About Us

It's What We Do.

Mike helps people and organizations do what they want to do - better & faster. He works with founders and executives to build capacity, capability, and predictability - across leadership and revenue teams. The frameworks, systems, tools, and processes are designed to harness the information and technology available to create “thinking” professionals and aligned organizations. These tools, systems, process and methods, help avoid common pitfalls that delay speed to impact. Together we can build systems, process, and teams designed to scale from startup to growth.

Collaboration

We are not in this alone. It is important to connect people we know and people we meet to help create opportunity for others.

Care

You put your care and attention into your business. The tools and processes Catalyst implements are focused on the customer. Your customer. We care about the people we work with every day and get great satisfaction from seeing them thrive.

Contribution

Open learning and sharing is at our core. We have published over 300 hours of content that is available for free to the community. We are smarter together.

Continuous Learning @ our Core

We care about a thinking process that enables results versus a process that tells people what to do. We aim to add value whenever we can, and our true success is measured by the sustainability of our work long after we complete a project. We surround ourselves with good company and never stop learning.

Mike Simmons

Founder

Let's get personal - I struggle with first person communication, but here we go... I want to help YOU. We can do this together. I do not believe that any founder should fail because of their inability to sell, or their inability to transfer those skills to others. With 22+ years working in high-growth tech companies as a revenue leader, I help Founders, Sales Professionals and Leaders FIND Clarity and STOP Second-Guessing the Work They Do. I am a coach, an enabler, and a leader who knows that legacy is built through developing better leaders. My work is built on a combination of unique processes, frameworks, methods, tools, & applied thinking. I understand and appreciate the importance of defining strategy (the How), and turning that into tactics (the What): it’s one thing to know what to do, it’s another thing to do it, and know what to do next. I have worked at SmartForce (acquired by SkillSoft), O’Reilly Media, and with clients such as Intel, Microsoft, MIT, the Walt Disney Company, Full Sail University, and a number of early stage startups. If you are new to sales, if you have a pipeline development challenge (stalls) or growth challenge (expansion) - Let's Talk

"Catalyst Sale has not only been a stellar evangelist for ASU SkySong, they have also been an outstanding neighbor to their fellow companies. Every time we host an event or need a guest speaker, the Catalyst Sale team is quick to step up and assist. They continually go above and beyond serving as an invaluable resource to the SkySong innovation ecosystem and we are happy they have chosen to grow with us"

Marc A. Valenzuela, MPA

Economic Developm ent, Arizona State University