Brian Burns is a sales leader, adviser and investor. He has spent his twenty year career creating, capturing and dominating early stage innovative markets. During this time, he has played key leadership, management and sales roles for nine venture capital backed companies, resulting in three IPOs and six acquisitions. Through this experience he has developed a unique and powerful sales method for bringing innovative products to market while marginalizing competitors. In his private practice, Brian has founded The Maverick Organization, a consulting firm specializing in assisting companies with their sales strategy, sales practices and in developing an effective sales team.