Back
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
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
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
Prefer podcasts to articles? Subscribe to The Sales Influencer Series on Soundcloud to listen to our interviews with best-in-class sales leaders like Mike Weinberg, Gary Vaynerchuk, John Barrows, and Tamara Schenk.
Ambition: The Agile Sales Management Platform
Harvard Business Review and AA-ISP (the Global Inside Sales Organization). Fortune 1000 sales organizations like UPS, Aerotek and Wayfair use Ambition to enhance sales KPI clarity and drive their teams using real-time scorecards, dashboards, alerts, contests, and TV leaderboards.
Contact us to schedule a demo of Ambition for your sales force today.
