SEATTLE, Mar. 23, 2009 – The TAS Group, the world leader in sales effectiveness, today announced the appointment of Matt Close to the newly created position of VP, Global Sales.
The creation of this role is in response to growth in the company’s Dealmaker on-demand sales effectiveness software platform, and underscores the global nature of the company’s business.
As evidence of The TAS Group’s leadership role in shifting the sales effectiveness industry from an event-based model to a sustainable process driven through the use of on-demand software, the company has aligned its resources to further accelerate this new model. This includes reshaping the sales organization to better serve direct customers and prospects for Dealmaker, as well as expansion into new channels of distribution.
“We experienced 300% growth in our Dealmaker revenue last year, and anticipate 250% growth on top of that this year,” said Donal Daly, chief executive officer for The TAS Group. “This is great validation of the value our on-demand sales effectiveness solution is delivering to customers. Under Matt’s leadership, our new sales structure will help bring this value to more customers more quickly and effectively. Our Dealmaker platform helps companies increase revenue, and Matt’s ability to help customers translate their sales effectiveness challenges to revenue growth opportunities is unparalleled – and that’s great for our customers.”
Close joined The TAS Group in 2004 and has served in several sales executive roles for the company. Prior to The TAS Group, he led sales organizations for The Coca-Cola Company that interacted both with direct customers and distributors to deliver sales growth in mature markets. Later, he founded and led a management and leadership training practice focused on enabling companies to build strong management teams. Close has a master’s degree in business administration from Azusa Pacific University with an emphasis in business leadership, and a bachelor’s degree in history from the University of California at Irvine.
About The TAS Group
The TAS Group provides sales effectiveness solutions to companies that want to achieve sustained, predictable and profitable revenue growth. It exists to guide and motivate global sales teams to win profitable business faster from target customers through a combination of methodology, process and technology. The TAS Group has helped over 650,000 sales professionals succeed and has global presence serving organizations in all major global economies with native language speaking, culturally attuned sales effectiveness experts, and solutions available in up to 14 languages. The TAS Group delivers proven sales methodology and process with its Dealmaker on-demand sales effectiveness platform, which integrates with popular CRM products from salesforce.com, Oracle, and Microsoft. The TAS Group hosts and moderates the Sales 2.0 Network (S20N, www.sales20network.com), a global, virtual thought leadership forum to discuss issues relevant to sales professionals in a Web 2.0 world. The only sales effectiveness organization with continuous multi-million dollar investment in its own methodology and technology R&D center, The TAS Group is headquartered in Seattle, with international headquarters in Dublin, Ireland, and Bracknell, England.
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