Two business, sales, and marketing consultants offer guidance on selling high-technology products, emphasizing the establishment of "personal excellence" in key performance drivers in technical sales. Chapters address every aspect of the process, with frameworks provided to develop a more effective, personalized, and systematic approach to improving personal performance. Special attention is given to the team sales concept and the importance of the contributions of the technical professionals who directly support sales. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
John Care is regional technical director at Business Objects, San Jose, CA. He received his B.Sc. in technical Chemical Engineering with honors from Imperial College of Science and Technology, London, England.
Aron Bohlig, director of vertical product management at Nortel Networks, received B.S. degrees in both information technology and English from the University of Puget Sound. He is currently earning his M.B.A. at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.