Peak Sales Recruiting Appoints Sean Sykes CEO

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OTTAWA, Ontario, Oct. 2, 2018 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Sales Recruiting, a leading B2B sales recruiting company that is experiencing rapid growth, today announced Sean Sykes has been appointed Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately.

Sykes, who has more than 20 years of experience in sales leadership, will run the day-to-day operations for Peak and report into the Board of Directors which includes Co-Founder's Eliot Burdett and Brent Thomson.

The B2B sales industry is experiencing significant growth as organizations scale and refine their sales teams. Peak has been experiencing quarter-over-quarter growth and Sykes will be tasked with building on this momentum. Specifically, he will be helping the company drive organic growth, deepen customer partnerships and continue to expand its global footprint.

"Our industry is rapidly growing, and Sean is a proven executive ready to lead our company into the future," said Peak Sales Recruiting Co-Founder, Brent Thomson. "There is enormous room for growth, especially in the technology and software sectors, and Sean has shown a unique ability to drive corporate performance in private and publicly traded tech companies."

Prior to joining Peak, Sykes was the Managing Director, Americas for Avast, the global leader in digital security products for businesses and consumers. At Avast, Sykes led revenue responsibilities for the company's SMB business in North and Latin America (LATAM). Sean is an experienced senior executive with a track record of building high-performing sales organizations in a variety of industries.

For the past twenty years, he has helped technology firms position their offerings and build successful direct and indirect sales channels. Prior to joining Avast Business, Sykes served as a member of the senior leadership team for two private companies acquired by publicly-traded organizations and was the Vice President of Sales and Marketing for a custom software development organization with a focus on IoT, cloud computing and mobile.

"We are seeing two important and related trends in the market right now: First, the global economy is growing at three percent and the US economy grew over four percent in the second quarter, a level of growth we haven't seen since 2014 with some projecting even higher growth in Q3. Organizations are scaling their teams to capitalize on these conditions and current indicators are that 2019 will be more pronounced. Second, changing workforce demographics are top of mind for corporate leaders as Millennials are projected to outnumber Baby Boomers in 2019, causing organizations to review their succession and retention strategies. Organizations that have the internal capacity or can scale capacity through partnerships with focused talent partners like Peak will be significantly more successful identifying, assessing and attracting top sales professionals during this period of growth and scarce talent market. I'm excited to be joining a company with the people, values, networks and experience needed to help our customers build out high performing sales teams and position themselves for success."

Sykes received his BA from the University of Ottawa where he resides with his wife and two kids.

About Peak Sales Recruiting:

Peak Sales Recruiting is a leading B2B sales recruiting company that specializes in helping technology, telecom, professional services, and manufacturing and industrial companies quickly and confidently recruit top performing salespeople.

Founded in 2006, the company has achieved a success rate 50% higher than the industry average, working with a wide-range of clients including mid-size and world-class companies including P&G, Gartner, Deloitte, Merck, Taser and others.

A proven, rigorous, and scientific methodology is specifically tailored to meet each client's unique sales recruiting needs. This includes detailed role profiling, targeted headhunting, comprehensive candidate assessment, a unique fee structure and guarantee, all complemented by on-going sales management advisory services.

Peak has proven to help clients accelerate and ensure superior long-term sales growth; enhance the effectiveness of HR teams; reduce operating costs, and; enhance company valuations and investor confidence and attractiveness.

The company was co-founded Eliot Burdett and Brent Thomson. They share more than 40 years of experience leading and recruiting high performance sales teams and co-authored Sales Recruiting 2.0, How to Find Top Performing Sales People, Fast.

SOURCE Peak Sales Recruiting