Founding Principal - Jon Wilhoit

Jon Wilhoit founded Elite Sales Professionals Inc. in January of 2002, recognizing a need for sales recruiting help by recruiters who had actually lived the life of technology sales and sales management executives.

“Our focus is to use our experience in IT sales and insurance/financial services to better understand our clients’ needs, the search assignment parameters, the draw to an Alpha-level sales person, and the wishes and concerns of our candidates. With that deeper understanding and connection to our own experiences, we can better serve the needs of our customers and candidates.”

Mr. Wilhoit has had successful sales/sales management roles with EDS, Syntel, CGI, and INSpire selling outsourcing, software, and BPO services to a variety of industry verticals. His emphasis has been primarily selling into the insurance vertical, leveraging the business knowledge that comes with years of selling commercial P&C, Life, and Health insurance. Mr. Wilhoit's educational background includes Solution Selling by Michael Bosworth, Holden's Power-Base Selling, Wilson Learning's The Versatile Salesperson, Aetna's home office sales school - where he won the Blue Ribbon, the Certified Insurance Counselor designation, an MBA in Finance from the University of Texas, and a BBA in Finance from the University of Georgia.

When not focused on the business of Elite Sales Professionals Inc. (and many times, even then), Mr. Wilhoit spends time with his family and in service to God. Feel free to ask him about the incredible change Christ has made in his life.