100 Sales Coaches You Should Know (A to Z)

To celebrate the arrival of Dreamforce and our brand-new Coaching feature - the Ambition Team is profiling 100+ world-class sales coaches. Enjoy this list and see how Wayfair doubled revenue-per-rep with Ambition over 12 months.

Every great team needs an elite coach to reach the apex of its potential. And in the fast-paced and ever-changing world of sales, companies need elite sales coaches more than ever.

Since 2013, Ambition has been helping sales leaders solve the most common challenges facing modern sales organizations. This month, we are debuting a brand-new Coaching Feature for the Ambition Sales Management Cloud (sneak-peek below).

In the spirit of this release, we decided to profile 100+ of the world's best sales consultants, trainers, VPs, frontline managers and sales operations and enablement specialists who have distinguished themselves as elite sales coaches and trainers for today's leading sales organizations.

A-to-Z List: 100+ Top Sales Coaches and Trainers

The following list is organized alphabetically and spotlights 100+ of the foremost sales coaches manning the trenches every day. Enjoy the list and connect with these great leaders if you can!

#1. Max Altschuler

Role: Founder & CEO at Sales Hacker.

Location: New York, New York.

Social Media: LinkedIn. Twitter. YouTube.

#2. Lauren Bailey

Role: President at Factor 8.

Location: Phoenix, Arizona.

Social Media: LinkedIn. Twitter.

#3. John Barrows

Role: Principal at JBarrows Sales Training.

Location: Boston, Massachusetts.

Social Media: YouTube. LinkedIn. Twitter.

#4. Ralph Barsi

Role: Sr. Director, Global Sales Development Leader at ServiceNow.

Location: San Francisco, California.

Social Media: LinkedIn. Twitter.

#5. Lee Bartlett

Role: Author of The #1 Best-Seller.

Location: London, United Kingdom.

Social Media: LinkedIn. Twitter.

#6. Aaron Bartels

Role: Managing Director at Sales Benchmark Index.

Location: Las Vegas, Nevada.

Social Media: LinkedIn. Twitter.

#7. Corey Beale

Role: Senior Director of Global Sales Operations at HubSpot.

Location: Boston, Massachusetts.

Social Media: LinkedIn. Twitter.

#8. Elizabeth Beard

Role: Sr. Sales Trainer at Forrester.

Location: Nashville, Tennessee.

Social Media: LinkedIn. Twitter.

#9. Trish Bertuzzi

Role: President at The Bridge Group.

Location: Boston, Massachusetts.

Social Media: LinkedIn. Twitter.

#10. Frank Bilich

Role: Vice-President, Sales at Ziff Davis.

Location: New York, New York.

Social Media: LinkedIn.

#11. Jeb Blount

Role: Founder, CEO & Podcast Host at Sales Gravy.

Location: Atlanta, Georgia.

Social Media: Website. LinkedIn. Twitter.

#12. Amanda Breckenridge

Role: Global Director of Sales Readiness, Talent Solutions at LinkedIn.

Location: San Francisco, California.

Social Media: LinkedIn.

#13. Judy Buchholz

Role: General Manager, Strategy & Solutions at IBM.

Location: New York, New York.

Social Media: LinkedIn. Twitter.

#14. Chad Burmeister

Role: Co-Founder and CEO at ScaleX.ai.

Location: Denver, Colorado.

Social Media: LinkedIn. Twitter.

#15. Grant Cardone

Role: Owner at Cardone Enterprises.

Location: Miami, Florida.

Social Media: Twitter. LinkedIn. YouTube. Podcast.

#16. Ray Carrol

Role: VP Sales at Engagio.

Location: San Francisco, California.

Social Media: LinkedIn. Twitter.

#17. Marcus Cauchi

Role: Sales Management Trainer at Sandler Training.

Location: Reading, United Kingdom.

Social Media: Twitter. LinkedIn. YouTube.

#18. Tim Connors

Role: Manager Director, NE Product Sales at Accenture.

Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Social Media: LinkedIn.

#19. Mark Cranney

Role: Chief Commercial Officer at SignalFX.

Location: San Francisco, California.

Social Media: LinkedIn. Twitter.

#20. Bill Crawford

Role: SVP Inside Sales at ADP.

Location: Roseland, New Jersey.

Social Media: LinkedIn.

#21. Megan Dalhen

Role: General Manager, Sales Center Innovation at Microsoft.

Location: Seattle, Washington.

Social Media: LinkedIn. Twitter.

#22. Tammy Davidson

Role: Sr. Vice-President, Client Services at Right Management.

Location: Miami, Florida.

