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Sam Allert
National Sales Manager - Australia
Adelaide
SamA@aps-advance.com |
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Qualifications / Background:
In brief for this forum. I grew up in Adelaide, travelled to London after school and lived and worked in London for 3 years. I met APS in London at the APS UK launch and as they say - the rest is history.*
How long have you worked at APS?
10 years this year! It’s completely flown by, in fact it’s hard to believe I’ve been with the company for that long!
What attracted you to APS?
It was the People – I met Brian Armstrong, Brian Coventry and Fiona Armstrong in London and was offered a job; I was very excited to have the opportunity to work with them all.
What does your job involve?
Essentially, lots of interaction with both clients and prospective clients. My brief is to help drive and maintain revenue for APS.
Since sustainable revenue only comes from a happy client base, my ultimate goal is to look after clients and give my all to make sure they are happy with the performance of our team and our software.
What are some of the things you look forward to accomplishing while working at APS?
To win back the Australia versus New Zealand boat race challenge at the APS Annual Conference. The Kiwis took the first title in Sydney last year, but we had a Canadian in the Aussie team (which didn’t help!) so I’m confident we will bring back the trophy next year with an all-Aussie team!
Career high (so far!) – Biggest achievement
Dancing as the Village people with David Burke, Nigel Boland, Grant Linton and Michael Donnelly at the Queenstown client conference in 2007. We looked ridiculous and it was Hilarious!
Memberships
Adelaide Oval and SCG (does that count?)
Oh and Mitcham Toy Library for the kids.
For relaxation
Holidays with the family.
Best indulgence
Red Wine
Personal philosophy
Have fun, be happy, and Family First
Best advice
Do the hard things today and tomorrow becomes easier, do the easy things today and tomorrow becomes harder.
* N.B. ‘met APS in London’ in fact means that Sam met Brian Armstrong and Brian Coventry (known universally in APS as ‘BA’ and ‘BC’) in a pub in London where Sam was working. He obviously looked after them well and the rest, as Sam says, is history!
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