JP Albano

"So Rich You Can Quit" book  is out now on Amazon!

Author

Host of So Rich You Can Quit video podcast show.

Host

Significan LC

Co-Host of the Significan Lifestyle Communities Real Estate Video Podcast show.

Principal of Significan Lifestyles Communities, who specialize in apartment real estate investments.

Principal

Cambridge Computer Services

As a Sr. Relationship Manager, I manage senior relationships. I essentially perform the same duties as I did before as a Systems Consultant, but with a more distinguished title.

Senior Relationship Manager

As a Systems Consultant (Technical Account Manager / Resource Broker) I work as both a Account Executive and a Pre-sales Engineering resource for my customers. Positioned as such for customers, I am able to have both technical and business discussions with them.

Systems Consultant

Provided pre-sales engineering support to customers. Manage a number of accounts as an account executive in a sales capacity.

Solutions Architect

Exanet

Responsible for product support / integration of ExaStore clustered NAS units as well as engaging in pre-sales cycles in my region. Run performance benchmarks and system tests for throughput and I/O. Prepare technical documents, Visio diagrams and comparison papers. Act as a technical account manager, providing product and customer support. 

In addition to my regular duties, I work in a pre-sales role supporting the Director of Sales in my territory.

Technical Consultant / Pre-Sales Engineer

Zumasys

At Zumasys I have had the opportunity to perform numerous VMware 3.5 virtualization installations, connected to HP EVA, MSA and Network Appliance SANs. In addition to VMware installs, I perform Citrix Presentation Server 4.0 and 4.5 installations for clients of all sizes. I also provide technical support and project management for those installs.

Performed numerous Exchange 2003 to 2007 installs as well as many Active Directory system upgrades.

Senior Systems Engineer

VPSI

Technical point of contact for the PMW 160 program office. Co-ordinate resolutions to various software related issues.

Sr. IT Specialist

IAG Research

Designed Citrix envirornment, planned helpdesk system, including hiring helpdesk staff. Provided system support.

Systems Administrator (Sr. Role)

Gaming Laboratories International

IT Systems Engineer (Senior)

Involved in cross-country 2500+ user Win2K rollout including quality assurance testing, system ghosting and migrating mailboxes and settings from Notes to MS Exchange 2k.

SSR-Technician

PC Magazine Labs

Benchmarked and inventoried computer systems that were featured in a holiday shoot-out.

Technician

Helping B2B Tech Sales AE's earn passive income while saving taxes by investing in real estate. From $220MM in tech sales to 700 apartment units. Soon to be best-selling author.

Tech Sellers looking to:

☑️ Lower your tax burden
☑️ Escape tech sales burn-out
☑️ Create a sales "escape plan"
☑️ Generate passive income through low risk hands-off real estate investing

My Story: 

Having sold $220M as an Enterprise Account Exec., I was making a ton of money but I was getting killed on taxes and sales just became a transactional flywheel. 

I had to keep selling, selling, selling to keep my head above water.

I finally realized that Tech Sales was really a vehicle to creating wealth by combining it with real estate investing where I can start to put my money to work for me, so I don't have to keep working for my money.

Benefits:

1️⃣ Diversify your W2 sales income (insulate yourself from job loss or market shifts)
2️⃣ Save on taxes (bigger/better write-offs! Save a ton on taxes & earn a return)
3️⃣ Low risk, hands off passive investments (no 2nd job of dealing with tenants / toilets)
4️⃣ Put your cash in the bank to work for you (like the wealthy do)

What we offer:

  ---  Our invitation only investment club helps Tech Sellers to quickly learn how to invest passively in apartment real estate deals that we screen and vet for you, saving you hundreds of hours.

My Real Estate Background and Record

🏦 Sometime in 2017 thanks to a desire to create passive income, I discovered multifamily real estate investing and fell in love.

👛 I put together my first deal with a group of friends in 2019, a 28-unit in Houston, TX.

We put our second deal together, a 12-unit, in Austell, GA.

Our 3rd, a 56-unit in Atlanta, GA, followed by a 96-unit in Augusta, GA.

Our 5th deal, our largest, a 278-unit in Shaker Heights OH came together during COVID, our most difficult to pull off, but had so much untapped potential.

🏧 We exited three deals of our deals and achieved the following returns for our investors;

  ---  28-Unit - 1.83x Equity Multiple and 57.79% Avg. Annual Return 💰 
  ---  96-unit - 2.86x Equity Multiple and 17.49% Avg. Annual Return 💰💰 
  ---  56-unit - 3.27x Equity Multiple and 103% Avg. Annual Return    💰💰💰

John-Paul Albano

Birthdays are a trip.
You wake up to confetti, cold coffee, and kids yelling “Happy Birthday!”
And somewhere in the middle of all that chaos… you start doing math in your head.
 
Another year.
More income.
But am I actually farther ahead?
 
For a long time, I avoided looking too closely at my money.
Not because I didn’t know how, 
but because I didn’t like what it represented.
 
In my head, budgeting meant failure.
That I couldn’t handle abundance.
That I’d have to start saying no to things I’d worked hard to afford.
 
So I did what most high earners do when things felt tight:
I told myself the answer was “just make more.”
 
But here’s what I finally learned (the hard way):
Budgeting isn’t about restriction.
It’s about direction.
 
It’s the difference between wondering where your money went…
and telling it exactly where to go.
 
Because without clear direction, money doesn’t vanish all at once.
It leaks out quietly - through small habits, untracked decisions,
and the illusion that “later” is soon enough.
 
I’m not perfect.
But I’m done confusing avoidance with abundance.
 
This year, I don’t want more.
I want clarity.

Helping high earning sellers make money and B2B enterprises save money.

Lately I’ve noticed something about myself.
I tell myself I don’t have time to sit down and really look at my finances.
 
And technically, that’s true.
 
When you’re in sales, your entire day is one long stream of decisions -
Which deal to prioritize.
Which client to chase.
Which lead to let go.
Even lunch feels like a strategic call.
 
