RANCHO SANTA FE, CA – (Marketwired, Feb 8, 2015) - Seven ValueSelling Associates clients are finalists for multiple awards at the 9th annual Stevie® Awards for Sales and Customer Service. They include: Payroll and HR services provider PrimePay, global technology company NCR Corporation, computer software powerhouse Adobe Systems, business IT provider CoreBTS, networking equipment company Cisco Systems Incorporated, telecommunications provider BTC Bahamas, Internet and phone service FLOW Jamaica, and online video technology group Ooyala.

　　The Stevie® Awards for Sales and Customer Service recognize the achievements of sales, business development, customer service, and call/contact center professionals worldwide. Awards are judged annually by several hundred executives from around the globe. Winners will be announced February 27th, 2015 in Las Vegas, NV.

　　Since 2002, businesses, organizations, and individuals have been honored with Stevie Awards for outstanding sales and service. They include past and current clients whose staff underwent ValueSelling Associates training and adopted the ValueSelling Framework® to improve their sales and customer service.

　　"We are very proud to be associated with the Stevies for Sales and Customer Service again in 2015. It is a wonderful opportunity to see many of our clients publicly recognized not only for their hard work, but also for the positive, measurable impact they have made on their organizations with the ValueSelling Framework® and our partnership. We look forward to celebrating their success with them," said Julie Thomas, President and CEO of ValueSelling Associates.

　　This year's finalists who have undergone ValueSelling sales training include:

　　·CoreBTS: Darren Barnes, Sales and Marketing

　　·Senior Sales Exec of the Year

　　·Worldwide Sales Exec of the Year

　　·National sales exec of the year

　　·Sales Director of the Year

　　·Sales Manager of the Year

　　·CoreBTS

　　·National Sales Team of the Year - Business Services

　　·Field Sales Team of the Year - Business Services

　　·Sales Turnaround of the Year

　　·Cisco Systems, Inc.: John Donovan, VP of Global Virtual Sales Organization

　　·Worldwide Sales Exec of the Year

　　·Cisco Systems, Inc.

　　·Global Sales Team of the Year

　　·Award for innovation in Sales - All Other Industries

　　·Best Use of Technology in Sales - All Other Industries

　　·BTC Bahamas: Gershan Major, VP, Corporates & Business Development

　　·National sales exec of the year

　　·Global sales team of the year

　　·Ooyala: Bill Gibbs, Sales Operations Manager

　　·Sales Operations Professional of the Year

　　·Sales training or education professional/leader of the year

　　·Ooyala

　　·Sales Operations Team of the Year

　　·Best Use of Technology in Sales - All Other Industries

　　·Sales Process of the Year

　　·Award for Innovation in Sales - Business Services

　　·Visualize, Ooyala: Sales Training or Coaching Program of the Year - Business Services

　　·FLOW Jamaica: Beverly Thompson, Director, Consumer Sales and Retail Services

　　·Sales training or education professional/leader of the year

　　·FLOW Jamaica

　　·Sales Training or Coaching Program of the Year - All Other Industries

　　·Adobe Systems Incorporated

　　·National sales team of the year - All Other Industries

　　·Sales Turnaround of the Year

　　·Sales Growth Achievement of the Year - Computer Software

　　·PrimePay

　　·ValueSelling Associates, PrimePay: Sales Training or Coaching Program of the Year - Business Services

　　·NCR Small Business

　　·Front-Line Customer Service Team of the Year - All Other Technology

　　About ValueSelling Associates

　　ValueSelling Associates, based in Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., is the creator of the ValueSelling Framework®, the sales methodology preferred by sales executives around the globe. Since 1991, ValueSelling Associates has helped FORTUNE 1000 business-to-business sales organizations compete and win in markets crowded with seemingly similar products and services. ValueSelling Associates has maintained its position as a leader in the industry by continually evolving to meet the new challenges sales forces face. Clients turn to the experts at ValueSelling Associates for classroom training, online training and consulting services that yield immediate impact, repeatable strategies and sustainable results. For more information, visit www.valueselling.com.

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