Joseph Galvin

VP and Research Director, Sirius Decisions

Joseph Galvin is an industry thought leader with more than 24 years of experience in b-to-b field sales, sales management, sales operations and sales technologies.

Prior to joining Sirius Decisions, he spent 17 years with Gartner, most recently as group vice president, worldwide field operations. In that role he held global responsibility for field marketing, sales readiness, executive briefings, sales process, compensation and sales technology, including the global deployment of an on-demand sales force automation platform.

Joseph also spent four years as a Gartner CRM analyst. In that role, he researched, published and presented on a wide range of CRM issues including SFA applications, architectures and vendors. He also served as group vice president, worldwide sales operations for six years where he pioneered and led multiple sales technology initiatives including the launch of the company’s first sales Web site as well as a sales configuration initiative. His earliest days at Gartner were spent as an account executive, followed by district, area and regional field sales management positions.