Empowering Sales and Marketing Teams

Executive Profile

Experienced executive, business consultant and trainer Don Astras, president and founder of Tempest, has more than 30 years of experience in business, marketing and sales management. Don helps clients improve their business strategies using CRM and change management. Owners and executives claim that after the initial analysis Tempest knows more about their business than they did regarding market position, process flow and organizational dynamics.

Leadership

Don Astras, President

Don has developed proven methodologies for designing and implementing e-mail marketing campaigns and using CRM systems to execute and measure their effectiveness. According to Don, "when every one involved understands the organizational goals and their role - then they are more empowered to carry them out."

Don has been instrumental with CRM deployment and marketing at BDO Seidman, Brunswick Bowling and Billiards, Espec NA, FrontRange Solutions, Michigan Shippers Supply and over 125 Michigan-based organizations. Don uses a hands-on approach and emphasizes team building. He has trained or worked with more than 5,000 executives, managers and staff.

At Tempest, Don and his team have developed executive seminars on:

Developing a Practical Marketing Plan
Developing a Personal Marketing Plan
Identifying Your Best Customers
Diagnosing and Improving Your Sales Process
Keeping Your Best Customers Loyal

Don teaches Marketing at the Small Business Technology and Development Center at Grand Valley State University.

Previously, Don was a senior consultant and strategic planner where he developed business plans, advertising, and presentations with award winning results. He also conducted sales and training seminars to position his clients as solutions-oriented partners within the most profitable market segments.

You will find Don a creative, high-energy sales and marketing professional with a wealth of information in technical sales, direct marketing and product development. He has earned Master of Management and BS in Business Administration degrees from Aquinas College. As a former United States Marine, Don shows discipline and commitment to your mission. Recently, he has attended the Consulting Skills Institute and the Strategic Leadership Forum. Don is Premier FrontRange Solutions Partner since 1998 and a D&B Sales and Marketing Certified Consultant. Don is also a licensed Who Moved My Cheese? facilitator.

In addition to helping clients get themselves published, Don has written articles on:

Executive Concerns About Customer Loyalty
Customer Relationship Management Systems
E-mail Marketing
Trade Show Marketing
Services Marketing
Desktop Publishing

Find Out How - to use Tempest services to increase your business growth and profitability.

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Contact us today and find out how Tempest's outside, objective counsel and facilitation can center your marketing, sales, and CRM processes on your customers.

Call: 616-458-9200 or 800-291-9210
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Tempest, Inc.
220 Lyon St. NW
Suite 212 (Grand Plaza Place)
Grand Rapids, MI 49503-2217