About The Authors

In 1986, Dan Caramanico and Marie Maguire founded Caramanico Maguire Associates, Inc. with the goal of facilitating dramatic financial success in organizations by optimizing their selling function. As sales force development experts, they have helped hundreds of companies and thousands of salespeople improve their sales management systems and selling processes to get ever-increasing results with less effort and energy. Together they have nearly 50 years of experience and bring a unique perspective to sales consulting.

Dan has three engineering degrees and an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He began his career as a design engineer and moved into the management of very large projects. He quickly learned that his success and advancement depended more on his ability to sell than technical expertise. After honing his selling skills for more than a decade, he was ready to join Marie in helping advance the sales profession.

Marie has two engineering degrees and after designing computer chips for IBM and teaching engineering at Temple University, she obtained a Master's degree in clinical social work form Bryn Mawr College. She spent more than a decade helping individuals and couples achieve optimal family functioning. This book and their company are the result of their combined technical, managerial, and clinical backgrounds as well as decades of experience in helping individuals and companies overcome barriers to success.