ABOUT

Meet Doug Baarman

 

 

Doug is an accomplished sales and marketing leader with experience in building and growing high performing sales teams.  An industry expert in executing sales strategy, lead generation, driving revenue growth and creating a team-first culture. A proud recipient of multiple team and individual awards recognizing leadership and revenue performance.

 

Professional Highlights:

  • ConferenceDirect, Senior Vice President and Team Director – Present

Built a sales team that achieves $125 million in annual revenue.  Awarded Top Producing Team and Team Director of the Year multiple times.

  • Omnifique, Consultant

Created the sales and marketing systems and processes to drive revenue including a business development team, brand awareness, database management and lead generation.

  • Marriott International, Vice President of Sales and Marketing

Over 20 years, held various sales leadership positions to include pioneering the first commission-based sales team for Marriott’s portfolio of hotel brands which generated $120 million annually in new business.

Created an industry first innovative housing program for Marriott ExecuStay through account management to combine hotel rooms and apartments through a single point of contact which ensured a smooth transition to temporary living. The new sales organization grew to $200 million in annual revenue.