Jonathan Gilliam
Austin, TX (USA)
Role(s):
Founder/Owner/Principal
Society for Business Development Professionals LLC
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Location:
Austin
Industry:
Non Profit
Year Founded:
2007
Number Employees:
1-10 people
Description:
The Society for Business Development Professionals (SBDP) is an association exclusively for major account sales and business development professionals. Our members work for, sell to and partner with major companies such as Oracle, Microsoft, Deloitte and EDS. SBDP is the leading source for information, knowledge sharing and career development in the industry.
We are the only global association focused solely on complex sales and business development professionals. Our mission is clear. Today our members face unprecedented opportunities --and challenges. Intense competition. Extensive sales cycles. Complex, big-ticket negotiations.
Our corporate sponsors also face many challenges in keeping their customer-facing team sharp, fresh and engaged. We help them build the critical success factor needed to continue their growth.
There is currently no other organization catering to high-end sales and business development professionals. Until the SBDP, these highly-sought and highly-paid experts had not have a community and programmatic infrastructure for their profession the way that most executives, industries, and trade groups have, creating a clear need and compelling financial opportunity for a professional “home” and community of peers.
In addition, we provide structured educational and career programs for this group, to enable them to become more effective in their roles and better compete in high stakes, complex markets.