James W. Obermayer, executive director of the Sales Lead Management Association, and president of Sales Leakage Consulting, Inc., has announced the results of the voting for the Most Influential People in Sales Lead Management in 2009. A total of 1604 people cast votes.

Obermayer said, "These men and women are creators of wealth and we recognize their contribution to this important field of managing sales leads." The list of the Most Influential People in Sales Lead Management in 2009 follows in the order of most votes received.

Jay Hidalgo, The Annuitas Group

Carlos Hidalgo, The Annuitas Group

Steven Woods, Eloqua

Joe Lethert, Performark, Inc.

Lisa Cramer, LeadLife Solutions

Joel Book, ExactTarget

Scott Dorsey, ExactTarget

Jill Konrath, Selling to Big Companies

Marc Benioff, salesforce.com

Patrick Cahill, Rally Point Webinars

Mary Dedrick, Performark, Inc.

Trish Bertuzzi, The Bridge Group, Inc.

Brian Carroll, InTouch

Margery Murphy, Acadia Lead Management Services

Russell Kern, The Kern Organization

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

Phil Fernandez, Marketo

Andrew Gaffney, Demand Gen Report & G3 Communications

Gerhard Gschwandtner, Selling Power

Ruth Stevens, eMarketing Strategy

Dan McDade, PointClear

Jim Steele salesforce.com

Victor Kippes, Validar, Inc.

Dan Rogers, SmartLead by the AdTrack Corporation

John Coe, B2B Marketing

John Foley, InterlinkONE

Ellis Booker, BtoB Magazine

James Wong, Avidian Technologies

Larry Augustin, SugarCRM

Richard Erschik, Leads to Sales, Inc.

Howard J. Sewell, Connect Direct

Fred Yee, Active Conversion

John Doerr, Wellesly Hills Group

Mack Manning, PST Sales and Marketing

Frank van Veenendaal, salesforce.com

Michael A. Brown, Business to Business by Phone

Eric Edwards, Rubicon Marketing Group

Bob Fernekees, CRM Magazine

Susan Friedmann, The Trade Show Coach

Laura McGuire. SmartTracks, Inc.

Patty Azzarello, Azzarello Group

Gil Cargill, Cargill Consulting Group

Bob Felsenthal, Crain Communications

James Cecil, Nurture Institute

James Lenskold, Lenskold Group

Bill Rice, Kaleidico

Dick Damrow, Contract Marketing Resources

Tom Judge, Direct Marketing Partners

Rick Kean, Business Marketing Institute

Tom Quinn, Mailing and Fulfillment Services Organization