Atlanta Sales Leadership Community

ATLANTA SALES LEADERSHIP COMMUNITY

The Atlanta Sales Leadership Community was co-founded by Georgia State University and SOAR Performance Group to create a forum for best practice sharing and executive networking within the greater Atlanta area.

The community is a cross industry organization of senior sales leaders focused on building a community within the Atlanta market for advancing best practices in sales leadership.
It also creates networking and mentoring opportunities for Atlanta senior sales executives with Georgia State University students participating in the Georgia State University Sales Program.
The community is led by the advisory board with representatives from companies that represent different industries and go-to-market models.
In addition to the breakfast meetings that include panel discussions on sales leadership topics, the community also provides online options for participation.
Recordings from the panel discussion will be posted in the previous events section.
An online discussion group is available on LinkedIn.

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Atlanta Sales Leadership Community

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MEETING DATES

October 10, 2023

Executive Panel Discussion: Planning for Growth in 2024 – Balancing New Account Acquisition and Existing Customer Expansion

Planning for Growth in 2024 – Balancing New Account Acquisition and Existing Customer Expansion

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April 18, 2023

Executive Panel Discussion: Selling and Delivering Outcomes and Value During Uncertain Economic Times

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October 7, 2022

Who Owns the Pipeline?

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ATLANTA ADVISORY BOARD

Kent Jones | Georgia State University | Co-Chair Kent Jones
Georgia State University
Lecturer
Co-Chair

Christiane Palpant | Georgia State University | Co-Chair Christiane Palpant
Georgia State University
Lecturer
Co-Chair

Charlie Thackston
SOAR Performance Group
President
Co-Chair

John Bourne
Verint
Senior VP, Channels and Alliances

Kyle Bowker
OnSolve
Chief Revenue Officer

Justin Breitfelder
MongoDB
Regional Director

Margaret Brooks
Verizon Enterprise Solutions
Office of Customer Success

Marty Fagan
TransUnion
Senior VP, Sales & Business Development

Tim Fuller
EY
Executive Director, SAP Go-To-Market

Mike Hayes
Newell Brands
Chief Customer Officer

Frank Iannotti
FourKites, Inc.
Chief Revenue Officer

John Irwin
BaseSix Systems
Partner

Chris Jones
BetterCloud
Chief Revenue Officer

Kirsten Kliphouse | Red Hat Kirsten Kliphouse
Google Cloud
President, North America

Scott Macdonald
Siemens Industry
VP, Sales

Heath Morgan
IBM
VP of Client Sales, SE Cross Industry Enterprise

Dean Nolley
Ricoh Americas
VP, Global Technology Sales

Mike Pollitt
Boston Dynamics
Chief Sales Officer

Craig Potts
Assurance Software
Former CEO
Navicure
Former EVP

Hugh Rivers
Oracle
Group Vice President, North America Healthcare & Life Sciences Sales

Sophia Weatherby Williams
NCR, Telecom and Technology Division
Vice President and General Manager

Steve Young
Georgia State University
Lecturer
Founding Director

About Georgia State University

The largest business school in the South and part of a major research institution, Georgia State University’s J. Mack Robinson College of Business has 200 faculty, 8,000 students and 75,000 alumni. With programs on five continents and students from 88 countries, the college is world-class and worldwide. Its part-time MBA is ranked among the best by the Bloomberg Businessweek and U.S. News & World Report, and its Executive MBA is on the Financial Times list of the world’s premier programs. Located in Atlanta, the Robinson College and Georgia State have produced more of Georgia’s top executives with graduate degrees than any other school in the Southeast.

About SOAR Performance Group

SOAR Performance Group is a client-focused sales consulting and training company that concentrates on sales performance improvement. We accelerate results for our clients through the development and execution of new sales and go to market strategies. Clients achieve success through a process of insights, diagnostics, consulting and training centered on a comprehensive understanding and connection to each client’s business.