EQ2S President - Gregory T. Wilk
Mr. Wilk has over two and half decades of sales and marketing experience. As a hands-on leader, his integrity, wisdom and fierce resolve have guided him well in successfully transforming sales organizations for both small & medium sized and Fortune 500 companies.
Mr. Wilk’s experiences in business and life have equipped him to equip others. Blessed with an uncanny ability to inspire and communicate optimism and hope, he is a seasoned leader gifted with detective instincts uncovering barriers that impede sales.
In 2005, Mr. Wilk launched EQ2S – Equipped To Sell, LLC an interim sales and marketing management consulting firm designed specifically to serve small and medium sized companies. Prior to assuming the role of President at EQ2S,
Mr. Wilk held the position of Vice President, Sales Operations - Global Sales for a Fortune 500 company, he led a team focused on rebuilding the sales culture, sales processes, sales force automation, sales compensation & recognition, sales recruitment, and sales training worldwide for a sales force of over 500 sales professionals.
As Executive Vice President, Sales for the Canadian operation of a Fortune 500 company, Mr. Wilk’s team turned around an underperforming sales organization and increased new business over 400% by restructuring, rebuilding, instilling organizational integrity & discipline, and fine tuning the necessary sales performance engines. That year the company, which operates in over 40 countries, recognized the Canadian organization as the most improved sales team in the company.
While Vice President, Strategic Sales Consulting, of a Fortune 500 company, Mr. Wilk’s team was responsible for leading organizational effectiveness consulting engagements in Europe, Middle East & Africa, Asia Pacific, and the Americas, improving close rates and win rates for complex IT deals ranging in size from $100MM to $500MM. He also led a workforce planning team that rationalized and globally re-deployed over 800 sales professionals from a strategic business unit model to a line of business model.
As a sales professional, Mr. Wilk led many successful sales efforts that resulted in over $164 M of new business. In 1999, he was officially recognized by the CEO as one of the company’s Top Sales Performers and was named an Inner Circle Honoree three years in a row from 1997 to 1999, consistently achieving over 120% of quota. Other experiences include several sales roles with a Fortune 100 company, including area sales manager, account executive industry consultant, and account executive for the General Electric National Account.
Mr. Wilk holds a Master’s of Science degree from the University of Oregon and a Bachelor’s of Science degree from West Chester State College. His executive education includes the American Graduate School of International Management – Thunderbird School; Southern Methodist University, Edwin L. Cox School of Business - Maguire Oil & Gas Institute and the University of Pennsylvania, The Wharton School.
Mr. Wilk most recently served 6 years on the Local Board of Administration at Collin Creek Community Church and 4 years as Chairman of the Board for the Society of Business Development Professionals.
Greg is a dedicated husband and father who enjoys serving his family and church as well as reading, golfing, and coaching baseball & soccer.