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Bill Kizer
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Bill is recognized as a top performing senior level executive with multiple years of proven success in sales, management and business development

He’s considered a leader in Sage Software ERP solutions, business-to-business direct sales and business development. He’s developed successful sales teams & analyzing growth opportunities to meet corporate objectives. He’s also been successful in building an online Sage LinkedIn Community with 8,400+ World Wide members.

Recommendations

Wayne Schulz, Owner, Schulz Consulting, Glastonbury, CT "In this industry the people who impress me the most are the ones who are up to date on not only their company products but also have keen insight into industry trends. Bill has both and is constantly looking to both stay up to date and improve his skill set."

Ed Kless, Senior Director, Partner Development & Strategy, Sage Software “Bill has attended many of my sessions on Sales and Consulting and has proven to be a person who craves new knowledge. When confronted with situations he thinks critically about the situation and chooses a course of action consistent with his view. He is clearly someone who runs with an idea. He is the founder of the LinkedIn Group for the virtual organization. For that we own him a debt of gratitude.”

Tammy Mathews Sr. Director Product Marketing, Sage North America at Sage; Sacramento “I’ve had the privilege of working with Bill Kizer for the past couple of years in his role as the founder of the Sage Partner and Employee LinkedIn group. Known as a celebrity within the Sage community, Bill is very well respected and appreciated for his work as a social media expert. He is an outstanding visionary that saw the need to form an active Sage community and took the initiative to build one from the ground up. His selfless devotion to the betterment of the Sage community is the reason it remains so strong (as of today 4,492 members and growing). A marvelous facilitator for collaboration, Bill actively engages the community when making important decisions. He reviews each and every post and regularly reaches out to community members inviting them to participate in conversations where their point of view could be beneficial. This keeps the dialog fresh, active and helps expand the collective knowledge of the community. He's a passionate leader and puts his complete heart and soul into the community. While Bill and I don’t always see eye to eye on every issue, I’ve found him to be extremely fair minded and always willing to listen and find a compromise. Bill is an exceptional asset for any company that can benefit from a passionate, humble, caring, bright leader with strong social media expertise. It’s been my absolute honor and pleasure to work beside him.”

Danielle Cote, VP, Event Marketing at Sage; Phoenix, AZ. “Bill Kizer has an amazing talent for drawing feedback, facilitating dialogue and creating communities and conversations that are productive and insightful. In all the social media sites that I plug into, the sites that Bill manages, oversees and/or contributes to are intended to drive benefit for its stakeholders and actively serve as an active voice for the constituents. It's mutually productive as it serves those that are willing to listen and act to both good/bad feedback for the better good of all involved. Thanks Bill for all that you do for so many!”

Laurie Schultz, SVP & GM Sage ERP North America, Sage “I had the priviledge of getting to know Bill during my tenure at Sage; particularly on our Partner roadshow circuits. Bill was always someone who brought both "straight talk" and professional integrity to the conversation and I really appreciated that about him. However, Bill's biggest impact on me will always be how he's drawn from his incredible personal life journey to be a positive, unentitled, leader committed to enabling the voice of opinion of others. I highly recommend Bill and hope I'll have a chance to work with him again.”

Merry Christmas ~ Mele Kalikimaka ~ Feliz Navidad

11/30/2012 by billkizer

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Okay, I’m off my Black Friday Soapbox and on to the joys of the Holiday Season. I really do dislike having to be politically correct by saying “Happy Holidays” so here it comes in the 3 languages that I have some familiarity with.

Merry Christmas ~ Mele Kalikimaka ~ Feliz Navidad

Wow, that feels great & frankly if someone is offended then I suggest they go suck on a lemon because I don’t really care. We live in a country that is the greatest country on the planet but yet we seem to contain the largest collection of whiny, thin skinned goofballs & I’m sure we outrank the world in that category.

Tomorrow is one of my favorite events of the Christmas Season and that’s the Vista Christmas Parade. As you may know Vista has a small town feel to it & I think that’s one of the reasons that I like it. That, & my sons have grown up their entire 11 & 12 year lives here in Vista in the same house, only 2 miles from their Grandmother & Grandpa Rick, or Mr. Rick as they affectionately call him from time to time. It’s only a 5 ~ 10 minute drive to my house & that is as far as I want to live from them.

Several years ago there was a petition going around by members of the WTSG group asking the City of Vista to change the name of the Christmas Parade to the Vista Holiday Parade so as not to offend those who preferred the more generic phrase.

The petitioners were shot down by the City Council who suggested that if they didn’t like the name of the parade to not attend. That’s when I fell in love with the City of Vista. Imagine your City Council standing up & telling the “Do Gooders” that if they didn’t like the name of the Parade & were truly offended that their attendance wasn’t a requirement.

So one more time, Merry Christmas ~ Mele Kalikimaka ~ Feliz Navidad

Written By Guest Blogger, Santa Claus