National Sales & Marketing Practice Director
Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area
- Current
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- National Sales & Marketing Practice Director at The Mergis Group
- Past
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- CSAM (Certified Senior Account Manager) at MRI/Sales Consultants of Raleigh-Durham
- Director of Sales at Applied Computer Technologies
- Regional Alliances Manager at Sybase
- Contract Technical Recruiter at JGBsales (Self-employed)
- Major Account Representative at AGS (acquired by Keane)
- Major Accounts Representative at Evernet Systems
- Major Accounts Representative at Global Software
- Senior Account Executive at Wang Labs
- Education
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- The University of Georgia
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Greg Bennett (GregBennett@MergisGroup.com)’s Summary
Professional Experience:
30+ years of successful sales, marketing & sales management
- Sales - carried a bag & was one of the top 1%
- Management - teams of sales, tech and pre-sales
- Marketing - planned/implemented campaigns
12+ years of recruiting & business development:
- National Rookie of the Year in ‘97
- National Top Ten Account Executive in ‘97
- President's Club awards every year
- Recruiting Technology Sales & Marketing executives and professionals
- Writer with numerous published articles on technolgy, sales & marketing
- Teacher of college sales, marketng, technology and Sunday School
- Sunday School teacher and lay preacher
Professional Speaker delivering talks on a variety of topics including:
> sales & marketing
> motivation/inspiration
> tradition
> customer service
> and humor including "SmilePower®" (use of humor in business & life)
Greg Bennett (GregBennett@MergisGroup.com)’s Specialties:
Nationwide recruitment of executives, managers and senior-level individual contributors in Sales, Pre/Post Sales, Professional Services & Marketing.
Public Speaker with a focus on Sales Training, Motivation, Inspiration and the use of humor in business and life - "SmilePower®"
Greg Bennett (GregBennett@MergisGroup.com)’s Experience
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National Sales & Marketing Practice Director
The Mergis Group
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; SFN; Staffing and Recruiting industry)
March 2005 — Present (3 years 5 months)
National Sales & Marketing Recruiting Practice Director
Primary focus areas include recruitment and placement of Sales & Marketing professionals nationwide. -
CSAM (Certified Senior Account Manager)
MRI/Sales Consultants of Raleigh-Durham
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Staffing and Recruiting industry)
September 1996 — November 2004 (8 years 3 months)
Executive recruiting of senior-level indivdual contributors to C-Level professionals in the IT industry. Primary focus was on sales and marketing within the software industry. Was a consistent top-producer and won numerous awards including Rookie of the Year, Top-Ten Account Executive of the Year, numerous Pacesetter trips during my tenure.
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Director of Sales
Applied Computer Technologies
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)
January 1996 — September 1996 (9 months)
Managed, trained and expanded national sales force and international dealer program for facilities and maintenance software application targeted at K-12 schools and higher education.
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Regional Alliances Manager
Sybase
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; SY; Computer Software industry)
December 1994 — December 1995 (1 year 1 month)
Developed strategic allliance partners and managed sales efforts for Eastern US. Laid off as part of a reorganization after the Powersoft and MDI mergers.
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Contract Technical Recruiter
JGBsales (Self-employed)
(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Staffing and Recruiting industry)
August 1994 — December 1994 (5 months)
Recruited programmers, software testers and ASIC designers for various clients on short term contracts.
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Major Account Representative
AGS (acquired by Keane)
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Staffing and Recruiting industry)
March 1993 — July 1994 (1 year 5 months)
Outside sales and business development of IT Consulting Services & Contract Staffing to major accounts in the RTP area. Did account management as well as new business prospecting to consistently be 200% or more of quota. Utilzed the seminar selling strategy I'd developed at Wang to develop and present a very successful executive briefing to help position AGS as more than just an IT staffing company.
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Major Accounts Representative
Evernet Systems
(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
March 1992 — March 1993 (1 year 1 month)
Sold network infrastructure and integration consulting servces and systems to major and new accounts throughout the RTP area. Consistently met or surpassed target sales objectives. Left when company was acquired by CDSI and ultimately shut down.
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Major Accounts Representative
Global Software
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Computer Software industry)
April 1991 — April 1992 (1 year 1 month)
Sold mainframe manufacturing, distribution & financial software solutions to major accounts locally and nationally. Made first major distribution solution sale ever and was keynote speaker at international user group meeting.
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Senior Account Executive
Wang Labs
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Computer Hardware industry)
April 1986 — April 1991 (5 years 1 month)
Sold manufacturing hardware, software & services solutions primarily to new accounts that I personally prospected and developed. Some existing account sales as well. Led the US in new accounts, leader in sales performance and quota achievement. Created and implemented highly successful solution seminar sales strategy, was keynote speaker at district and regional level events, was Salesman of the Month and Quarter numerous times as well as Salesman of the Year. Was in the top 1% of over 1200 reps in the US.
Greg Bennett (GregBennett@MergisGroup.com)’s Education
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The University of Georgia
None, Liberal Arts, 1965 — 1966
Attended college in the evenings for several years but, still... no degree.
- Activities and Societies:
- Hung out in the Drama department and my favorite classes were Speech and English Lit. Worked at the school's Public TV station. Ran out of money so went back to Atlanta and got a job in sales... been selling and/or recruiting ever since.
Additional Information
Greg Bennett (GregBennett@MergisGroup.com)’s Websites:
Greg Bennett (GregBennett@MergisGroup.com)’s Interests:
Blues music, cooking, computers, the Web, reading, writing and public speaking.
Greg Bennett (GregBennett@MergisGroup.com)’s Groups:
Triangle Technical Recruiters Association (TTRA), LinkedIn Live, Triangle Recruiters Network
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Business Intelligence Group member -
Openreq.com (Recruiters & Staffing Professionals) member -
The Mergis Group member
Greg Bennett (GregBennett@MergisGroup.com)’s Honors:
Salesman of the Year, Manager of the Year, National Top-Ten Recruiter, Rookie of the Year, numerous sales achievement awards, trips and other recognition over my 40 years in sales and recruiting.
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