Terry S. Polyák
Terry S. Polyák is a business development, senior sales/sales management and marketing leader with depth / breadth of experience & knowledge in multiple disciplines: Finance, Funding, SAAS/Software, Product sales and distribution; Online Marketing and Advertising, Start-ups, Traditional/Online Advertising, Sales Promotion, Public Relations, Travel and Nonprofits. He is a customer relationship-buildingis a business development, senior sales/sales management and marketing leader with depth / breadth of experience & knowledge in multiple disciplines: Finance, Funding, SAAS/Software, Product sales and distribution; Online Marketing and Advertising, Start-ups, Traditional/Online Advertising, Sales Promotion, Public Relations, Travel and Nonprofits. He is a customer
relationship-building professional with clients and agencies and has great success selling ideas, products, & complex solutions; also secures & manages key accounts, & sales teams & strategic partnerships.
Terry self-founded and managed multi-disciplinary business beginning in 2008, in the areas of product sales, sales management, product and services marketing, consulting, commercial and private lending facilitator, & creative service;. Acted as a consultant for startups and entrepreneurs in funding, sales, advertising and marketing various products andd established sales channels for the Award-winning JOOS Orange portable solar charger enabling the company to progress from 50k to 1.5MM in one year; Used extensive network & placed investors in Solar Components LLC to help fund them.
Developed for over two years, SAAS solutions for online sales and customer service/support through a robust live chat solution for SMB and Enterprise businesses. As a Business Development Professional, Terry was employed by BoldChat which was acquired by LogMeIn and was employed by LogMeIn in business development. Built a list of contacts of top 500 ecommerce retailers and used tactical cold calling techniques to make contacts with decision makers. Exceeded sales quota by 412%; Decisively earned clients against market leaders; Earned the business of Rackspace (NASDAQ:RAX) over Live Person with BoldChat’s fully integrated online chat solution which was the largest deal in BoldChat history.
He spent three years for Widemile which was a website optimization startup purchased by web analytics firm, WebTrends. Widemile designs and analytics provided higher click-throughs for eCommerce companies. As the first sale professional, Terry was the National Sales Manager, where he developed pricing, marketing, sales procedures & pipeline and accomplished C-level cold calling & contract negotiations; also created new relationships with businesses of varying scale throughout the country. Here, increased sales from zero to $1million in one year. Subsequently doubled sales each year and provided sales and PM services for the Microsoft business; Created, and established pricing, sales collateral, competitive and market acceptance analysis and trade show strategies; Coached & mentored the team members.
Terry has IT Services/Software & Hardware experience and Internet Technology Companies, and a NonProfit Internet Education Company funded by the U.S. Department of Justice. Also he has Travel and Tourism experience starting a business from Travel Agencies and Commercial Accounts. He has Advertising and Public Relations expertise through Nintendo, Holland America Line, Sheraton Hotels, Jansport, and others and created a sales promotional marketing agency to manage the Holland America Line account.
Education
Western Michigan University, Business Administration and Psychology Kalamazoo, MI
University of Alaska Business Administration and Psychology Fairbanks, AK
Microsoft Solution Selling and Xerox Professional Selling Skills Seattle, WA