Eliot Burdett has nearly 20 years of experience building and leading technology companies. From 2001 until 2004, he drove sales as VP Sales for PointShot Wireless.  Before that, he co-founded two software companies, Ventrada Systems, a wireless application developer, and GlobalX, an e-commerce software developer that was acquired by OnX in the late 1990s. In each of these roles he recruited and managed successful sales teams.

This experience is now being applied at PeakSales, a firm which builds performance-oriented sales teams for technology companies.  Since inception, the company has grown into the largest specialized search and performance integration firm in North America, their hires boasting a retention and performance achievement rate that is twice the industry average.

Eliot was raised in the UK, received a business degree from Carleton University in Canada, and has been honoured as one of Ottawa’s “40 under 40”.  He enjoys spending time with his wife and young family, and loves to help peers in the community – he has been involved as a board member of volunteer of organizations such as Junior Achievement of Ottawa-Carleton (Chairman), the Tech Venture Challenge (Entrepreneur in Residence), the Ottawa Wireless Cluster (Director), Electronic Commerce Canada (Director), Ride to Survive, the Ottawa Hospital and Volunteer Ottawa (Director), and is a member of the Community Foundation of Ottawa, Engage Program.

Eliot and his co-managing partner at PeakSales, Brent Thompson, have been instrumental in the launch of the Sales Leadership Initiative (www.salesleadershipinitiative.org), a not-for-profit organization bringing together the region’s high tech sales community to educate, mentor, network and provide resources so that the tech sales community can grow smarter and faster.

You can get Eliot’s take on things in his company blog, at www.peaksalesrecruiting.com/blog.  He provides insightful commentary on issues that touch close to home for sales reps and managers, and has been cited in various business journals, newspapers, and CNN.