Los Angeles, CA - - Oct 26, 2009--James W. Obermayer, executive director of the Sales Lead Management Association (SLMA), announced today that the association has opened the virtual voting booth to determine the 50 most influential people in the field of sales lead management for 2009.

SLMA co-founder Susan Campanale said "Members and non-members may vote for nominees listed on the SLMA site on October 26th. The results will be published on November 16, 2009. Voters may cast votes for up to five nominees; duplicates are not allowed. Mark Friedman, EVP of the SLMA said, "We consider all of those nominated to be builders of wealth and we recognize them for their contributions."

In the first 96 hours of voting 845 people had voted.

The nominees are:

Larry Augustin, SurgarCRM

Patty Azzarello, Azzarello Group

Marc Benioff, SalesForce.com

Trish Bertuzzi, The Bridge Group, Inc.

Joel Book, Exact Target

Eills Booker, BtoB Magazine

Michel A. Brown, Business to Business by Phone

Patrick Cahill, Wellesley Hills Group

Gil Cargil Cargil, Consulting Group

Brian Carroll, InTouch

James Cecil, Nurture Institute

John Coe, B2B Marketing

Joyceann Cooney-Garippa, Sales & Marketing Management Magazine

Lisa Cramer, Lead Life Solutions

Dick Damrow, Contract Marketing Resources

Mary Dedrick, Performark, Inc.

John Doerr, Wellesley Hills Group

Scott Dorsey, Exact Target

Eric Edwards, Rubicon Marketing Group

Richard Erschilk, Leads to Sales, Inc.

Bob Felsenthal, Crain Communications

Phil Fernandez, Marketo

Bob Fernekees, CRM Magazine

John Foley, InterlinkOne

Susan Friedman, The Trade Show Coach

Andrew Gaffney, Demand GenReport and G3 Communications

David Green, PipeAlign

Gerhard Gschwandtner, Selling Power

John Hasbrouck, NewLeads, Inc.

Archie Heinl, Blitz Lead Manager

Carlos Hidalgo, The Annunitas Group

Jay Hidalgo, The Annunitas Group

Judy Johnson, Key Marketing Group

Tom Judge, Direct Marketing Partners

Rick Kean, Business Marketing Institute

Russell Kern, The Kern Organization

Victor Kippes, Validar, Inc.

Jill Konroth, Selling to Big Companies

Aaron Kullman, Sales Partnerships

James La Belle, LeadTrack

James Lenskold, Lenskold Group

Joe Lethert, Performark, Inc.

Barry Lieberman, Advantage Plus Marketing

Mack Manning, PST Sales and Marketing

Michael McCloskey, FrontRange Solutions

Dan McDade, PointClear

Laura McGuire, SmartTracks, Inc.

M.H. "Mac" McIntosh, Mac McIntosh, Inc.

Mark McIntosh, Cedar Graphics, Inc.

Margery Murphy, Acadia Lead Management Services

Kirten Patel, LeadOrganizer

Jack Perry, Respect Factor

Tom Quinn, Mailing and Fulfillment Services Organization

Bill Rice, Kaleidico

Dan Rogers, SmartLead by AdTrack Corporation

Christopher Ryan, Fusion Marketing Partners

Howard J. Sewell, Connect Direct

Gary Slack, Slack Barshinger and Partners

Jim Steele, SalesForce.com

Ruth Stevens, eMarketing Strategy

Frank van Veenendaal, SalesForce.com

Craig Williams, CommunityLink

James Wong, Avidian Technologies

Steven Woods, Eloqua

Fred Yee, ActiveConversion

To vote go to:  SLMA Voting

　About the Sales Lead Management Association

The mission of the Sales Lead Management Association is to help companies become successful in the critical business process of managing sales leads. For more information about SLMA or the ‘Top 50’ list, call Sue Campanale at 714-637-6989.

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