Brent Adamson is a world-renowned researcher, author, presenter, trainer, and advisor to B2B commercial executives around the world. 

He is the Co-Founder of both A to B Insight, a B2B sales and marketing research, advisory, and training company, as well as Co-Founder of Qoos, providing B2B sellers micro-guidance and AI-guided coaching, seamlessly embedded within HubSpot CRM.

Brent's next book, The Framemaking Sale, is available Sept. 9, 2025.

Known as having the “biggest crystal ball in B2B sales,” Brent is the co-author of the best-selling, industry changing The Challenger Sale and The Challenger Customer.  He is also a frequent contributor to well-known business publications, including the Harvard Business Review, featuring his recent articles, “Sensemaking for Sales” and “Traditional B2B Sales and Marketing Are Becoming Obsolete.” 

Across the last 19 years, Brent has been privileged to work with some of the greatest thought leaders in B2B and B2C sales and marketing, building and leading exclusive communities of highly progressive commercial executives.  Known as a world-class facilitator and speaker, Brent has presented to tens of thousands of commercial leaders both in-person and virtually all over the world, ranging from executive leadership teams to large keynote audiences.  

Especially well known for his passion for “productive disruption,” Brent served as the “chief story teller” for CEB, now Gartner’s, sales, marketing, and customer service practices from 2003 to 2022.  Across that time, Brent’s research has focused most closely on the critical, boundary-spanning intersection of selling and buying, seeking to understand the rapidly changing nature of effective commercial collaboration.  Most recently, Brent and his colleagues at CEB, now Gartner, have introduced industry-leading concepts such as Buyer Enablement, Sense Making, and Customer Decision Confidence. 

A native of Omaha, Neb., Brent joined CEB, now Gartner, from the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business where he received his MBA with distinction. Prior to that, he served on the faculty of Michigan State University as a Professor of German and Applied Linguistics. In addition to his MBA, Brent holds a B.A. with distinction in political science from the University of Michigan along with M.A.s in political science and German, and a Ph.D. in applied linguistics from the University of Texas. Brent resides in Leesburg, VA with his wife, two daughters, and rescue dog.

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Victor Antonio

Author, speaker, and sales consultant, Victor Antonio has a B.S. in Electrical Engineering, an MBA, and built a 25-year career as a top sales executive and then CEO of a high-tech company.

🔹 Top 100 USA Podcast "Sales Influence - Finding the Why in How People Buy" Over 100,000 downloads per month

🔹 Top YouTube Sales Channel: 207,000+ subscribers

🔹 Online LMS - Sales Velocity Academy with over 50 courses, 500+ videos

He has delivered sales motivation keynotes and conducted sales workshops in Europe, Asia, Latin America, UAE, Australia, South Africa, and the Middle East.    

Victor has shared the big stage with some of the top business speakers in the nation including John Maxwell, Paul Otellini (CEO of Intel), John May (CEO of FedEx Kinkos), Daymond John (Shark Tank), and many other top business speakers.

AMAZON Books:
- Sales Ex Machina: How Artificial Intelligence (AI) is Changing the World of Selling  (AI in Sales)
- Sales Models:  50 Models for Effective Selling (Sales)
- The Greatest Gift (Motivation)

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Sales Trainer & Motivation Keynote Speaker

Sales Training & Motivation - A poor upbringing from one of the roughest areas of Chicago didn't stop Victor from earning a B.S. Electrical Engineering, an MBA and building a 20-year career as a top sales executive and becoming President of Global Sales and Marketing for a $420M company.     

As Vice President of International Sales in a Fortune 500 $3B corporation at the time, he was selected from over 500 sales managers to join the President’s Advisory Council for excellence in sales and management.  

He has shared the stage with top business speakers: Rudy Giuliani, Zig Ziglar, Paul Otellini (CEO of Intel), and John May (CEO of FedEx Kinkos).  He's the author of 13 books on sales and motivation and recently released his Seminars On Selling course with 300+ sales training videos.

International Experience: Europe, Asia, Saudi Arabia, Australia, Latin America, Middle East, United Arab Emirates and South Africa.

Victor Antonio is a globally sought after sales speaker and trainer.  His high-energy keynotes makes him ideal for your next sales conference.  Whether it's a small to medium size company or a Fortune 500 companies, Victor tailors his message to fit the client's concerns.   His client list includes:  Verizon, Citrix, Sprint, Cigna, BAE Systems to name a few.

Get his new book, "Sales Ex Machina: How Artificial Intelligence is Changing the World of Selling" (www.SalesExMachina.com)

He is also the host of Spike TV's reality show, "Life or Debt" (Available on Amazon) where he works with families and teaches them how to run their family like a business.

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