Advisors
When you're a Growth Intelligence member, you have unlimited access to advisors so you never have to strategize, plan,
and measure results alone. You'll learn directly from (and alongside!) our expert advisors who conduct B2B buyer research,
and who catalyze commercial change in the field every day.
When you connect with the Emblaze expert advisors, you'll get their eyes and brains on your specific revenue challenges
and get their guidance on how to apply research to your real-world strategies and team development.
Dr. Carmen Simon is a cognitive neuroscientist and Chief Science Officer at Corporate Visions and Emblaze. Her groundbreaking research using brain studies shows …
Dr. Carmen Simon is a cognitive neuroscientist and Chief Science Officer at Corporate Visions and Emblaze. Her groundbreaking research using brain studies shows how to create memorable messages and visuals that are easy to process, hard to forget, and impossible to ignore. Dr. Simon is the author of Impossible to Ignore: Creating Memorable Content to Influence Decisions and the forthcoming book, Made You Look!
Catherine Alexander is a Revenue Advisor at Emblaze. She has experience leading sales, consulting and customer success teams across European and US markets. She has served multiple …
Catherine Alexander is a Revenue Advisor at Emblaze. She has experience leading sales, consulting, and customer success teams across European and US markets. She has served multiple industries from professional services to manufacturing. Catherine also is VP of Training Services for Corporate Visions where she leads a team of more than 50 consultants that train over 75,000 commercial team members in 250 companies in 50 countries every year.
Doug Hutton is a Revenue Advisor at Emblaze. He's helped develop and prove many of the tools we provide. He's led marketing, sales, and …
Doug Hutton is a Revenue Advisor at Emblaze. He's helped develop and prove many of the tools we provide. He's led marketing, sales, and customer success teams, and is currently EVP of Customer Experience for Corporate Visions. Doug is co-author of The Expansion Sale: Four Must-Win Conversations to Keep and Grow Your Customers.
Frank Pinder is a Revenue Advisor at Emblaze. He also leads our Field Trials laboratory. Frank is an expert at digital sales acceleration, helping companies improve their inside …
Frank Pinder is a Revenue Advisor at Emblaze. He also leads our Field Trials laboratory. Frank is an expert at digital sales acceleration, helping companies improve their inside and outside sales motions by integrating process, technology, and people. Frank works with dozens of companies each year testing and certifying sales plays for acquisition, retention, and expansion to help transform their operations into modern selling machines. Frank also is the facilitator of the Emblaze Sales Transformation Executive Forum.
Jim Druckrey is an Executive Advisor at Emblaze. He brings over 30 years’ experience as a President and Chief Operating Officer-level executive at multiple companies …
Jim Druckrey is an Executive Advisor at Emblaze. He brings over 30 years’ experience as a President and Chief Operating Officer-level executive at multiple companies, where he made hundreds of millions of dollars of B2B buying decisions. Now he leads a team of Executive Consultants who train tens of thousands of salespeople on how to have better executive conversations. Jim and his team also have provided successful deal coaching to Fortune 500 B2B companies on some of their largest, must-win new business and renewal opportunities.
Leslie Talbot is a Revenue Advisor at Emblaze. She has spent her entire career helping organizations tell better stories to sell more effectively. Leslie has led marketing and sales …
Leslie Talbot is a Revenue Advisor at Emblaze. She has spent her entire career helping organizations tell better stories to sell more effectively. Leslie has led marketing and sales enablement teams, as well as messaging and content consulting organizations. She also helped develop and lead skills training for marketers on how to create more memorable messages and content. Leslie is SVP of Marketing at Corporate Visions and is co-author of The Expansion Sale: Four Must-Win Conversations to Keep and Grow Your Customers.
Nicci Hammerel is a Revenue Advisor and General Manager at Emblaze. This means she leads the entire Research, Advisory, and Community practice. Nicci also …
Nicci Hammerel is a Revenue Advisor and General Manager at Emblaze. This means she leads the entire Research, Advisory, and Community practice. Nicci also has been a practitioner and consultant, as well as led consulting teams that help companies find and tell their unique story. Nicci has worked in all markets and geographies, improving marketing, sales, and customer success conversations. She has also led a customer success organization.
Reuben Advani is an Executive Advisor at Emblaze. He began his career on Wall Street as an investment banker at Morgan Stanley before working for Sony. …
Reuben Advani is an Executive Advisor at Emblaze. He began his career on Wall Street as an investment banker at Morgan Stanley before working for Sony. Reuben was also founder and CEO of an education technology company acquired by Barbri, the global leader in legal education. He has served as President of the Financial Skills Institute, as well as CEO of the Global STEM Alliance. Reuben has been an interim CFO and COO at multiple private equity-led companies. Reuben is the author of The Wall Street MBA.
Rob Perrilleon is a Revenue Advisor at Emblaze. Rob has developed and implemented effective go-to-market and sales strategies in a variety of B2B markets. Rob has been…
Rob Perrilleon is a Revenue Advisor at Emblaze. Rob has developed and implemented effective go-to-market and sales strategies in a variety of B2B markets. Rob has been a quota-carrying salesperson, as well as led inside, channel, and field sales teams. As SVP, Delivery Services at Corporate Visions, he leads a combined team of more than 100 experts across messaging consulting, skills training, sales process, and leadership practices, as well as creative services. Those teams collectively work with more than 75,000 commercial team members at over 250 companies in more than 50 countries every year. He also is co-author of The Expansion Sale: Four Must-Win Conversations to Keep and Grow Your Customers.
Rohail Khan is an Executive Advisor at Emblaze. He has served at the president-level at three large enterprises, including Bank of America, Hewitt, and Xerox. …
Rohail Khan is an Executive Advisor at Emblaze. He has served at the president-level at three large enterprises, including Bank of America, Hewitt, and Xerox. Rohail has been on the executive buying side of hundreds of millions of dollars of purchasing decisions. He's now part of a team of Executive Consultants who train tens of thousands of salespeople on how to have better executive conversations. Rohail has provided successful deal coaching to Fortune 500 B2B companies on some of their largest, must-win new business and renewal opportunities.
Tim Riesterer is a Revenue Advisor and Chief Strategy Officer at Emblaze. He is responsible for the research agenda and development of practical, useful insights and tools.
Tim Riesterer is a Revenue Advisor and Chief Strategy Officer at Emblaze. He is responsible for the research agenda and development of practical, useful insights and tools. Tim has been a practitioner and consultant for more than 25 years, helping hundreds of B2B companies to improve their customer conversations across marketing, sales, and customer success. He is also Chief Strategy Officer at Corporate Visions. Tim is the co-author of three books: Conversations that Win, The Three Value Conversations, and The Expansion Sale.
Leff Bonney (PhD, MBA) is founder and director of the FSU Sales Institute, which has been recognized as the premier university sales program in …
Leff Bonney (PhD, MBA) is founder and director of the FSU Sales Institute, which has been recognized as the premier university sales program in the US. He also founded and is director of the Sales Educators' Academy, which is a program designed to help university sales faculty from all over the world be better equipped to teach sales and sales management at their respective universities. Leff is a Revenue Advisor and Distinguished Research Partner at Emblaze. Recently, Leff won the American Marketing Association's Don McBane Award, which is given to sales educators and sales leaders who have made a lasting impact on the field of sales and sales management. Prior to joining the faculty at Florida State University, Leff worked in sales leadership roles for two Fortune 500 companies.
