ROBERT FRIEDMAN
President: Ascend Growth Strategies
As President and Founder of Ascend Growth Strategies (AGS), Robert Friedman presents businesses and organizations a sales roadmap that pinpoints their current position, a direction to pursue, and a precise course for success. Robert works with clients to develop successful sales solutions, address real-time sales organizational and operational challenges with immediate turn-key systems, and produce effective sales teams through mentoring current and future talent.
Robert has been successfully navigating the sales and business terrain for over 30-years. His leadership experience with blue-chip companies such as Pepsi Cola, Mattel, Royal Caribbean Cruises, and Abercrombie & Kent, combined with a passion for establishing superior sales organizations, drives his success and the success of his clients.
Throughout his career, Robert’s influence has encompassed a global marketplace with leading industry positions in the travel, hospitality, consumer goods and services, private equity and start-up sectors. His career has included principle roles developing, implementing and overseeing strategic sales solutions across multiple channels that generated immediate and measurable benefits. These solutions included national sales force development, strategic account partnership building, revenue and market share expansion, and profitability growth. Robert’s countless achievements and vast experience have given him immense insight into all levels and functions of business.
Through AGS, it is Robert’s passion to ensure organizations reach their greatest potential. Measuring assets, compensating deficiencies and advancing sales encompass Robert’s priorities. Yet, throughout the journey with his clients, Robert promises a round of golf or two, a tennis match and maybe a quick lesson on the game of cricket.
Click on the links below to learn about Robert’s “Pillars of Success” which equips clients with a macro and micro approach to successfully achieving desired sales growth.
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