Meet Our Outsourced VP of Sales

Bob Besse, CSL

Greater South Bend, IN

As a fractional VP of Sales, Bob helps small to mid-sized businesses achieve sustainable revenue growth using Sales Xceleration’s platform. With 30+ years in sales and marketing, he develops winning strategies, efficient processes, and high-performance teams, integrating sales and marketing for strategic growth.
Charles Carrel

Charles Carrel

Greater Fort Wayne, IN

With 20+ years in manufacturing and distribution, Charles boosted sales in aerospace, industrial, and medical sectors by managing multimillion-dollar budgets. He assesses your needs, create custom strategies, and work with your team to implement them.
Ken Gumbiner

Ken Gumbiner, CSL

Greater Indianapolis, IN

With over 25 years of sales leadership, Ken has worked with a range of clients from small to mid-sized organizations to multinational corporations. He structures highly effective sales teams to provide clients with sustainable growth practices.
John Hirsh

John Hirsh, CSL

Indianapolis, IN

With over 30 years of experience in sales, John has consistently driven growth and exceeded targets across various industries. His background includes sales leadership, team building, and innovative market strategies.
Richard Hockins

Richard Hockins, CSL

Indianapolis, IN

Indianapolis, IN


For 25+ years, Richard has consistently achieved superior results for his clients by developing highly effective sales teams that grow sales.

Patrick O’Donnell, CSL

Indianapolis, IN

Indianapolis, IN


Patrick is an award-winning sales management expert dedicated to delivering superior focus and top results to businesses in need of sales leadership.
Tom Terrell

Tom Terrell

Indianapolis, IN

Tom has built multi-million-dollar OEM pipelines, won major new business, repositioned portfolios for growth, and improved profitability in PE-backed manufacturing. His strength is connecting commercial strategy to operational execution—rebuilding pipelines, prioritizing customers and products, protecting margin, strengthening accountability, and aligning Sales, Engineering, and Operations to deliver profitable, sustainable growth.
Evan Triggs

Evan Triggs

Greater Indianapolis, IN

Evan helps businesses unlock sales potential by blending leadership experience with a coach’s mindset. He builds scalable systems and coaching growth-driven teams and is passionate about creating sales processes that deliver sustainable results while fostering growth-oriented people and cultures.

Grow Your Sales with Expert Insights

Looking for practical strategies to strengthen your sales organization? Each session is designed to help you address real sales challenges with proven strategies, practical takeaways, and ideas you can put into action to drive sustainable growth.