By the time the day ends, you’ve made hundreds of micro-decisions.
And the thought of one more - especially something like “review my finances” - feels heavy.
So you skip it.
 
You tell yourself it’s not urgent.
You’ll get to it “when things slow down.”
But they never really do, do they?
 
It’s easier to just spend and move on.
Buy the thing. Cover the bill. Keep the motion going.
 
But here’s the part I’ve been avoiding:
Every time I say “I don’t have time” to manage my money,
it quietly costs me more than I realize.
 
Tiny leaks. Missed opportunities.
That low-grade stress humming in the background —
the kind that doesn’t stop you from performing,
but quietly chips away at your peace.
 
Ignoring it doesn’t save time.
It steals it.
 
That’s the truth I’ve been sitting with lately.
 
Because for people like us - high performers, always on salespeople, always moving -
it’s easy to confuse momentum with clarity.
But momentum without clarity is just motion.
And motion burns energy fast.
 
I’m trying to slow down long enough to make decisions that give me back my time - not take more of it.
 
This photo pretty much sums up what I’m aiming for - fewer rushed moments, more time where life actually feels full for the right reasons.
 
Anyone else feel like this too?
How do you handle it when life already feels too full?

Just helped a high-income seller finally stop watching half his commissions disappear to the IRS.

Here’s how we did it:

→ First, we unpacked where his money was actually going.
He thought his tax bill was “just the cost of success.”

It wasn’t.

He was losing nearly 45% of every dollar, not because he spent too much,
but because all his income came from the wrong category.

→ We showed him the truth:
The IRS doesn’t hate high earning sellers. 
It just rewards investors, and punishes W2 income.

From there:

→ We shifted a portion of his commissions into passive real estate deals.
→ Turned taxable income into capital gains.
→ Started building income that worked while he sold.

The difference?

He kept 20–40% more of every dollar, 
without a side hustle, without flipping houses,
and without adding more stress to his plate.

He didn’t need another CPA.
He needed a new strategy.

Here’s the hard truth:

→ You can’t outwork the IRS.
→ You can’t out-deduct your tax bracket.
→ You can’t keep sprinting for commissions and expect financial freedom.

Want to see how to escape it?

Grab the guide I just released:
"Stop Letting the IRS Take Half Your Commissions"

It breaks down exactly how high earners can start keeping more of what they make, 
and finally build income that works while they don’t.

Drop “ESCAPE” below or DM me and I’ll send it your way.

I found something recently that made me laugh and cringe at the same time.
 
A $29 monthly subscription that’s been quietly running for four years.
That’s almost $1,400 gone -
on something I don’t even use.
 
When I saw it, I felt two things at once:
embarrassed that it slipped through the cracks,
and relieved that I finally caught it.
 
It’s wild how easy it is to miss these things.
One tiny charge. Buried in the noise.
And month after month, it quietly drains money, attention, and energy.
 
What hit me most wasn’t the $29.
It was realizing how easy it is to drift financially when you’re not paying attention.
 
Because most of us aren’t careless -
we’re just busy.
 
But busy gets expensive.
 
Even for high earning sellers, it’s rarely the big losses that sting.
It’s the small, invisible ones that slip past while everything’s moving too fast.
 
Anyone else ever find one of those “how long has that been charging me?” surprises?
 
Drop yours below...no judgment. (Here's mine)

A few months ago I agreed to do something I never thought I would do.

A close colleague asked me to be his coach.

At first I thought he was joking, but he wasn’t.

After more thought, I realized that maybe I could be of service.

So I said yes.

A few months into working with him 1:1, I have been so impressed by my client, Kevin, who has been doing the work, showing up and implementing what we talk about each week.

This morning, I’m so grateful for the opportunity that I almost passed on.

Great work Kevin!

Keep it up!

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I used to think my problems were huge… until I looked around.

It’s easy to get caught in the grind.
Missed quotas. Tough quarters. Deals that stall out.
All of it can feel overwhelming in the moment.

But this Thanksgiving, I’m seeing things through a different lens.

I’m grateful for a happy, healthy family.

I’m thankful that the problems I face are small in the grand scheme of things.

And I deeply appreciate the people I work with: customers, partners, and investors. People who show up every day with integrity and grit.

Gratitude doesn’t make the stress disappear…
But it does remind me what actually matters.

Health.
People.
Perspective.

This week, I’m choosing to see the good and be present for it.

What are you grateful for this year?

Drop it below, I’d love to hear what’s been meaningful for you.

I was standing in the kitchen the other night, handing out slices of pizza to my kids, when it hit me:
it’s funny how easy it is to feed everyone else first.
 
That same pattern had quietly crept into my finances too.
 
I re-learned something I thought I’d already mastered years ago:
Pay yourself first.
 
It’s one of those principles you hear early on - set aside at least 10% of your income before anything else.
I used to do that religiously.
 
Then I started making more money.
And somewhere along the way, I convinced myself I didn’t need to be as disciplined about it.
That I’d always have enough coming in.
 
So I let it slide.
And for a while, it didn’t seem to matter.
Bills were paid, life was comfortable, and everything looked fine from the outside.
 
Then one day I woke up with this nagging feeling:
I should be farther along than I am.
 
Not in a self-critical way, just an honest realization that the numbers didn’t reflect the effort.
And when I started digging in, I saw why.
 
I wasn’t paying myself first anymore.
I was paying everyone else first.
Living on what was left.
 
That was the moment it hit me: I’d drifted from the fundamentals.
Not because I didn’t know better, but because I got comfortable.
Comfort hides leaks.
 
So I brought it back.
10%, automatically, the second money comes in.
No waiting. No “I’ll catch up next month.”
 
And it’s amazing how much that one simple rule changes things.
It’s not just about saving money - it’s about reclaiming ownership.
 
It’s the difference between working for your money and having your money work for you.
 
Paying yourself first doesn’t just build wealth.
It builds stability, confidence, and direction.
It reminds you that you’re not just earning - you’re building.