Social Media: LinkedIn.

#23. Tom Dekle

Role: Vice-President, Digital Sales at IBM.

Location: Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

Social Media: LinkedIn.

#24. Kevin Dorsey

Role: Head of Sales Development & Enablement at ServiceTitan.

Location: Los Angeles, California.

Social Media: LinkedIn.

#25. David Dulany

Role: Founder & CEO at TenBound.

Location: San Francisco, California.

Social Media: LinkedIn. Twitter.

#26. Chad T. Dyar

Role: Director of Renewal Sales at OnDeck.

Location: New York, New York.

Social Media: LinkedIn. Twitter.

#27. Kevin Gaither

Role: Senior Vice President of Sales at ZipRecruiter.

Location: Santa Monica, California.

Social Media: LinkedIn. Twitter.

#28. Susan Gammage

Role: Head of Americas Transaction Sales at Thomson-Reuters.

Location: New York, New York.

Social Media: LinkedIn. Twitter.

#29. Jeff Gies

Role: Vice-President of Sales at ADP.

Location: Alpharetta, Georgia.

Social Media: LinkedIn.

#30. Rene Grajales

Role: Vice-President, Inside Sales at Staples.

Location: Orlando, Florida.

Social Media: LinkedIn.

#31. Derek Grant

Role: VP of Commercial Sales at SalesLoft.

Location: Atlanta, Georgia.

Social Media: LinkedIn. Twitter.

#32. Gerhard Gschwandter

Role: Founder & CEO at Selling Power.

Location: Fredericksburg, Virginia.

Social Media: LinkedIn.

#33. Cody Guymon

Role: Sr. Manager, Sales Operations at Qualtrics.

Location: Provo, Utah.

Social Media: LinkedIn.

#34. Chuck Haling

Role: Vice-President of Sales at VelocityEHS.

Location: Chicago, Illinois.

Social Media: LinkedIn.

#35. Tony Hammonds

Role: EVP of Learning & Development at Arrive Logistics.

Location: Austin, Texas.

Social Media: LinkedIn.

#36. Richard Harris

Role: Director of Sales Training & Consulting Services at Sales Hacker.

Location: San Francisco, California.

Social Media: LinkedIn. Twitter.

#37. Ginnette Harvey

Role: Vice-President at Specialist Staffing Group.

Location: Chicago, Illinois.

Social Media: LinkedIn.

#38. Nick Hedges

Role: President & CEO at Velocify.

Location: Los Angeles, California.

Social Media: LinkedIn.

#39. Dallas Hogensen

Role: VP Global Sales at Impraise.

Location: New York, New York.

Social Media: LinkedIn. Twitter.

#40. Brent Holloway

Role: VP Corporate Sales at Talend.

Location: San Francisco, California.

Social Media: LinkedIn. Twitter.

#41. Jared Houghton

Role: Co-Founder & CSO at Ambition.

Location: Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Social Media: LinkedIn. Twitter.

#42. Travis Huff

Role: Director, B2B Sales at Wayfair.

Location: Salt Lake City, Utah.

Social Media: LinkedIn.

#43. Stuart Hurwitz

Role: Operations Director, EMEA at Allegis Group.

Location: London, England.

Social Media: LinkedIn.

#44. Anthony Ianarrino

Role: President at SOLUTIONS Staffing.

Location: Columbus, Ohio.

Social Media: LinkedIn. Twitter. Website.

#45. Morgan Ingram

Role: Director of Sales Execution and Evolution at JBarrows Sales Training.

Location: Atlanta, Georgia.

Social Media: LinkedIn. Twitter. YouTube.

#46. Jake Irvine

Role: Sr. Sales Manager at MarketStar.

Location: Salt Lake City, Utah.

Social Media: LinkedIn.

#47. Rob Jeppsen

Role: Founder & CEO at Xvoyant.

Location: Salt Lake City, Utah.

Social Media: LinkedIn. Twitter.

#48. Dennis Jeske

Role: Global Head of Sales Productivity at Dropbox.

Location: San Francisco, California.

Social Media: LinkedIn.

#49. Ken Jisser

Role: Chapter President at AA-ISP Silicon Valley.

Location: San Francisco, California.

Social Media: LinkedIn. Twitter.

#50. Chris Johnson

Role: Sr. Vice-President, TeleSales at Comdata.

Location: Nashville, Tennessee.

Social Media: LinkedIn.

#51. Jason R. Jordan

Role: Principal at Vantage Point Partners.

Location: Charlottesville, Virginia

Social Media: LinkedIn. Twitter.

#52. Peter Kazanjy

Role: Co-Founder at Atrium HQ.

