
MarketMate™: High Velocity Sales & Marketing
Greater Atlanta Area

MarketMate™: High Velocity Sales & Marketing
Greater Atlanta Area
For over 20 years, Stone Payton has been helping professional service firms drive their business strategies more effectively. Stone and his team help you acquire the tools and disciplines you need to breathe tactical life into your strategic plans . . . Fast.
Mr. Payton literally wrote the book on SPEED® (Weyant Press, 2002), and co-developed the CircleNomics™ framework, helping Consulting firms go to market more effectively . . . Produce Better Results In Less Time. His career began with Conner Partners (formerly ODR), and has included Sales, Marketing, Design, and Delivery roles for some of the most respected training and consulting firms on the planet.
Mr. Payton is a published author, accomplished speaker, and trusted advisor to Entrepreneurs, Business Owners, and Sales Executives serious about Increasing the Ratio of Results to Time Invested.
Stone, his wife Holly and daughters Katie and Kelly, make their home in suburban Atlanta. His leisure interests include boating, hiking, travel -- and more recently, racquetball. Stone's personal mission is to help others develop the competence, confidence, and commitment to execute Fast, Innovative Change.
Practical Sales & Marketing Execution -- Replacing "interruption marketing" w/ What Really Works . . . CircleNomics™
(Professional Training & Coaching industry)
June 1999 — Present (10 years 6 months)
Solving The Sales and Marketing Problem for Training & Consulting Firms
(Professional Training & Coaching industry)
October 2008 — May 2009 (8 months)
Responsible for Marketing Strategy and Sales Execution for DeSai's Innovation Execution Practice . . . Helping Organizations Get The Real Work Of Innovation Done
(Professional Training & Coaching industry)
August 2004 — August 2008 (4 years 1 month)
Change Leadership Consultancy
Independent Contractor through MarketMate™
Sold Change Leadership Training, Consulting, Methodology
(Professional Training & Coaching industry)
November 1997 — June 2001 (3 years 8 months)
Change Management Consultancy
Responsible for securing new clients, scoping engagements, and contracting. Additional duties included Assessment-based consulting and shadow consulting for Strategic Alliance Partners.
(Professional Training & Coaching industry)
July 1992 — October 1997 (5 years 4 months)
Sold Sales, Sales Management and Leadership Development Training, Managed Facilitator Certification Program
(Professional Training & Coaching industry)
May 1990 — July 1992 (2 years 3 months)
Sold & Conducted Highly Customized Sales / Sales Management Training and Simulation
(Professional Training & Coaching industry)
November 1987 — May 1990 (2 years 7 months)
Change Management Consultancy
Marketing Team, and Manager of Certification
B.S. , Marketing , 1981 — 1986