SALES & BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

I turn account research into relevant sales conversations.

Experienced sales professional with a practical focus on prospecting, lead generation, CRM, customer acquisition and outbound business development.

Ishmael Williamson
01 / POSITIONING

Experienced in sales.
Built for modern teams.

I bring 8+ years of sales experience across roofing and construction, FMCG and insurance, strengthened by hands-on training in Apollo, HubSpot and Salesforce.

RESEARCH

Identify ICP-fit accounts, decision-makers and useful buying or growth signals.

RELEVANCE

Turn research into a plausible problem hypothesis and personalized outreach.

DISCIPLINE

Structure follow-ups, qualification and CRM next actions so opportunities stay visible.

02 / OUTBOUND SYSTEM

A simple process.
Better sales thinking.

01 — Define ICP & account fit
02 — Identify growth signals
03 — Research decision-makers
04 — Build a problem hypothesis
05 — Personalize outreach
06 — Follow up without noise
07 — Qualify the opportunity
08 — Keep the CRM clean

“A signal is a reason to investigate — not permission to invent a pain point.”

03 / SELECTED WORK

The Optimism Company
case study.

FROM A GROWTH SIGNAL TO A RELEVANT CONVERSATION

The company showed a rapid-growth signal. I researched a contact in technical operations and customer care and built an outreach hypothesis around the possibility that scaling could increase technical-support and infrastructure complexity.

58EMPLOYEES
NYLOCATION
FASTGROWTH SIGNAL
VERIFIEDCONTACT EMAIL

THE OUTREACH APPROACH

Start with the observable growth signal. Ask how technical support and IT infrastructure are managed today. Then position external support as a possible way to reduce operational burden — without pretending the prospect has a problem that has not been confirmed.

04 / CAPABILITIES

What I bring to a sales team.

LEAD GENERATION

Prospecting, account filtering, lead-list building and verified contact research.

SALES SUPPORT

Customer information, follow-up, pipeline visibility, sales administration and CRM discipline.

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

Customer acquisition, relationship building, opportunity identification and outbound communication.

05 / RESULTS

Evidence from my sales career.

100+ CUSTOMERS

New customers acquired at RuDon Roofing while maintaining customer satisfaction above 90%.

35% SALES GROWTH

Annual roofing sales increased through targeted marketing and customer acquisition strategies.

30% ABOVE TARGET

Consistently exceeded annual sales targets at Enterprise Life Insurance.