About Kelly Riggs | About Kelly Riggs |
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 Kelly Riggs is the founder and president of Vmax, a business performance improvement company located in Broken Arrow, OK. Widely recognized as a powerful speaker and dynamic trainer in the fields of leadership, sales development, and strategic planning, Kelly is a also a Registered Corporate Coach (RCC) with the World Association of Business Coaches. He has spent the last twelve years teaching and training organizational leaders in sales and executive management, and his passion is developing people-focused managers and high-performance salespeople. Kelly’s first book, entitled 1-on-1 Management™: What Every Great Manager Knows That You Don't, was released in Spring 2008, and he is currently working on his second book, schedule to publish in 2010. Since forming Vmax, Kelly has provided leadership training for the University of Oklahoma JCPenney Leadership Center; been selected as the leadership trainer for the Oklahoma Associated General Contractors and Constructor's Leadership Council; become a founding member of the recently formed Broken Arrow Business Institute; and, appeared before a subcommittee of the Oklahoma State House of Representatives to address "Factors That Impact Employee Engagement and Performance." As a medical sales representative for Orthopedic Technology, Inc. (1986-1994), Kelly was recognized twice nationally as Salesperson of the Year before promotions to region sales manager and then division sales manager. He later became the Director of Sales Development, reporting directly to the CEO. He developed the company's core sales training curriculum and served as the lead instructor. In 1995, Kelly founded Orthopedic Resources, Inc., an orthopedic products and services company based in Tulsa, OK. After selling the business to a partner in 2001, he co-founded Tulsa SportsWeb, a local sports media production company whose radio properties were later acquired by Clear Channel Radio (Tulsa). During this time, Kelly hosted a successful sports-talk radio show that interviewed top coaches, writers, and sports pundits from all over the country. In 2003, Kelly was recruited back into the medical industry to join SeboTek Hearing Systems. Serving as the National Sales Manager for this start-up company, he developed all aspects of the sales organization, growing the department to 30 employees as sales increased seven times over in only two years. During his tenure, Kelly developed a highly regarded sales and technical training program, and served as the company's lead instructor. |
