Chad Burmeister

After serving as a sales executive for more than 25 years, Chad Burmeister founded and currently leads BDR.ai, a company that provides lead generation services based on client’s LinkedIn and Twitter contacts. Honored as one of Forbes magazine’s Next 1,000 rising entrepreneurs, Chad Burmeister leverages artificial intelligence at BDR.ai to maximize networks and reach high-level prospects.

Mr. Burmeister began his career as an account executive at Airborne Express, where he was consistently ranked in the top 25 percent of productivity. He then went on to hold several corporate positions for businesses such as FedEx, Descartes/Celarix/i2, AMR Research, Cisco, ON24, and Riverbed Technology. In 2003, he co-founded Tele-SalesForce, a third-party provider of sales leads. His most recent venture is Living a Better Story, a faith-based retreat for executives.

In addition to writing other works, Mr. Burmeister is the co-author of Sales Hack, a book that collects the wisdom of around 25 top salespeople. He is a member of the American Association of Inside Sales Professionals, which named him one of its Top 25 performers for 10 consecutive years. He also has seats on the Thought Council of the C-Suite Network and the board of the Hero Club.