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“Why I’m So Interested In Selling,” Maria Boulden/Gartner

Partners in Excellence

She is currently Vice President of Executive Partner Sales at Gartner. Prior to that, she ran one of the largest segments at Dupont, responsible for billions in annual revenue. Here’s Maria: “I graduated with a degree in chemical engineering with a chemistry minor. How is that relevant?

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Sensemaking: Selling To Customers In The “Simple Quadrant”

Partners in Excellence

We know who these customers are and can segment and target them very well. We know these problems fall into the simple quadrant, and we can develop the best approaches, both in marketing, sales, and customer experience for engaging these customers. One of my clients sold basic chemicals. Many XaaS vendors are discovering this.

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Channel Visibility Reveals Unique Sales Workflows in Multi-Channel Organizations

Cincom Smart Selling

Discerning the nature of those requirements requires visibility into the individual sales channels. Different sales partners typically address different market segments. This selling partner addresses an entirely different market; their customers use industrial chemicals and gasses.

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Complex Or Simple Buying Process

Partners in Excellence

selection of RF shielding for a smartphone, selection of specific bulk chemicals). I, also, don’t believe we can segment these based on the type of product or solution the customer is buying. From a sales management point of view, metrics become pretty easy and pretty predictable.

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170+ Women in Sales Share Their Career-Defining Aha Moment

Sales Hacker

Best-selling author of Embrace Your Edge, Hang is a global speaker on sales, leadership, and diversity & inclusion in the workplace. She holds a BS in Chemical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin and lives in Los Altos, California with her two children. What is one a-ha moment you’ve had in your sales career?

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