Global Sales, Marketing & C-Level Retained & Contingency Executive Search [TopLinked.com]
Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area
- Current
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- Global Sales, Marketing & C-Level 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
- Sandy Springs High - Class of '65
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Greg Bennett (6,165+)’s Summary
Professional Experience:
~15 years of recruiting & business development:
- Consistent revenue leader at Spherion/Mergis
> Performance Forum winner for '09
- At MRI/SC won quota awards every year
> National Rookie of the Year
> National Top Ten Account Executive
- Interviewed and quoted in: Investors Business Daily, Monster.com, CBS Moneywatch.com, HR News, Examiner.com, Odyssey Tipping Point, WRAL-TV, Fox50 TV, AOL's Men's Asylum Lifestyle blog, Raleigh News & Observer and more.
~30 years of successful sales, marketing & management with both US and International responsibility
- Sales - carried a bag & was always in the top 1%
- Management - sales, marketing & ops
- Marketing - created, planned and launched campaigns
Writer/Teacher/Speaker:
- Published articles on technolgy, sales & marketing
- Teacher of college sales, marketng and technology
- Sunday School teacher and lay preacher
- Professional Speaker delivering talks on topics including: sales & marketing, motivation/inspiration, tradition, customer service and humor including "SmilePower®"
Greg Bennett (6,165+)’s Specialties:
Global retained and contingency executive search
Greg Bennett (6,165+)’s Experience
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Global Sales, Marketing & C-Level Practice Director
The Mergis Group
(Public Company; SFN; Staffing and Recruiting industry)
March 2005 — Present (4 years 5 months)
GregBennett@MergisGroup.com
Global retained and contingency search for CxO as well as senior-level Sales and Marketing professionals. -
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 (6,165+)’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.
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Sandy Springs High - Class of '65
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Greg Bennett (6,165+)’s Interests:
Blues music, cooking, computers, the Web, reading, writing and public speaking.
Greg Bennett (6,165+)’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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