GTM Disrupted host Mike Smart reconnected with Ed Kless, Senior Director of Partner Development and Strategy for Sage Business Solutions to get his insights on how knowledge-based services are driving customer growth.
Ed provides a unique perspective based on more than 20 years in partner strategy and development at one of the leading cloud business management solutions providers. According to Ed, one of the keys to accelerating growth and improving loyalty is creating and measuring customer value. Creating value as Ed describes it is about delivering knowledge-based services.
Key learnings from this podcast include:
Shifting Business Models
Moving Off the Solution
Measuring Customer Perceived Value
Embracing Change
Ed’s Bio:
Ed Kless joined Sage in July of 2003 and is currently the senior director of partner development and strategy for Sage Business Solutions in North America. He develops and delivers a curriculum for Sage business partners on the art and practice of small business consulting.
Ed hosts the Sage Thought Leadership Podcast and is a co-host of the VoiceAmerica TalkShow Network’s The Soul of Enterprise. Before joining Sage, Ed worked with Tipping Point Advisors, an organization dedicated to the growth and development of software implementation partners. He co-founded Third Wave Business Systems, a Microsoft Dynamics GP partner.
Ed is a contributor to industry publications and has spoken at many conferences worldwide on project management, pricing, and knowledge workers. He is also active in the Information Technology Alliance (ITA) and has been named to Accounting Today’s list of the 100 Most Influential People in Accounting numerous times including 2019.
To learn more about Ed to go - https://www.linkedin.com/in/edkless/
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