Sean O’Leary, a vice president with wireless messaging firm Good Technology, will be the keynote speaker for the Council for Entrepreneurial Development’s next Engage event.

The program will focus on sales and marketing. It is set for Dec. 13 from 3:30-8 PM at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business.

O’Leary oversees the North American Carrier Sales and Marketing group for Good technology. It landed a distribution deal with Cingular earlier this year. Before joining Good technology, O’Leary was an executive with Cisco, serving as senior director of worldwide sales.

Other topics on the program include:

  • Ending the War Between Sales & Marketing

  • Know Your Market Better Than Your Best Friend

  • Getting and Keeping the Customer

  • “Killer Contracts” – How to Avoid the Pitfalls of Discounting Products or Services

  • Who Deserves Your Marketing Bucks?

  • Bigger Isn’t Always Better — How Limited Budgets Drive Creativity?

  • Going “Nucular” With Your Sales Program

    • For details, see: www.cednc.org/engage