Location: San Francisco, California.

Social Media: LinkedIn. Twitter.

#53. Eve Kedar

Role: Sales Enablement Manager at Gainsight.

Location: San Francisco, California.

Social Media: LinkedIn. Twitter.

#54. Keenan.

Role: Founder & CEO at A Sales Guy.

Location: Denver, Colorado.

Social Media: LinkedIn. Twitter. YouTube.

#55. Phill Keene

Role: Director of Sales at Costello.

Location: Indianapolis, Indiana.

Social Media: LinkedIn. Twitter.

#56. Kraig Kleeman

Role: Author & Speaker at KraigKleeman.com.

Location: Chicago, Illinois.

Social Media: LinkedIn. Twitter. YouTube.

#57. Jill Konrath

Role: Principal at JILLKONRATH.

Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Social Media: LinkedIn. Twitter.

#58. Mark Kosoglow

Role: Vice-President of Sales at Outreach.

Location: Seattle, New York.

Social Media: LinkedIn. Twitter.

#59. Mike Kunkle

Role: VP Sales Transformation Services at Digital Transformation, Inc.

Location: Boston, Massachusetts.

Social Media: Website. LinkedIn. Twitter.

#60. Rick Lamy

Role: Vice-President, Sales at Toast.

Location: Boston, Massachusetts.

Social Media: LinkedIn.

#61. Greg Little

Role: Sales Excellence Manager at Shell.

Location: Houston, Texas.

Social Media: LinkedIn.

#62. Larry Long, Jr.

Role: Head of Business Development at Pendo.io.

Location: Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina.

Social Media: LinkedIn. Twitter.

#63. Alex Lynn

Role: Sales Development Manager at CrowdStrike.

Location: Austin, Texas.

Social Media: LinkedIn.

#64. Danielle Marquis

Role: Director of Sales Operations at Hudl.

Location: Boston, Massachusetts.

Social Media: LinkedIn. Twitter.

#65. Ryan McCann

Role: Sr. Director, Americas Sales at Filemaker.

Location: San Francisco, California.

Social Media: LinkedIn.

#66. Jeffrey Melesky

Role: Vice-President of Sales at TriNet.

Location: New York, New York.

Social Media: LinkedIn.

#67. Dionne Mischler

Role: Founder & President at InsideSales By Design.

Location: Orange County, California.

Social Media: LinkedIn. Twitter.

#68. Nancy Nardin

Role: Founder at Smart Selling Tools.

Location: Silicon Valley, California.

Social Media: LinkedIn. Twitter.

#69. Adam Nemeth

Role: Director, Sales & Business Development at MavenLink.

Location: Orange County, California.

Social Media: LinkedIn.

#70. Julie Newhouse

Role: Sales Training & Enablement Manager at Lyft.

Location: San Francisco, California.

Social Media: LinkedIn.

#71. Lars Nilsson

Role: VP, Global Inside Sales at Cloudera.

Location: San Francisco, California.

Social Media: LinkedIn. Twitter.

#72. Meghan O'Donnell

Role: Global Sales Effectiveness Team Lead at Uber.

Location: San Francisco, California.

Social Media: LinkedIn. Twitter.

#73. Gradie Oakes

Role: Director, Sales Innovation at SinglePlatform.

Location: New York, New York.

Social Media: LinkedIn.

#74. Paul Ohls

Role: VP Sales & Customer Success at TenFold.

Location: Austin, Texas.

Social Media: LinkedIn. Twitter.

#75. Chris Ortolano

Role: Co-President at AA-ISP Portland.

Location: Portland, Oregon.

Social Media: LinkedIn. Twitter.

#76. Laurie Page

Role: Managing Partner at The Bridge Group.

Location: Boston, Massachusetts.

Social Media: LinkedIn. Twitter.

#77. Karishma Patel

Role: Knowledge Management Lead - Global Sales & Marketing Operations at Twitter.

Location: San Francisco, California.

Social Media: LinkedIn. Twitter.

#78. Bob Perkins

Role: Founder & Chairman at AA-ISP.

Location: San Francisco, California.

Social Media: LinkedIn.

#79. Chris Pham

Role: Head of Account Development at CoreOs.

Location: San Francisco, California.

Social Media: LinkedIn.

#80. Michael Poe

Role: Sr. VP Inside Sales & Customer Service at ServiceSource.

Location: Nashville, Tennessee.

Social Media: LinkedIn.

#81. Ed Porter

Role: Director, Inside Sales at Guest Supply.

Location: Columbus, Ohio.

Social Media: LinkedIn.

