Chris Westfall

Chris Westfall: Profile

Chris Westfall business coachAccording to former Kodak CMO and Celebrity Apprentice guest star, Jeffrey Hayzlett, Westfall has the best two minute speech in the country. As part of his book, The Mirror Test, (one of Business Week Magazine’s top three business books for 2010) Hayzlett says that the new elevator speech is 118 seconds long – about the length of the average elevator ride in New York City. Westfall has appeared on CNN, ABC-NEWS, NBC-TV, and has worked in broadcast for some of the largest companies in the world. His first book will be published by Greenleaf in 2012.

Chris is also an award-winning instructor at a top-10 MBA program, and he was selected as the “Communicator of the Year” at the top-rated MBA program for developing strong business communications skills (according to The Princeton Review). He is a featured keynote speaker at Hewlett Packard (HP), the largest technology company in the world, where he helps international sales executives with advanced leadership strategies.

• Grand Prize Winner, National Elevator Pitch Competition
• Award-winning instructor, SMU Cox School of Business (MBA)
• Communicator of the Year

A former technology sales executive, Westfall has lead sales teams and marketing efforts around the globe – with surprising results. Known as the “Sales Accelerator,” he helps companies and individuals to harness the power of communication to make a difference. Having risen through the ranks in Fortune 100 technology companies (Verizon and AT&T), he led international branding efforts at a division of Unilever, before moving into executive sales. As a technology leader, he built sales teams from scratch while managing marquee partnerships with Hilton, Hyatt, MGMMirage and Starwood.

A native of Chicago, Westfall received his undergraduate degree from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, TX. As a spokesperson and on-camera personality, he has worked in broadcast for some of the largest companies in the world. He holds a Masters in Business Administration from Texas Christian University, where he graduated with honors. He resides in Dallas with his wife and two daughters, and is an avid supporter of the performing and visual arts.