Something small happened last week that stuck with me.
 
I found a $12 charge buried in my statements.
Nothing major, but it made me realize how fast small leaks erode big goals.
 
Every salesperson I know focuses on the next deal, not the dollars that quietly slip through.
We lose more to distraction than to bad decisions.
 
It’s not about the money.
It’s about attention.

How to get financially clear in 15 minutes a week (no spreadsheets required):
 
I used to treat managing my money like a major project.
Hours of spreadsheets, statements, and guilt.
 
So I avoided it.
For years.
 
Then I tried something different, a 15-minute Friday check-in.
 
One short ritual:
• What came in
• What went out
• One thing to cancel, fix, or automate
 
That’s it.
 
Fifteen minutes of attention has done more for my finances
than years of “I’ll deal with it later.”
 
Turns out, feeding pigs and managing money have a lot in common.
You can’t ignore either one for too long - both get messy fast.
 
Because the problem was never discipline - it was awareness.
 
It’s crazy how much stress disappears once you know what’s happening with your money.
 
High performers don’t need more systems - they need sharper visibility.
 
Anyone else have a quick ritual that keeps your money clean and calm?
 
How do you stay on top of it without letting it take over your life?

You don’t rise to your quota - you fall to your systems.
 
Top sellers don’t fail because they can’t sell.
They fail because their personal finances have zero process.
 
If your commissions disappear faster than your pipeline refills, it’s not about income.
It’s about infrastructure.

I opened my subscription list expecting a few familiar charges.

Instead… I found a small village of monthly bills quietly living their best life with my money.

That was my wake-up call.

So I’m starting a weekly accountability pod - nothing intense, just a simple habit of checking in, canceling what no longer serves, and getting clearer every week.

If you want to walk this journey with me, drop a comment.

Clarity hits different when you don’t do it alone.

Looking for honest opinions - what’s your favorite personal finance or budgeting app?
 
I’ve been doing my weekly 15-minute money check-ins manually for a while now.
It works, but I keep wondering if there’s a tool that could make it smoother.
 
Something that:
• Syncs easily with multiple accounts
• Tracks spending without becoming another full-time job
• Doesn’t guilt-trip you every time you grab coffee
 
The other day, I was talking with a guy in the Publix parking lot — total stranger, standing next to his Porsche, both of us laughing about how many different apps we’d tried to “simplify” our finances.
 
We agreed on one thing: the tools are great, but you still have to show up for them.
 
I’ve tried a few myself (YNAB, Monarch, Copilot), but I’m curious what’s actually working for real people right now.
 
If you’re using something you genuinely like - or ditched something that didn’t work - I’d love to hear it.
Bonus points if it’s simple enough to actually stick with.
 
How are you managing your money these days?
Which tool has earned a permanent spot in your routine?

Yesterday I found that forgotten $29 subscription.

But here’s the part that stuck with me today:

It wasn’t a $29 mistake -
it was a ‘not paying attention’ habit.

And that habit shows up everywhere:

Auto renewals we never question
Fees we assume are “normal”
Purchases we barely remember making
Money we mean to save… someday

Most people don’t overspend because they’re reckless.
They overspend because their spending runs on autopilot.

And autopilot is convenient…
…but it’s also expensive.

Today I took 10 minutes to look through three things:
- Subscriptions
- Card statements
- Apps linked to billing

It wasn’t complicated.
It wasn’t extreme.
But it made me feel more in control than lowering expenses ever has.

It’s wild how just looking creates clarity.

No shame. No panic. Just awareness.
And awareness is where financial confidence starts.

So now I’m curious…

What’s ONE small area of your money you haven’t looked at in a while?

Not to fix it.
Just to notice it.

I looked at the calendar today and laughed a little.
November 21st already.
Another year that somehow felt fast and slow at the same time.

And then the familiar thought hit me:
“Did I actually keep anything I worked for this year… or did I just run revenue for the IRS?”

It’s weird being a high earning seller.
People assume money is the reward.
But the truth is, money isn’t the reward if you don’t keep any of it.

You grind, you close, you stack commissions…
and then December arrives and your take-home feels like the punchline of a joke you didn’t know you were in.

Nobody warns you that high income can feel like low value
when half of it disappears before you ever touch it.

At some point you realize the problem isn’t your effort.
It’s the operating model.

High earning sellers don’t need to make more.
They need to stop bleeding value into a system that punishes them for being good at what they do.

I had to learn that wealth isn’t built in the income…
it’s built in what you’re allowed to keep.

If this hits you the same way it hits me every November…
DM me “QUIT.”
I’ll send you the idea from my book that finally stopped me from giving half my year away.

I’m really glad I learned about parallelograms in school.
Super useful this parallelogram season. right?

Meanwhile… taxes?
Income structure?
The IRS quietly taking half your commission?
Yeah, that part never came up in class.

Nobody taught us how money actually works, 
how earning more can sometimes mean keeping less.

But hey, at least I can calculate the area of a rhombus. 

For the longest time, I thought losing 30–40% of income every year was just “how it is.”
You earn more → you pay more → end of story.

Except… it’s not.
It’s just how most of us were taught to play the game, without knowing the rules.

A few months ago, I helped a client restructure their income.
Same effort.
Same commissions.
But this time, they kept thousands more, legally.

That’s when it clicked:
It’s not about working harder.
It’s about understanding the system that decides what you keep.

So I wrote everything down.
Not a course. Not a pitch.
Just a short, simple guide, the kind I wish someone gave me before tax season ever started.

If you want to take a look, drop a 👋 or “PDF” below.
I’ll send it your way.

Most salespeople think budgeting means restriction.
The truth is, it creates direction.
 
A budget doesn’t kill your freedom. It funds it.
 
Every commission dollar you don’t assign gets lost between Costco runs, client dinners, and “I’ll invest it later.”
And when you stop paying attention, your income starts running you.
 
Structure isn’t punishment, it’s leverage.
 
You can’t feel free if you’re constantly wondering where your commission went.
Freedom only comes from clarity.

