WILLIAM GILCHRIST ON SHAKE THE COSMOS

 

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What does a career in sales look like? What are the unique challenges of being a salesperson? This week, William Gilchrist joins me to discuss his career path and debunk some myths about sales.

William has accumulated over 15 years of experience in technology sales throughout North America, Europe, Middle-East and Asia-Pacific. He holds a Bachelors of Arts (B.A.) in International Relations from Bowdoin College, TEFL Certification from GLV Zhuhai / 平和英语学院, Mandarin certification from Cornell University and another Mandarin certification from Beijing University / 北京大学.

William began his career within the corporate sector of Shanghai as a Media Relations Manager for Wai White Dragon, a publication for Shanghai's elite. William then returned to the United States to work in school administration as Director of Admissions and College Planning at Hales Franciscan High School in Chicago Illinois. He was hired to rebuild the admissions department by devising a plan to increase enrollment numbers among a unique demographic within the Chicago-land area. William then returned to Asia and worked in Business Development in Singapore for TSL Marketing. At TSL, WIlliam ran multiple lead generation campaigns in both English and Mandarin for top-tier tech firms throughout J-APAC.

He then moved to a position as Regional New Business Sales Manager for Google, Asia-Pacific. William has also founded and facilitated internal sales training courses for multiple departments. William transitioned to the APAC Knowledge Manager role where he focused on training and quality systems management for regional and global projects. William then ventured outside of Google to build and direct the Outbound Sales Teams for TradeGecko as Director, and then as Vice President for MyDoc, both Singapore-based startups.

William is currently the Founder of Konsyg and runs an end to end sales operation for Enterprises and SMEs globally. Salesman, defined.   

Find him on Linkedin: William Gilchrist or https://www.konsyg.com/ or email him at william.g@konsyg.com

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