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About the Author

Mr. Stiffler is founder, President, and CEO of Synygy, Inc., an authority on sales performance management and the largest provider of solutions for solving problems related to the management of sales compensation plans.

Synygy has over 450 employees with offices in Philadelphia, Phoenix, Romania, and India and has experienced 15 years of growth and profitability.

Synygy and Stiffler have been recognized for many accomplishments:

  • Synygy was included in the Inc. 500 Hall of Fame, reflecting Synygy's fifth appearance on the Inc. 500 list of fastest growing privately-held companies, a feat accomplished by a few dozen companies in the history of Inc. magazine.

  • Synygy was named to the Philadelphia 100 list of the fastest-growing Philadelphia-based companies nine year in a row, a feat unmatched in the history of the list.

  • Stiffler won a prestigious Entrepreneur of the Year Award given by Ernst and Young for his success in creating and leading Synygy's growth.
Stiffer is a frequent speaker on the topic of performance management and a long-time guest lecturer in entrepreneurial marketing at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School. Stiffler is also an active member of Young Presidents' Organization (YPO), a group of 10,000 chief executives under age 50 from 75 nations.

Stiffler created The Sales Performance Conference, a twice-yearly event that brings together sales, finance, and human resources managers and executives to share best practices in sales performance management, sales compensation, and sales effectiveness. He also maintains a blog about performance management (www.theperformancebook.com) and publishes a magazine, SYNYGY: The Performance Management Magazine, which is available at www.synygymagazine.com

Stiffler received an MBA from the Sloan School of Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and bachelor degrees in Civil Engineering (Project Management) and Management Information Systems from MIT.