Lately I’ve realized something -
growth in business isn’t just about what we sell,
it’s about how we reinvest what we earn.

This morning feels different.
I’m prepping for something new - my sponsor call with our investors.
It’s a chance for them to ask questions, understand the deal in depth,
and see what it really means to become a passive investor.

What makes this exciting is how many people have been asking for it.
There’s a real hunger to not just work for money - but have money work for you.

We can’t disclose too much about the deal here,
but on the call, we’ll be breaking down how investors are positioned
to earn around $666 per month - without taking on active risk.

It’s been a high-demand conversation
and for me, it’s a reminder that clarity attracts opportunity.

If you’re someone who’s been building income through sales
and now want to step into earning passively,

DM me. Let’s talk about how you can join future calls like this
and start investing where your time grows, not just your effort.

How many subscriptions do you think you’re paying for right now that you don’t use?
 
I did a small “subscription audit” recently, and it was equal parts humbling and hilarious.
 
A couple $9.99s here.
A $29 trial I forgot to cancel.
One that’s been quietly charging me since 2021.
 
None of them big on their own, but together… let’s just say it added up fast.
 
It made me realize how easy it is to lose track when life’s moving quickly.
Tiny, invisible leaks.
Nothing urgent enough to notice, until you finally look.
 
I’ve started checking mine quarterly now.
Fifteen minutes, once a season.
Just to clean house a little.
 
Curious how others handle this.
Do you track subscriptions manually, use an app, or just let your card statements tell the story?
 
What’s the funniest or most painful “wait, I’m still paying for that?” moment you’ve had?

Ericom

Founding national Solutions Executive for 'Signs of Life' - Australia's first contactless 24/7 vital sign monitoring solution.

Signs of Life aims to radically improve the quality of care of aged care & health providers by tracking vital signs and more without wearables or cameras, enabling: 

 - real-time insights that help care teams detect & predict deterioration 
 - rapid response to acute events & minimising prolonged harm
 - greater quality of care, augmented capability and less stress for clinical & nursing staff

My role is to become the trusted technology partner of Aged Care, Health & Corrections service providers, working with executives & clinical leaders to modernise their digital health practices and deliver Signs of Life to ageing and vulnerable Australians who need it most.

Future Technologies Solutions Executive - Health

Tech Sales Academy

Tech Sales Academy is my elite Technology Sales Community & Courses custom-built to transform non-Technical sellers into Trusted Technology Advisors.

I'm on a mission to empower the next generation of tech seller with the elite skills, knowledge & guidance I wish I had when I started my career in Tech Sales 10 years ago.

I do so by:
 - Leading a free Tech Sales community where you can connect with me and other ambitious sellers
 - Providing over 40 free fundamental tech sales lessons in my 'Tech Sales Mentorship' in the community
 - Giving you everything you need to succeed as a Tech AE with my courses 'The Account Executive's Toolkit' & 'Tech Sales OS'
 - Providing personalised support & mentoring through 1:1 coaching
 - Setting the standard for Tech Sales excellence through my Sales team group coaching

Founder & Mentor

PreSales Collective

Guest Lecturer & Presenter to PreSales APAC region for sales & soft skills for technology sellers.

Guest Lecturer

Cisco

- Data Centre Infrastructure & Software Account Executive servicing Australia & New Zealand 
- Portfolio of over 500 Mid-Market and Enterprise customers, main verticals: Local Government, Private Education, Manufacturing, Legal & Financial Services
- Consulted and designed Hybrid Cloud infrastructure strategies & solutions
- Developed channel enablement programs, product sales initiatives & drive sales to close

Highlights: 
 → Cisco's #1 Mid-Market Seller Worldwide 2023 with 3 Global Top Sales Performance Awards
 → Club Cisco 2023 - Top 1% Seller Globally out of 20,000 sellers
 → 133% Hardware & SaaS quota achieved FY22, 182% Hardware & 167% SaaS quota achieved FY23
 → 2 x Mentor in Cisco's 'MentorMe' program mentoring emerging Women in IT
 → Contributor to internal cultural programs in Asian diversity, LGBT+ and more

Cloud Infrastructure & Software Account Executive

Aussie Comedy Network

Aussie Comedy Network is a start-up organisation whose purpose is to empower the next generation of Australian comedians, digital creators and entertainers.

It seeks to unite and strengthen the Australian comedy community by providing a central platform that is easily accessible to the Australian public and sharing our creators' best work with the largest digital audience possible.

It will be a central resource for the comedy industry, allowing for opportunities to collaborate and grow like never seen before.

Most importantly, Aussie Comedy Network will entertain and create joy for as much of the community as possible.

Founder, Producer & Comedian

Telstra

• Portfolio of Mid-Market and Enterprise customers worth 18m, main verticals: NFP, Health, Financial & Legal Services, Wholesale & Construction
• Selling data networks & connectivity, cloud infrastructure, collaboration and UC, cybersecurity, professional & managed services + more
• KPIs in Sales, NPS and Behaviours & Contribution
• Relationship management, technology strategy development and consultative selling

Highlights:
• Telstra Enterprise 'Accelerate Lead' - national senior sales rep coaching colleagues on Miller-Heiman sales methodology supporting +$100m new business sales above growth target
• Published Telstra Enterprise Case Study for Hybrid Networks, Microsoft Teams Calling & COVID support for Save the Children Australia
• Member of Telstra Cloud Guild and Cyber Security Evangelist program
• Over $15m sold and 130% Sales achieved in FY2021 despite Victoria COVID lockdown
• Created and delivered the technology strategy for LinkedIn Australia's #1 Startup of the Year - Sayers

Senior Business Solutions Lead

• Portfolio of Mid-Market and Government customers worth 20m, main verticals Water Utilities, Local Government, NFP and Health 
• KPIs in Revenue, Sales, NPS and Behaviours & Contribution
• Relationship management, technology strategy development and consultative selling
• Coordinator of ‘Technology Advisory Board’ for Water Utility industry, focusing on Industrial IoT capability with market value of $200m+
• Telstra Enterprise ‘Culture Champion’ and ‘TPAMS’ Government Telecommunications Procurement Subject Matter Expert
• 140% Achieved in Sales, 105% Revenue, 130% for Behaviours & Contribution

