K. Keith Drew
With over 25 years of experience, our founder Keith Drew has served in a variety of positions designed to determine the needs of organizations, then create programs and processes to accomplish their goals. He has worked in profit and non-profit settings, evaluating 1,000s of businesses; working both independently and as a part of corporate America. His positions have included: Vice President of Business Development, Universal Access Corporation; National Director of Sales Engineering, Inter-Tel Technologies, Inc.; Owner, three businesses.
As both an employee and a manager in multiple settings, Keith has the expertise to show others how to manage both up and down within an organization. One way he does this is by matching personality traits with positions, increasing the success of individuals and their companies.
Keith was one of the first 100 Master Certified Novell Instructors in the world, a certified Peer Counseling Trainer, and led the project to create the first movable type for the deaf using computers in 1990.
This dynamic, out-of-the-box thinking has allowed Keith to bridge the gap that often exists between the Strategic vision of a company and the Tactical decisions they face. Today, Cross Link Consulting makes companies more effective, more efficient, and thereby more profitable, by providing business solutions that take people and technology into account.
Recommendations
"Keith Drew is as technically proficient and well rounded as they come. Keith's leadership style is one of mentoring and teaching, and given his background in education this should come as no surprise. I would recommend Keith for any leadership role, technical or not. He seems to know when to shoot straight from the hip, or maybe take a more indirect approach. He possesses a great ability to read people and assess situations quickly and correctly. It is my pleasure to recommend Keith Drew for any management, technical, or design position. His positive attitude, along with the needed technical proficiencies is both refreshing and infectious." April 22, 2008
Tobin Solkey, Senior Sales Engineer, Inter-Tel Technologies
"Keith is one of the most technically proficient people that I have ever had the pleasure to work with. Keith's management style is well received by his staff and encourages a positive attitude that helps all progress in their fields. Keith truly cares about his work, his people and his product and this shows in the way that he conducts himself in all of his activities." March 24, 2008
Kent Foster, Director of Sales Engineering - Southeast Region, Mitel Networks Inc.
"Keith is the profile of the manager you want to work for. His grounded, straightforward approach to personnel management and solution-planning has set him apart from any other client I have worked with. I look forward to working with Keith in the future, and would recommend his work and successes to anyone that inquired." September 6, 2007
Dylan Price, Recruiter, The MedTek Group
"Keith is the exact kind of mentor/leader/supervisor/boss that you would want to work for. He gives you the freedom to do your job, while at the same time providing guidance and knowledge in the areas where you require assistance. I personally learned how to be a much better consultant and person during the time I reported to Keith." September 16, 2008
Shawn Clark, Senior Systems and Sales Engineer, Mitel Networks, Inc.
"Keith was a great mentor while I was at Inter-Tel and I have a lot of respect for him and the position he held. He helped me and a lot of others improve themselves professionally and personally. Keith is very intelligent and more than capable of helping clients meet and exceed their business initiatives and stratagies." February 16, 2009
Daryl Potts, Senior Sales Engineer, Inter-Tel
"Keith Drew is a very talented business associate who always takes care of those he is managing. He shares with them his vast knowledge of technology and business practices to make them better consultants. He combines his ability to mentor with his management skills to make us better consultants without being overpowering. It is never about making him look good but about making us better at our job. He was very conscious of the customers as well. It's all about making them more effective, more efficient and therefore more profitable. The customer's needs come first." June 22, 2009
Karen Smith, Sr. Sales Engineer, Inter-Tel Technologies, Inc.
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