Michael Conner joined Safari Books Online as VP of Outbound TeleSales in May 2008.  Mike brings more than 20 years of experience in business to business sales, inside sales, call center integration and executive leadership to Safari.  As the VP of Outbound Telesales, Mike successfully created and launched Safari’s first telesales center in Tempe, Arizona on July 3rd, 2008.  Safari’s inside sales team will build out to more than 25 sales professionals over the next twelve months and will complement the existing direct sales organization by expanding the reach into new markets and
customer segments.

Most recently, Mike served as the President of Landiscor Aerial Information, a Phoenix based real estate information company, and prior to that opened a similar telesales center for a San Francisco based WiMax broadband company.  Michael has also held senior level sales and management positions at NEC Solutions America, Tripodis Corporation, The Associates First Capital and Nissan Motor Acceptance Corp.  Mike holds a BSBM from University of Phoenix and an MBA from Arizona State University. Mike
also completed the Call Center Management program at the
University of Phoenix.