(GDA) Growth Development Associates, Inc.

Business Training and Strategic Planning for Companies Worldwide

Growth Development Associates, Inc. (GDA) is a privately owned sales training and sales management consulting firm.  Founded in 1989, GDA has served clients throughout the United States and in twenty-seven countries around the world.  Through fully customized solutions, delivered by experienced sales and management professionals, we integrate proven methodologies that give organizations the best opportunity to achieve record level growth.
 
Growth Development Associates, Inc. is recognized as unique in its commitment to the delivery of customized consulting and training services across multiple industries. Our clients include over hundreds of companies such as Hewlett-Packard, American Express, Gateway, IBM, Kaiser Permanente, General Electric, Apple Computer, Tellabs, countless manufacturers, resellers and channel organizations and industry associations as well as government agencies and colleges. Our services include:

     • Sales Training
     • Management Training
     • Business and Strategic Planning
     • Marketing Demand Generation Planning

To accomplish the successful delivery of these services, Growth Development Associates, Inc. has assembled seasoned trainers, developers and management personnel, each of whom has acquired their professional skills through at least twenty (20) years of formal training and practical field experience. All GDA consultant / trainers have corporate experience from Fortune 100 corporations and countless successful consulting projects.

We are led by President and Chief Executive Officer, Eric Richardson, a highly sought after keynote speaker and former sales executive with IBM and Digital Equipment Corporation. Our firm also employs a host of senior level consultants and trainers , each of whom has decades of experience with management development, business training, sales, and strategic planning.  Our consultants’ backgrounds have included sales and senior management experience from companies such as IBM, Digital, Hewlett-Packard, AT&T, Lawson Software, Thomson Publishing, Silicon Graphics, Xerox, Gateway Computer, Lexmark, Office Depot, American Express, Tellabs, Sears, Blue Cross Blue Shield, and Kaiser Permanente.