IARA Summer Roundtable Presents Keynote Speaker Tom Searcy
CINCINNATI, OH—Tom Searcy of The Whale Hunters, LLC will be the keynote speaker at this year's International Automotive Remarketers Alliance (IARA) Summer Remarketing Roundtable Series - July 24th - 26th in Cincinnati.
CINCINNATI, OH—Tom Searcy of The Whale Hunters, LLC will be the keynote speaker at The International Automotive Remarketers Alliance (IARA) Summer Remarketing Roundtable Series - July 24th - 26th in Cincinnati.
Searcy is a nationally recognized expert and leading authority on fast-growth companies and large account sales.
The Whale Hunters was founded to bring fast-growing companies intimate knowledge of the methods used to land and harvest deals 10 to 20 times greater than average. Serving as key business strategist for The Whale Hunters, Searcy commandeered over $1.8 billion in new business for his clients and other companies orchestrating and closing sales with AT&T, AOL, BMG, Disney, Sprint, UPS, and Xerox.
Searcy will present how to successfully apply the patented Whale Hunters Process to large account sales, Wednesday July, 25, at the Annual Opening Session of the IARA Summer Roundtable Series in Cincinnati, Ohio.
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