Biography

Sean Stormes is the Chief Revenue Strategist of The Third Door™.  His firm provides the most progressive concepts, methods, and revenue growth architecture available in the international marketplace to committed senior level business leaders.  The Third Door™ counts some of the world’s best-known and respected companies as clients, including the Ewing Kauffman Foundation Center for Entrepreneurship (FastTrac®), Kansas City Power and Light, Reece and Nichols Real Estate (a Berkshire Hathaway Affiliate), First Option Mortgage, and The Key Companies and Associates (led by Greenies® founder Joe Roetheli).  Additionally, Mr. Stormes is a much sought-after speaker for important Keynote Addresses.

Collaborating with world-class partners, Sean and his team enable double and triple digit growth by assisting businesses in the creation of real competitive advantage via a proprietary model and associated tools. Labeled as a myth destroyer and ultimate contrarian, he is a nationally recognized thought leader on the subject of profitable revenue growth. Sean’s American Cities Business Journal column appears in over half of the paper’s national markets, 21 and counting, reaching over 1.1 million business readers monthly. Additionally, he possesses over 49,000 hours of expertise and education in his vocation.

Since 1990, while leading business units at Fortune 500 firms including Grainger, Inc. and YRC Worldwide (and various midsize firms), his teams secured $250 million in new business. A veteran executive leader in operations, sales, and continuous process improvement (Deming-based Totally Quality Management), Mr. Stormes founded The Third Door™ in 2008 in answer to industry-accepted best practices that became obsolete.

A published author (David Thompson: Skywalker; Exit Ramp; and The Third Door – due Q4 2012), Sean is also an avid sports enthusiast, writer, and reader.