#82. Naomi Prater

Role: Trainer, Sales Learning & Development at RentPath.

Location: Atlanta, Georgia.

Social Media: LinkedIn.

#83. Kristina Puccinelli

Role: Sales Operations Manager at Raise.

Location: Chicago, Illinois.

Social Media: LinkedIn.

#84. Lexi Reese

Role: COO at Gusto.

Location: San Francisco, California.

Social Media: LinkedIn.

#85. Jake Reni

Role: Sr. Manager of Inside Sales - Enterprise at Adobe.

Location: Salt Lake City, Utah.

Social Media: LinkedIn. Twitter.

#86. Steve Richard

Role: Founder & CRO at ExecVision.

Location: Washington, D.C.

Social Media: LinkedIn. Twitter.

#87. Lori Richardson

Role: Co-Founder at Score More Sales.

Location: Boston, Massachusetts.

Social Media: LinkedIn. Twitter.

#88. Patrick Rodgers

Role: VP of Sales at LearnCore.

Location: Chicago, Illinois.

Social Media: LinkedIn. Twitter.

#89. Aaron Ross

Role: Co-Founder at Predictable Revenue.

Location: Los Angeles, California.

Social Media: LinkedIn. Twitter.

#90. Jill Rowley

Role: Board Advisor & Partner at Sales For Life.

Location: New York, New York.

Social Media: LinkedIn. Twitter.

#91. Jason Rozenblat

Role: VP, Inside Sales at GreenSky.

Location: Atlanta, Georgia.

Social Media: LinkedIn. Twitter.

#92. Tamara Schenk

Role: Research Director at CSO Insights.

Location: Wiesbaden, Germany.

Social Media: LinkedIn. Twitter.

#93. Steve Shauck

Role: Sr. Leader, Global Strategy and Excellence at GE Digital.

Location: Cincinnati, Ohio.

Social Media: LinkedIn.

#94. Sean Sheppard

Role: Founder at GrowthX.

Location: San Francisco, California.

Social Media: LinkedIn. Twitter.

#95. Miriam Shockley

Role: Sales Learning & Devel at Gusto.

Location: Denver, Colorado.

Social Media: LinkedIn.

#96. Whitney Sieck

Role: Talent Development Functional Trainer at iCIMS.

Location: New York, New York.

Social Media: LinkedIn.

#97. Omar Soliman

Role: Founder & CEO at College Hunks Hauling Junk.

Location: Tampa, Florida.

Social Media: LinkedIn. Twitter.

#98. Hilmon Sorey

Role: Managing Director at ClozeLoop.

Location: San Francisco, California.

Social Media: LinkedIn.

#99. Ian Steward

Role: Vice-President, Sales at QASymphony.

Location: Atlanta, Georgia.

Social Media: LinkedIn.

#100. Marylou Tyler

Role: CEO at Strategic Pipeline.

Location: Des Moines, Iowa.

Social Media: LinkedIn. Twitter. Podcast.

#101. Jacco van der Kooij

Role: Founder at Winning By Design.

Location: San Francisco, California.

Social Media: LinkedIn. Twitter.

#102. Gary Vaynerchuk

Role: Founder & CEO of VaynerMedia.

Location: New York, New York.

Social Media: Wikipedia. YouTube. Podcast. Twitter. LinkedIn.

#103. Thomas Watanapun

Role: Sales Director at ZeroCater.

Location: San Francisco, California.

Social Media: LinkedIn.

#104. Mike Weinberg

Role: Consultant, Speaker & Author at The New Sales Coach.

Location: St. Louis, Missouri.

Social Media: LinkedIn. Twitter.

#105. Glenda Welsh-Corwin

Role: Vice-President, Sales Worldwide Services at FedEx.

Location: Naples, Florida.

Social Media: LinkedIn.

#106. Paula White

Role: Director Inside Sales at BoundTree.

Location: Columbus, Ohio.

Social Media: LinkedIn. Twitter.

#107. Anthony Wilkinson

Role: Manager, Inside Sales EMEA & APAC at Birst.

Location: London, England.

Social Media: LinkedIn.

#108. Drew Woodcock

Role: Vice-President, Sales at ChowNow.

Location: San Diego, California.

Social Media: LinkedIn.

#109. Zeeshan Yoonas

Role: Head of Sales at Sift Science.

Location: San Francisco, California.

Social Media: LinkedIn.

More Sales Coaching Resources

Check out these great sales coaching resources from Ambition.

• The Beginner's Guide to Agile Sales Management
• The Winner's Guide to Effective Sales Coaching
• The Salesforce KPI Report
• The Sales Performance Index

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