IES Member of the Year Recipients

As a member-based entity, the IES recognizes yearly sales leaders who have demonstrated leadership in corporate and B2B sales while also providing optimal leadership at the IES.

Qualifications for the Member of the Year Award include a substantive career as a sales professional and a commitment to improving the sales profession by serving other IES members either as a program leader, council member or active participant.

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Vince Burruano


2022 Member of the Year

Vince Burruano received his MBA in Business Administration, Management and Operations from The George Washington University and his Bachelor of Philosophy from the School of Philosophy at the Catholic University of America, both located in Washington, DC. Vince has also received the following certifications: Top-Ten Sales Skills of […]

John Asher

John Asher is an experienced international speaker on sales, sales management and marketing. He has been a frequent speaker at the IES and a guest on the Sales Game Changers virtual learning sessions and podcast many times. His books, “Close Deal Faster” and “The Neuroscience of Selling” have changed the lives of sales professionals around the globe. In 1998, he […]

Gina Stracuzzi

About Gina Stracuzzi

2018 Recipient

Gina Stracuzzi was a leader in growing the IES Women in Sales program.

She has provided strategic business development, sales training, marketing communication, and branding advice to start-ups and small to medium-sized businesses across a variety of industries for over 20 years.

Her passion is connecting people and businesses with new ways […]