Client Executive

Account Manager responsible for 45 mid-market Enterprise customer portfolio worth 8m across various verticals with KPIs in Sales, Revenue and NPS
• Relationship development, strategic selling, pipeline planning and execution
• Specialising in managing complex customer relationships and customer experience
• 182.4% Incremental Sales and 106.3% Revenue achieved FY19
• 135.4% Sales and 100.75% Revenue achieved FY18
• Enterprise Top Achievers Club award FY19 for sales and revenue
• Published Nutanix case study for hybrid cloud solution in Health industry

Account Executive

•	Complex billing, account support and NPS lead for Managed Accounts team
•	Engaged internal and external resources to deliver customer-centric outcomes
•	Taken on extra responsibility in reactively managing vacant portfolios, developing and closing strategic sales opportunities

Account Specialist

Sales: 
 - Customer-facing role, single and multiple sales cycles for Personal and Business customers, specialising in Solution Selling
 - Providing technological advice as well as problem-solving complex billing and system issues
 - Brand development through customer experience and expectations management, measured through NPS system
 - Known for repeat and referred business, as well as achieving top sales awards multiple times over 2013-15

Training and Development:
 - Regularly train new team members in sales technique and CRM systems.
 - Provide coaching and feedback for overall skill development, as well as provide classes and guides
 - Given additional responsibility in daily operational management and EFM
 - Collaborating with management to refine and coordinate sales promotions and incentives for staff and customers
 - Content Manager for official Social Media pages

All facets of Training and Development are above and beyond the role requirements and were taken upon my own initiative.

Senior Customer Advisor

Vita Group Limited

B2B Telecommunication Sales
Mobility Account Manager for various SMBs

Local Business Expert

Vice Music Entertainment

- Performing Musician at various venues in CBD and statewide
 - Partial manager of Vice cover band
 - Handled Venue and Agency relations, Marketing and Promotion

Performer/Manager

Future Health and Fitness

- Proscribed and trained fitness programs to clients, managed client database
 - Supervised gym floor and managed business full-time as required
 - Membership and supplement sales, visual merchandising and inventory management
 - Developed marketing and promotion strategies, successfully increasing overall sales

Gym Instructor

Tech Sales Mentor & Educator | 2 x Top 1% Tech Seller & Cisco #1 Virtual Seller '23 | LinkedIn Top Tech Sales & Account Management Voice

I'm a multi-dimensional human: conscious technologist, emerging health technologies executive, comedian, musician, & mentor teaching tech sales to non-technical sellers.

During the day I'm transforming the future of Australian healthcare as the National Solutions Executive for Signs of Life - Australia's first TGA-approved 24/7 contactless vital sign monitoring solution.

Signs of Life aims to positively impact Australians by enabling remote & scalable clinical care using cutting-edge radar technology, allowing providers to immediately respond to acute health events in aged care, corrections and healthcare-in-the-home.

If you're interested in learning more please feel free to send me a message!

At night I coach & mentor emerging tech sales talent through my business Tech Sales Academy - transforming non-technical sellers into trusted technology advisors.

With over 10 years of unbeaten B2C and B2B Tech Sales & Account Management experience, I have been recognised by some of the world's leading tech companies including: 

 → Microsoft
 → Cisco
 → AWS
 → Nutanix 
 → Telstra Enterprise

Some of my Tech Sales career highlights include: 

 → Cisco's #1 Mid-Market AE Worldwide in 2023
 → Club Cisco 2023 - Top 1% Seller Globally out of 20,000
 → Top 1% in Sales & Leadership at Telstra Enterprise in 2020
 → Never missing quota in 10 years of sales, average quota achieved 152%
 → Coaching 50+ Tech AEs & BDMs
 → Featured in Business Insider, Daily Mail UK, Channel 7 Australia, New Zealand Herald and more

But what's more important is where I came from:

 → NO IT background
 → NO B2B Experience
 → NO Account Management Experience

I give you authentic and unfiltered insights into how to master the game of sales consciously, level up in life and build your abundant future.

Here's how I can help you (links in Featured section):

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Jameel Rehman

I am no longer in the tech sales business.
 
I’m in the life-saving business.
 
My new role as a Future Technologies Solutions Executive at Ericom is a whole new level of complexity and potential.
 
I’m no longer just a cog in the vendor sales machine, I’m leading the building and launch of an Australian-first Healthtech solution that will positively impact our community for years to come.

It's called Signs of Life - Australia's first remote contactless vital sign monitoring solution.

A TGA-listed, clinically-accurate, privacy-preserving radar solution that can track vital signs in people without touching them.

Cutting-edge technology in partnership with Xandar Kardian Inc. intentionally designed to meet Australia's desperate need for remote & scalable healthcare.

When Nathan Tremlett approached me with the radar solution they were incubating at Ericom, I sensed its immense potential.
 
When I experienced it, I was 100% convinced that this was going to protect our most vulnerable and save lives.
 
In fact it already has globally, we’re just adapting it to the Australian market.
 
The most fulfilling parts of my tech sales career to date have been mentoring new talent and leading digital transformations in the not-for-profit and health space.
 
Knowing that the solutions I’ve consulted, designed & delivered have made an impact in the community filled me with joy.
 
My teams have created trusted partnerships with NFPs and have built solutions that have helped people at their most vulnerable, connected families through tough times and even given people education for the first time.
 
That’s cool as shit and I’m goddamn proud of it.
 
I may have a sales target to hit but that’s not what’s driving me to succeed.
 
My quota is people served and lives saved.
 
In fact, me and my awful handwriting will be keeping count like any other sales metric.
 
We’re probably some months away from it happening, but I know in my heart we will.
 
