Mark Jewell

Mark Jewell

Mark Jewell is a best-selling author, coach, speaker and nationally recognized subject matter expert focused on energy efficiency. He provides professional sales training services to organizations such as Honeywell, PG&E, Hawaii Energy and Belimo empowering their employees to overcome barriers to implementing efficiency projects.^[1][2][3][4]

Jewell's experience includes over 30 years in commercial real estate and 20 years in energy efficiency.^[5] He is the founder and President of Selling Energy and a co-founder of the Efficiency Sales Professional Institute and SF Green Space in San Francisco.^[6]

In 2015 Jewell received the prestigious Gold Stevie Award for "Sales Training or Education Leader of the Year.”^[7] He received further recognition in 2015 when Selling Energy was named one of Selling Power's Top 20 Sales Training Companies. Selling Energy charted at 1400 on the Inc. 5000 list, an exclusive ranking of the nation's fastest-growing private companies and was 16th among Inc.'s fastest-growing Education companies that year as well.^[8][9][10]

Jewell is the author of the Wall Street Journal Bestseller Selling Energy: Inspiring Ideas That Get More Projects Approved!, a series of essays on advancing energy efficiency.^[11][12] The book earned such accolades as the Axiom Business Book Award, The International Book Award and The Reader Views Annual Literary Award.^[13][14]

Earlier in his career, Jewell helped the US EPA deploy both the ENERGY STAR® Buildings Program for Commercial Real Estate and the Portfolio Manager® benchmarking tool.^[15] He is a graduate of The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, where he specialized in Economics and Finance.^[16]

Jewell lives in San Francisco, CA with his wife Rachel Christenson and their two young children.^[17]

References

1. Stromquist, Eric. "Day One Honeywell EEO Training: A Word with Mark Jewell". ControlTrends. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
2. "PG&E Energy Efficiency Classes - Class Details & Registration". PG&E.
3. "The Efficiency Sales Professional Certificate Boot Camp Sponsored by Hawaii Energy".
4. "Learning to Sell Efficiency Effectively". Belimo.
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8. "Rachel Christenson, a 31-Year-Old San Francisco-Based Entrepreneur, Leads "Selling Energy” to Become the #16 Fastest-Growing Education Company on the Inc. 5000 List". Business Wire.
9. "SELLING POWER 2015 TOP 20 SALES TRAINING COMPANIES". Selling Power.
10. "Rachel Christenson, a 31-Year-Old San Francisco-Based Entrepreneur, Leads "Selling Energy” to Become the #16 Fastest-Growing Education Company on the Inc. 5000 List". Business Wire.
11. "EEFG Releases New Book on Sales Skills Needed to Drive Widespread Adoption of Energy Efficiency". Reuters.
12. Attardi, Bill. "Selling Energy: Inspiring Ideas That Get More Projects Approved". EnergyWatch. Attardi Marketing. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
13. "Announcing Results of the 8th Annual Axiom Business Book Awards". Independent Publisher.
14. "Literary Award Winners 2014/2015". Reader Views.
15. "Mark Jewell". PointView Beta.
16. "Executive Profile: Mark Jewell". Bloomberg Businessweek.
17. "Mark T. Jewell". Amazon Author Central.