Feb. 22 Minority Business Development Roundtable: Opening Doors To Success
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Opening Doors To Success – A Sales Seminar
How do I decide which doors to open? How do I open them? What do I do once the doors are open? How do I turn an open door opportunity into success? How do I make my sales efforts sustainable? The answers to these questions break down into sections on planning, preparation, process, and performance.
What: Minority Business Development Roundtable
Topic: Opening Doors To Success – A Sales Seminar
Date: Monday, February 22, 2010
Time: 2:30 pm to 4:30 pm
Location: Greater Seattle Chamber of Commerce, 1301 Fifth Avenue, Suite 2500, Seattle
Presenter: Earl W. Overstreet II
Registration: Online
About Earl W. Overstreet II
Earl is president of General Microsystems Inc. (GMI), a company he founded in 1983. GMI solutions include systems and data storage products from industry leading vendors including Sun Microsystems, Hitachi Data Systems, HP, and Symantec. Customers include The Boeing Company, Expeditors International, Starbucks, State of Washington, City of Tacoma, and Group Health Cooperative.
Earl’s career started at the General Electric Miniature Lamp Department where he held positions in manufacturing, sales, and marketing. At Wyle Laboratories Electronic Marketing Group his responsibilities included sales, sales management, and division management.
Earl has a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Case Institute of Technology and an MBA from Case Western Reserve University in his hometown of Cleveland, Ohio. He is a member of Beta Gamma Sigma Honor Society, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, and Tabor 100.
He serves on the Bellevue Chamber of Commerce Executive Committee and the Bellevue Entrepreneur Center Steering Committee. He is a member of the Central Washington University College of Business Advisory Board and the Washington Office of Minority and Women’s Business Enterprises Ad Hoc Advisory Committee.
