Linda Fadden
President & Leads Activist

Linda has spent the last 24 years managing, implementing and selling IT solutions for companies including IBM, Amdahl, Wells Fargo Bank, and several start-ups. She has been in direct sales, product marketing and a development manager of enterprise-wide software solutions, so she has an acute understanding of the challenges faced both by IT sellers as well as those who purchase and live with the technology. Linda is comfortable speaking with C-Level Execs, having worked with and pitched so many in her career. Experience and interest in financial assets and instruments, has served Linda well in generating appointments and leads for investment managers in recent years. Linda likes to start things, so being on the front of the sales cycle suits her perfectly. NLP certification, intensive enneagram trainings and an IBM certification in consultative sales brings rich tools for qualifying leads and navigating the organization and “pain chain” to Linda’s kit bag.

Max Valerio
VP Operations & Leads Hunter

Max Valerio has over ten years of experience developing sales opportunities on the phone for a wide array of companies including Model N, GuardianEdge, Autonomy, and Hughes Software Systems. Specializing in high-technology, Max can articulate the value and distinctive features of a solution to a wide variety of prospects; he is excellent at gathering the crucial information and creating leads that become future sales. Max has developed sales in both the private and public sectors, generating leads for revenue management, data encryption, knowledge management, and resource management (ERP) enterprise solutions, as well as embedded agents for protocol stacks. He can converse with C-level executives and engineers. His expertise, friendly and direct style, as well as persistence and patience, all combine to create an unbeatable combination of sales skills. Max has also trained and managed sales development teams, helping them to reach their potential for success and prosperity.