Who Wrote the Book?

Mark Cook wrote Sales Blazers after a multi-year study of successful revenue leaders who outperformed trends and counterparts. Cook leads the Sales Blazers project as director of marketing and professional services for O.C. Tanner, a leading employee performance company.

Cook brings a wealth of real world experience to sales professionals and marketing organizations. Prior to O.C. Tanner, Cook served as vice president of sales and marketing for Center 7, a provider of system-management technology. While working as the director of marketing with Stephen R. Covey’s organization, FranklinCovey, Cook was the founder and publisher of Priorities: The Journal of Professional Success. Cook has worked on articles, publishing, and media projects with such figures as Larry King, Elizabeth Dole, Jehan Sadat, Arnold Palmer, Dr. Laura, Carl Lewis, Herb Kelleher, Ken Griffey Jr., Walter Payton and others.

Cook holds a bachelor's degree and a master's degree in business with an emphasis in sales and marketing from the David Eccles School of Business at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. Cook resides in Salt Lake City with his wife and children.