Sales & Business Development Leader · Author · Podcast Host

Building world-class sales teams for 25+ years.

I've led sales and business development organizations at companies like ON24, RingCentral, Cisco-WebEx, Riverbed, ConnectAndSell — and most recently Informatica, a Salesforce company. Along the way I founded BDR.ai, wrote 9 books, and was named to the Forbes Next 1000.

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Forbes Next 1000 Honoree
Top Inside Sales Leader — 10 Years Running
Author of 9 Books
AA-ISP Founding Chapter President ×3

Where I've Led

Trusted by category-leading companies.

From launching virtual sales teams in the early days of SaaS to building AI-powered business development organizations today.

Informatica — a Salesforce company RingCentral ON24 Cisco-WebEx Riverbed Technology ConnectAndSell BDR.ai (Founder)

Results That Matter

Numbers from the field.

$440M

Annual pipeline engine architected across Enterprise, Industry, Commercial, Specialist, and Inbound BDR teams at Informatica.

300%

More meetings scheduled by phone after deploying AI-for-sales technology like Nooks.ai and Buzz.ai.

9

Books published — from the Sales Hack series to AI for Sales 2.0, drawing on 100+ conversations with sales innovators.

Author

Books on selling smarter with AI.

Practical playbooks for sales leaders, SDRs, and founders who want to out-think — not just out-work — the competition.

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AI for Sales 2.0

Inside conversations with 100+ innovators shaping the future of selling — from discovery to deal-close.

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AI for Sales

"In sales, time kills deals. In AI for Sales, AI kills time." — Dr. Joel Le Bon, from the foreword.

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Mastering B2B Lead Generation with LinkedIn & AI

Proven LinkedIn power sequences for SDR/BDR, AE, ABM, and recruiting teams.

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What Others Say

Leadership, personified.

"Chad Burmeister is leadership personified. His ability to amalgamate people, resources, and methodologies so as to produce vital outcomes is nothing short of spectacular."
— Kraig Kleeman, Author & Executive Producer
"Chad has always been a leader and trailblazer in the field… It's great to work with a visionary who is open to enhancing his vision with the help of a partner!"

The AI for Sales Podcast

Conversations with CEOs and technologists from companies like ZoomInfo and Nooks.ai on human-agentic selling, hyper-personalization, and the exponential mindset.

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