Chip Carlson
Executive advisor, sales trainer, and operator with three decades of experience running divisions, building teams, and making the decisions that most executive education only talks about.
See the Programs About ChipA nine-session cohort-based program for executives who have hit the ceiling or been handed scope they have not yet been prepared for. Five competencies. Cohort 1 begins October 6, 2026.
Learn more →A performance program built specifically for distribution sales teams. Not generic sales training. Built for the distribution channel and the specific problems distribution salespeople actually face.
Learn more →For executives managing operations across borders. The gap between what headquarters expects and what the market requires is rarely taught. This program addresses it directly.
Learn more →Chip Carlson spent more than three decades in sales, marketing, operations, and distribution at the operating and senior executive level, including as Vice President of International Business Development for one of the largest publicly traded automotive parts retailers in North America, with sales over $16 billion.
He is the President of CIMA International LLC and the founder of Talk with Chip, an executive leadership development platform.
Read the full story →Articles on distribution, executive leadership, and international operations. Written from the seat, not from a textbook.
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