation to return in the future by my manager Paul Milman.
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)
December 1999 — March 2000 (4 months)
VP Marketing at a voice recognition software company. Resigned when it became apparent that the actual capabilities of the software would not achieve the necessary revenue required to warrant a successful IPO.
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; TYO; Information Technology and Services industry)
January 1998 — December 1999 (2 years)
Drove the sales process in the US for all Toshiba computer products. Implemented the Solution Selling process, grew sales and streamlined the process of achieving agressive quotas while maintaining customer satisfaction.
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
August 1995 — December 1997 (2 years 5 months)
Delivered dramatic growth in sales revenue, profits and innovative marketing. Initiated the Solution Selling process to accellerate sales of both services, software and products.
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; CPQ; Computer Hardware industry)
August 1988 — August 1995 (7 years 1 month)
Global sales to Boeing, Intel, Nike and the like. National sales to companies such as US Bank, First Interstate (now Wells Fargo) and the like.
B.S. , Marketing , 1975 — 1982
People, profits, performance, leadership, and family