About Curt Skene

At Microsoft – Curt grew his business unit from $800K to over $36M in five short years. Curt was recognized by Microsoft as one of their best business builders in the world. As President of ExecuTrain – Curt won four worldwide awards for business development and sales growth. At BrainBuzz Inc. – Curt grew the monthly revenues of his department from $80K to $210K in just six short months. Curt is an expert on helping businesses grow.

Today Curt is an engaging keynote speaker, business coach and gifted storyteller who combines wisdom and wit to excite his audiences on how to master the marketplace.

 

Experience

• Keynote Speaker/Coach

  Aahhah Enterprise
  2001 — Present

  Keynote speaker for corporate and association audiences.  Career coach for mid to senior level executives.

• Director of Sales

  BrainBuzz (Tampa Bay FL)
  2000 — 2001

  Led a team of six in building a $250K a month advertising revenue stream for the site which was unheard of at the time.

• President/COO

  ExecuTrain Canada
  1998 — 1999

  Grew the business from $5M in sales to over $12M through revenue growth and acquisition. Won four global awards for sales and service excellence.

• Training and Certification Program Manager

  Microsoft Canada
  1993 — 1998

   

Highlights

• Recognized by Microsoft Corporation as best training manager in the world growing revenues from $800K to over $40M
• Awarded four worldwide awards for sales and service excellence by ExecuTrain Corporation.
• Founder of Microsoft Skills 2000 a worldwide initiative that helped hundred of thousands find employment in technology.