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“Why I’m So Interested In Selling,” Klaus Leutbecher

Partners in Excellence

I started off with an electrical engineering degree working for a German manufacturer of electromechanical/electronic sub-systems, e.g. tuner/remote controls for TV-sets. Let’s move to 1997 and a meeting in Cleveland with Joe Keithley, then CEO & President of Keithley Instruments. Please let me explain with some anecdotes.

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Milton Hwang: Spotlight on the expert

Martech

We spoke about his circuitous path to marketing through electrical engineering and the early days of ecommerce at GE Healthcare, where he worked for many years, reporting to both the CMO and CIO. I effectively showed up to an afterschool meeting because it was her. He’s also spoken at The MarTech Conference. A: Retrospectively.

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“My Obsession To Provide Customer Value,” Christian Mauer

Partners in Excellence

I then studied Electrical Engineering at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, specializing to the max. I wanted to be where “the rubber meets the road”. As a student, I had to buy my first scientific HP calculator not in a shop but directly from a sales engineer at the local HP office.

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How to Introduce Yourself in an Email: 7 Email Examples to Copy

Lead Fuze

We’ve built our search engine from scratch so that we know exactly what each company’s employees are called and where they work. If you want to get on a call or meet your recipient in person, it’s best to ask what time works best for them. You can use email finder tools such as LeadFuze to find your target contact.

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Building a Sales Organization with Craig Klein

Sales Nexus

Get to know SalesNexus founder and CEO Craig Klein as he shares his journey in the sales and marketing world with Alex Guz on the Revenue Engine Podcast. Once I got out of college and got into the working world, I graduated as an engineer. I went to work at NASA, for a NASA subcontractor as an electrical engineer.

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Ben & Jerry, theSkimm & Apple: The Inspiring Stories of 10 Famous Co-Founders

Hubspot

Combine a sales-minded dreamer with a genius engineer, or combine a punk rocker with a hip-hop pioneer, and -- as you're about to discover -- the sum can often be greater than its parts. Hewlett and Packard became friends in 1934 after they had both graduated from Stanford University with degrees in electrical engineering.

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Episode 27: How ABC Polymer Took On Direct Sales to Grow Their Business

Spiro Technologies

My father, who was an electrical engineer by trade, was, at the time, the largest private commercial real estate developer in the state of Alabama. We had the opportunity to meet with a gentleman named Tim Hartsell, who was an industry veteran, about affiliating with our company. We have quarterly meetings.