JAMES WHITMAN

James is a business development, innovation and growth executive focused on working with gifted leaders at mission driven organizations to find their voice and bring their visions into the world. He had an extremely successful tenure at Gartner(previously CEB) where he helped build out teams that scaled the organization. At Gartner he was a top revenue producer, served as a product launch specialist on 20+ new programs, founded the key account practice, revamped the rep hiring and development process and coached the next generation of sellers. James has since supported dozens of early and growth stage firms and built organizations to assure sustainable growth. James believes in demystifying the practice of sales to make it accessible to leaders so they gain personal expertise and know how to best manage commercial functions as their organizations grow.