Willis Turner, CAE CME CSE, serves as President & Chief Executive Officer of USA based Sales & Marketing Executives International, Inc. (SMEI), the only worldwide professional association for sales and marketing, founded in 1935. Under his leadership, SMEI has broadened its scope to establish operations in China, Europe, Mexico, Japan, Vietnam and the Middle East. In March Read full bio
Willis Turner, CAE CME CSE, serves as President & Chief Executive Officer of USA based Sales & Marketing Executives International, Inc. (SMEI), the only worldwide professional association for sales and marketing, founded in 1935. Under his leadership, SMEI has broadened its scope to establish operations in China, Europe, Mexico, Japan, Vietnam and the Middle East. In March 2020, Willis founded VirtualMemorialGatherings.com which is now the leading N. American provider of virtual memorials, celebration of life services and live streaming of funerals. Willis is co-author of "42 Rules for Engaging Your Members Through Gamification", the definitive guide on this leading-edge topic. He serves on the National Advisory Board for DECA Inc. and is a past advisory board member of Kaplan University and the Graduate School of Sales & Marketing Management at Syracuse University. Willis is the Executive Administrator of the Marketing and Sales Management Diploma Program at the University of British Columbia, Sauder School of Business and is a certified trainer who regularly teaches sales management and marketing classes in China, SE Asia, Europe and the Middle East and has been a visiting lecturer at international universities including the Sun Yat Sen EMBA program and International College of Business and Law, Wuhan, China. Close