For now we keep building on our vision and serving our people with impact in mind.
 
If you’re a health or aged care organisation that wants to know how we can help you, please reach out!
 
I’m in the life-saving business, and it’s a damn good place to be.

Matty Redpath Kyle Page Justin Browne Sam Yang Linda Mayhue

Building 🇦🇺’s remote healthcare ecosystem | Tech Sales Mentor for non-Tech People

I've been quiet on LinkedIn lately and many of you know of the struggles I've had over the last year, so I thought I'd share a little life update.

It was too big for a post, so now it's an article.

Thank you all for your unbelievable, heart-warming support through the turmoil! ❤️ 🙏

I’ve been quiet on LinkedIn lately, here’s a life update: Many of you know that I’ve faced significant personal turmoil over the last 12 months dealin

Open article: Life update - from Tech Sales to Signs of Life by Jameel Rehman • 3 min read

Life update - from Tech Sales to Signs of Life

I’m eating my own dog food with Signs of Life.
 
I believe we’re onto something big with our contactless vital sign solution and am happy to be a guinea pig for it.
 
We’re able to track people’s resting heart rate, respiratory rate, sleep quality and more with clinical-grade accuracy, without any breach of privacy with a camera.

I’ve got one of our radars in my bedroom tracking my heart rate, respiratory rate and sleep quality every night.
 
This will help me populate real data into our demo environment to showcase our capabilities,
 
as well as give me some useful data about the quality of my own sleep.
 
Professionally this solution is mind-blowing in vital monitoring capabilities and trend analysis but needs actual data to see it in action.
 
Personally I’m obsessive about personal optimisation but have always had a gap in understanding sleep quality because I don’t like wearing watches and wearables to bed.
 
Many people feel the same, so the radar is a great alternative for non-intrusive monitoring.
 
There’s no breach of privacy as there’s no cameras, you simply set and forget.

In late 2026, we’ll also be also to track sleep apnea - pretty cool!
 
We can also aggregate this data into our partner AI health analytics platform AiCarer, or pipe it via API into a health system of choice.
 
Once I’ve got a baseline of data across both daytime via a Garmin wearable and night-time with the radar, I’ll show you the analytics and potential of Signs of Life.
 
It’s going to provide an entirely new dimension of health data and capability never seen in the Australian Healthtech space.
 
A perfect entryway into scalable health analytics for remote patient care.
 
If you’re in the health and aged care space and don’t want to wait for my results, reach out to me and we can organise a proper demo!

Here’s my classic example of ‘Always Be Closing’:
 
Recently I very stupidly cut my right index finger and damaged a tendon that required day surgery.
 
The surgery only required a local anaesthetic, so I was completely awake whilst they stitched me up.
 
Since I’m intending to sell Signs of Life to hospitals and want to learn more about the clinical value of our radars, why not ask the people at the coalface who would benefit the most?
 
I started talking to the anaesthesiologist and nursing staff about what Signs of Life can do and asked how they would find it beneficial.
 
Whilst the surgeon was tugging away with the stitches (away from my eyesight because I’m squeamish), the nurses were intrigued by the radars and informed me that determining trends in vital data is highly valuable to clinical staff.
 
By identifying trends that lead to deterioration, it allows for more proactive and preventative care before they become acute health events.
 
Fantastic – that is something we can do now with UTIs, a leading indicator of falls in the elderly, and anecdotally we can track elevated vitals days before people become symptomatic.
 
The great new frontier for healthcare is using AI and ML to map vital trends to common illnesses, allowing us to move from reactive to proactive & preventative care.
 
The downstream benefits are prevention of deterioration and acute health events that lead to hospitalisation and more.
 
This means:
 
-    	Healthier, happier Australians
-    	Less strain on our public health system
-    	Reduced cost to serve in our aged care and health systems
 
Just what Australia needs!
 
It was a very valuable insight, but I wouldn’t pay the price of my finger to learn it again 😉

Can you help me with my Clinical Immersion?
 
I’ve recently jumped from tech sales to Healthtech and I’m taking it seriously.
 
In my new role as a Future Technologies Solutions Executive I’m leading the launch of Signs of Life - Australia's first contactless remote vital sign solution built for the Australian remote healthcare ecosystem.
 
As part of that role I need to be able to speak the language of Clinical decision-makers and effectively communicate our solutions’ value in the medical space.
 
It is critical to our success that I understand the clinical world, our customers’ clinical journeys and where we add specific value to improve those journeys,

to show we aren’t just some blow-ins trying to crowbar tech in without any actual insight.
 
If I don’t, we will get dismissed by clinical leaders and everyone loses on the immense potential of what we’ve got with Signs of Life.
 
From experience, this is also one of the most consistent problems of new tech sellers that I’ve had to solve for - both in myself and my students at Tech Sales Academy.
 
Most tech sellers barely have any IT knowledge and it shows when facing into IT leaders, who then instantly lose credibility.
 
I faced this problem when I started in tech sales, and I got past it by immersing myself in the world of tech and learning functional knowledge of the solutions I sold.
 
That knowledge would evolve into thought leadership, and I would eventually strategise, design & deliver multi-million dollar digital transformations for Mid-Market & Enterprise organisations.
 
Now I’m in Healthtech the cycle repeats and it’s time to dive into this new world.
 
I’ve already done some deep-dives into the new aged care and public health regulations, now I want to get into the weeds of the industry and its daily challenges.
 
Now I’m looking to meet with: 
 - Clinical Leaders
 - Nurses Unit Managers 
 - Heads of Digital Health and Innovation, 

basically whoever is keen to give me clinical insights and help build my foundational knowledge.
 
I’d be happy to buy you lunch in return for picking your brain and getting insights on how we could improve the system for the benefit of the community.
 
If this is you or you know someone who could help please send me a message!

I haven't missed quota in 10 years of tech sales.
Top 1% performer at two global tech companies.
Coached and mentored for free for over five years.

Now I'm writing a modern sales PhD with Vibe Selling.

