Kirsty Dawe, Marketing Director of MarketMakers (pictured) - one of the UK's top telemarketing companies - has joined the panel of judges selecting finalists and winners for this year's Comms Dealer Sales Awards. "We are delighted to have Kirsty on board as a judge and she joins a panel of experts who all have a high pedigree of experience across the channel sales and marketing spectrums," said Nigel Sergent, Chair of Judges.
"This is a great line up of judges and we are delighted that they have freely given up their time to fairly and professional judge the awards. Once again we have received a record entry which has demonstrated how many companies in the channel value the work carried out by their sales and marketing team. We are looking forward to recognising their efforts at the Awards Luncheon at The Sheraton Park Lane Hotel in London's Mayfair on May 8th."
The full line-up of judges is as follows:
CHRIS HARRIS
Chris is well known in the telecoms channel having held a number of senior positions for vendors and distributors - most notable being Managing Director of Inter-Tel Europe and also MD of Contact Centre specialists Zeacom. Chris is passionate about delivering outstanding customer service, and appreciates that in today's competitive market, it is only outstanding individuals who will deliver outstanding results.
GARY MAY
Back in 2001, Gary May became a Sales Director for a telecoms company to which he helped grow from less than £4m to £40m in just 5 years. Gary is now the Founder of a highly successful training company, Salesology Ltd, which is a professional sales training approach that combines two crucial selling elements, the Art of Sales and the Science of Persuasion.
JEREMY COOKE
Jeremy Cooke was Sales and Marketing Director for telecoms distributor Rocom between 1984 and 1990. In 1991 he co-founded SDX Business Systems, where he helped grow revenue from £8m to £60m. The company was acquired by Lucent Technologies in 1998, returning 29 times original investment over the seven years since inception. Since then Jeremy has held numerous non-executive directorships for a range of technology based businesses.
JOHN MASSEY
John Massey has been in the telecoms industry for over 30 years and has previously been CEO of Actimax and Chairman of the Callback Group. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Marketing and also of the Institute of Management. John has built up two companies from scratch into successful enterprises. Over the years he has won over 30 awards and accolades for his companies.
KIRSTY DAWE
Kirsty is co-founder and director of award winning B2B marketing agency ReallyB2B. She is also Marketing Director for the MarketMakers group. Prior to this, Kirsty headed up marketing for leading IP tracking software firm Lead Forensics., Kirsty is passionate about the measurability of B2B marketing and delivering campaigns that are completely accountable, providing results right through to the bottom line.?