Development Director: David Breen
With over 18 years extensive experience in corporate training and leadership development functions, David has a proven track record in all areas of strategic and operational skills development.
Experienced in a variety of vertical sectors including utilities, hospitality, telecommunications, media, outsourcing and consultancy organisations. Having worked across the UK and internationally, David’s most recent role was leading the Management & Leadership Development function for Virgin Media, the largest Virgin Company in the world.
David is the also the owner of triplekite ltd, a Learning & Development solutions provider based in the North East of England and a founder member of the Sales Optimisation bespoke sales capability programme.
Specialties: Learning & Development design & delivery, Consultancy, Facilitation, Coaching, Keynote speaking, Management and Leadership Development, Organisational Development, Strategic Business Partnering, Psychometrics, Assessment centres, Negotiation, B2B sales development, 360 feedback mechanisms, Emotional Intelligence, Team Dynamics.
Sales Director: Paul Taylor
With over 25 years of sales leadership positions in both direct and indirect channels, Paul brings a wealth of expertise to any organisation seeking to establish best practice within their sales teams.
Paul’s career includes business leadership roles in several market leading best practice organisations such as, Xerox, CASE Communications, Cabletron, Alcatel and Orange Business Services. His operational experience includes UK and international roles in Asia Pacific and North America.
An advocate and a practitioner of the philosophy’s of win-win and customer intimacy, Paul is a certified Miller Heiman consultant, the owner of RedMen, an independent business consulting organisation based in the North West of England and a founder member of the Sales Optimisation bespoke sales capability programme.
Specialties: Consultancy, Strategic Selling, Sales Training Programmes, Professional Selling Principles, Customer Intimacy, Executive Coaching, Sales Capability Workshops, Effective Meeting & Time Management, Strategy and Operational Effectiveness, Opportunity Insight
Founder and Director: John Cunningham
Over 25 years of successful business experience, from front line sales to senior leadership and board level positions in sales, customer service and business operations.
John has a demonstrable track record of operational execution of strategy across a broad spectrum of business environments. A career that commenced as a Helicopter Controller in HM Royal Navy and progressed with Crown, Pace, CASE Communications and Telewest, through to leadership of the largest Virgin group B2B sales operation in the world, Virgin Media.
The owner of johnpc ltd, John is a Fellow Member of the Institute of Sales and Marketing Management (ISMM), a strategic advisor to Imerja ltd and a founder member of the Sales Optimisation bespoke sales capability programme.
Specialties: Consultancy, Advisory Services, Sales Organisational Review Programmes, Sales Capability Audit, Sales Training Programmes, Sales Value Propositions and Presentations, Sales Forecast Improvement, Strategy and Operational Effectiveness, Leadership, Strategic Alignment