I'm documenting and structuring every step of my unbeaten sales process to pass onto the next generation of seller.

Building what I wish existed when I began: a complete education for tech sales professionals.

The frameworks, systems, and tools that actually create elite account executives.

Most sales training gives you a piece of the puzzle but never the whole solution.

I'm giving you EVERY best-practice step of the full-stack sales funnel:

→ Principles, Values & Mindset
→ Ideal Customer Persona & Unique Value Proposition
→ The 3P’s of Sales Planning Systems
→ Lead Generation
→ Discovery & Qualification
→ Developing Opportunities & Demonstrating
→ Propose & Close
→ Post Sale & Delivery
→ Expansion & Retention

PLUS an entire masterclass on emotional intelligence & 'The Vibe' to teach you how to sell like an authentic human, not a corporate cog.

Curious? Check out my free Vibe Selling email masterclass - Click 'Visit my website' above or link in bio!

Thanks to Shimark Ghaffoor for the chat!

I got zero training formal training in my first 3 years in tech sales.
No sales structure. No product knowledge. Nothing.

Just a ton of grind, curiosity, and painful feedback.

When I joined Telstra Enterprise, I assumed there’d be world-class product and sales training.
Nope.
Where I started to learn my craft was 18 months in a support role,
cleaning up billing issues and account problems that AEs didn’t want to deal with while quietly learning everything I could.

It was a trial by fire of:

→ How B2B sales actually works
→ How internal systems and processes fit together
→ What the products really do
→ What NOT to do by all the messes I had to clean up

By year four in tech sales, I’d gone from “clueless non-technical AE” to senior BDM coaching other sellers on Miller-Heiman methodology.

Sadly the massive gap in tech sales education hasn't changed since I started tech sales 10 years ago, and the problems I'm solving for my students are the exact same I had last decade.

This is why I built Tech Sales Academy and teach sales - because no-one is solving the problem at the root cause.

Thanks to Shimark Ghaffoor for the chat!

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We're leading the way in creating Australia's most trusted and secure digital healthcare ecosystem! 

Great to be recognised by iTnews and techpartner.news for our work in securing the Healthcare sector.

Very soon we will be transforming Australian healthcare with Signs of Life, Australia's first remote vital sign monitoring solution.

A trusted technological network built by a trusted human network.

We’re proud to share that Ericom was named a finalist in iTnews and techpartner.news' 2025 Benchmark Security Awards for our work in the Healthcare sector.

This finalist spot highlights our focus on helping healthcare providers overcome challenges like legacy systems, low cyber literacy, and escalating threats, while also embracing innovation that improves patient care. Beyond cyber security, we’re driving transformation through solutions like Signs of Life, a remote monitoring platform that delivers privacy-preserving, predictive health insights. From protecting sensitive data to enabling proactive health monitoring, our approach embeds security into business goals, not against them, supporting organisations in building resilience without disrupting care.

A big thank you to our Horizon365 and Digital Health and Infrastructure teams for driving these outcomes, and a big congratulations to the other finalists who are helping raise the bar for security across critical sectors.

Discover the strategies behind our healthcare success: https://lnkd.in/g-VM7dvz

#Ericom #iTnews #techpartnernews #CyberSecurity #DigitalHealth  #CyberResilience #AustralianHealthcare

No one tells you the real skill set required to succeed in tech sales.
There’s no fundamental education for what we do.

99% of sales enablement is fluff, fractured processes and product decks.

When I left Telstra and joined Cisco, I thought the lack of training I got was a Telstra problem.
Turns out, it’s an industry problem.

Cisco has mentorship programs and “sales accellerator programs” for new sellers but they all focused on product, not process.
Nothing on sales frameworks, structure of a deal, or how to actually sell.

When I won global sales awards and visited the US and Europe, I met the people implementing these programs.
They all said the same thing: “We know we should be teaching process and soft skills… but the execs just want product, product, product.”

And that’s the problem.
Most new reps don’t even see the tech they sell - it’s either hidden away in the cloud or a data centre.
Hard to sell something you don’t feel.

The advice: if you’re in tech sales, stop waiting for the system to teach you. It won't.
Invest in your own knowledge, study what works, understand why people buy.
That’s what will shift you from 'order taker' to 'order creator'.

Do the work that others don't to get the rewards others won't.

Thanks to Shimark Ghaffoor for the chat!
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Want to learn how to sell millions in tech as a trusted authentic human? 

Check out my free 7-day 'Vibe Selling' Email Masterclass and discover how to master your trustworthy Vibe in sales with the latest in EQ, Neuroscience & Sales Psychology! ☯️

Click 'Visit my website' above or link in bio!

Authenticity is an energetic frequency.

People can feel when you’re regulated, grounded, and operating from integrity.
That’s what defines your vibe - it’s what builds trust before a single word is said.

→ Know your principles and live by them
→ Be upfront when something isn’t a fit
→ Focus on helping, not hustling

I’ve never cared about squeezing the most money out of a customer.
I care about solving problems, leaving people better than I found them, and operating with an abundance mindset.

That’s what authentic confidence looks like, a calm nervous system that says:
“I’m either going to help you or point you in a direction that will. Either way, you’ll get value.”

In Vibe Selling, I call this energetic alignment - your inner state matching your outer message.
That alignment is what people feel when they decide to trust you.

Thanks to Shimark Ghaffoor for the chat!

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Want to learn how to sell millions in tech as a trusted authentic human?

Check out my free 7-day 'Vibe Selling' Email Masterclass and discover how to master your trustworthy Vibe in sales with the latest in EQ, Neuroscience & Sales Psychology! ☯️

Click 'Visit my website' above or link in bio!

Performative' selling needs to end.

→ Drop the customer service voice
→ Drop the “sales persona”
→ Drop the corporate veneer

Nobody trusts the person "trying" to be trustworthy, trust me! 😉

When you’re real you can throw in some self-deprecating humor, acknowledge the elephant in the room and make them laugh,

the “stranger danger” dissolves and trust is being built.

In a first meeting with a customer and my SE I will literally say, “I’m the guy that talks bullshit. He’s the guy that verifies it."
It disarms people instantly because it acknowledges the sub-context of expecting to be BS'ed to by salespeople.

Trust isn’t built through formality - it’s built through familiarity. Human to human understanding.
Be okay being you first to invite a more authentic conversation and relationship from the jump.

Thanks to Shimark Ghaffoor for the chat!

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Want to learn how to sell millions in tech as a trusted authentic human?

Check out my free 7-day 'Vibe Selling' Email Masterclass and discover how to master your trustworthy Vibe in sales with the latest in EQ, Neuroscience & Sales Psychology! ☯️

Click 'Visit my website' above or link in bio!

One of the fastest ways to improve as a seller?
Get better at qualification.

→ The industry standard for sales is a 3:1 pipeline-to-close ratio
→ That means 66% of their time is wasted chasing the wrong opportunities

If you want to go from average to elite,
you need to shift your focus from more pipeline
to better pipeline.

Great sellers don’t try to close everyone.

They spend time with the right people:
→ The ones with a real problem
→ The ones who actually want to solve it
→ The ones where your solution fits

Average sellers close at 33%,
Competent sellers close at 50%
Elite Sellers close at 70-80%.

At the elite level, you not only exponentially increase your quota attainment and commissions,
you also save your precious energy and sanity for the things that matter.

The best way to improve your qualification skillset:
→ Get good at a qualifying framework: BANT for SMB, MEDDPICC for Mid-Market & above
→ Learn emotional intelligence and master tools like exteroception and empathy

I can help you with both, and I've got your complete EQ toolkit in my bio!

We're leading from the front at Ericom, innovating from our core to protect Australians in new and exciting ways!

It's a lot of fun to be at the cutting-edge of tech, and in our Future Technologies team we're venturing into Robotics, Healthtech, IoT and much more.

The successful launch of Astro the robotic hazard sensor dog is testament to the team's vision & passion for tech, and it's future impact is very bright!

If you're curious about how emerging tech could work for your business, we have an 'innovation catalyst' service where we prototype & build MVPs for you, helping you experiment & de-risk your new tech initiatives like these.

Send me a DM to learn more!

Matty Redpath Justin Browne Ben Schmid Mario Galea Warrick Forbes Kyle Page

Astro might not fetch sticks, but Telstra Enterprise's robot dog is helping keep workers safe. 👇
 
Built in collaboration with Ericom, Astro uses environmental sensors and 5G to explore tunnels and tricky areas, sending real-time data back to the team above. The result? Safer working conditions and faster, smarter insights.
 
Astro was recently trialed with John Holland on the Metro Tunnel Project in Melbourne, giving teams a clear picture of air quality and potential hazards before anyone stepped inside.
 
It’s an exciting example of how connectivity and robotics can work together to solve real-world safety challenges and shape the future of industry.
 
Good boy, Astro! 🐶

Australian innovation at it’s finest, and it’s right here at Ericom 📈

Chief Customer Officer - Telstra Enterprise | Graduate of Australian Institute of Company Directors

“What happens when you mix 5G innovation, collaboration, and a robot dog? 🐕✨ 
 
You get Astro – and a fantastic partnership between Telstra Enterprise, John Holland, and Ericom that’s helping make worksites safer and smarter.
 
This trial showed how 5G connectivity, IoT, and robotics can help solve age-old challenges in construction – getting into tight, underground spaces where it’s not always safe to send people. Even more exciting, it opens the door to possibilities like 5G slicing for critical use cases – delivering tailored performance where it matters most.
 
I’m so proud of what our teams achieved together. This is Together Builds Better in action – our teams and our partners all pulling in the same direction to make a real impact. To keep our family and friends out there in risky environments safe 🚧 
 
Want to dive deeper? Check out the full customer story here: https://lnkd.in/gb27K-7J

And a big personal thank you to Steve Butcher! I had fun getting to know you and filming this one together 🙏 
 
#TogetherBuildsBetter #Innovation #Safety #TelstraEnterprise #5G #IoT #Teamwork”

There’s no real education for tech sales.
You just get thrown in, told your number, and left to figure it out.

If you’re lucky, you shadow someone half-decent and piece together a system that “sort of works.”
But most sellers are winging it behind closed doors - afraid to share their process because they’re scared it’s wrong.

→ No clear frameworks
→ No consistent standards
→ No external validation that says, “Yes, you’re doing it right.”

I’ve coached sellers all the way from new grads to 15-year veterans, and most of them have never been taught what an actual sales process is.

That’s why I’m building a new standard for technology sales.

One clear roadmap for mastering:

→ The complete B2B sales process
→ The meta-skills that set you apart from the 'order takers'
→ How to sell with integrity & authenticity

Curious? Check out my Vibe Selling email masterclass - link in bio or click 'visit my website' above!

Salesforce sucks.

Salesforce is NOT for salespeople.

Salesforce is middle-ware stitching data from internal legacy applications together to give visibility to sales ops & executives.

Updating Salesforce & other sales CRMs is one of the biggest painpoints between sellers and managers,

the disconnect being the prodding of managers to update pipeline without assisting in the inefficient process to actually update it.

Pipeline dashboards are often cluttered with:

- old opps from the previous account team they pushed out instead of closing off
- random 'leads' from Marketing (if any lol)
- duplicates of opps created for god knows what reason

This leaves actual pipeline difficult for AEs to get a handle on,

unable to see a clear runway to quota or even what opportunities they should focus on closing.

I solve this for my AE students by providing them a pipeline template that allows them to see:

- what opportunities to focus on each quarter
- their actual values towards their quota
- their next best actions to closing the deal

This allows them to focus on what actually matters daily (developing & closing deals) and then updating Salesforce as required,

usually in a block of admin time on a Friday.

This keeps them on track to smash quota whilst keeping their sales managers off their back!

That template and 9 more to run your portfolio is available here: https://lnkd.in/g-ZfycwE

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