It's Never Random - It's a Process
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Compress your revenue cycle and maximize your chances of getting the client using Accelerent’s business development system. Accelerent is a business development platform that targets the middle market business community. Each of Accelerent’s clients is unique to its business category, and Accelerent brings them together in a variety of ways to develop relationships that lead to new business. Strong referrals from trusted advisors increase your chances of success, and Accelerent takes this idea to a whole new level.
Contact us today to find out if your business category is available.
New Openings available for mid-market companies in select industries that are seeking growth
View Our Current Indianapolis Partners »IN THE FOLLOWING INDUSTRIES
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Marcus Manges - Regional President
574.707.5543 (Cell)

The Indiana Pacers have been a fixture on the Indiana sports scene since 1967 and Pacers Sports & Entertainment is one of Indiana’s largest entertainment industry companies.
We provide independent, fractional senior leadership to help companies make smart technology decisions. What makes us different is that we don’t sell or resell any technology—we’re completely independent
At CLA, we’re a professional services firm focused on serving Main Street America. We like
to sit down face-to-face with business owners, learn their stories, understand how they got
to where they are, and help them scale to where they want to go.
When I was first approached about joining Accelerent, I was very impressed with its platform, and I am pleased that my decision to be a Partner has been most successful!
Your group is very diligent about listening to our business needs and helping WestPoint to achieve our outlined goals. In the first six months I have added new clientele and prospects because of Accelerent introductions. These clients will help contribute to our bottom line today, and for many years to come.
Thank you for all you do! I look forward to many more years of working together!
We provided more than 160 introductions in our first year alone, taking advantage of opportunities to solve clients’ issues and make ourselves look like rock stars. In return, we’ve received hundreds of introductions to date. Where we usually would expect to see 10x ROI in the B2B space, we’ve seen 50 to 70x returns through our partnerships at Accelerent.
It’s a given that when we invest the time, Accelerent helps to quickly develop strong relationships in the business community, by being intentional. For us, these relationships have developed through weekly group and one on one meetings that have led to $500,000 in new business, in just a year and a half. To my surprise though, we have also seen an acceleration in the learning curve of our sales team. By investing time, asking questions and giving to our Partners in Accelerent, our reps have gained a better knowledge of how other industries operate and how relationships lead to more efficient prospecting. We also have been able to provide Accelerent Partners access to our Pacers Business Alliance, as well as, Pacers Suites that have allowed partners to generate new leads and close over $200k in new business for them.
Since becoming an Accelerent Partner, Firefly Children & Family Alliance has secured six new corporate partners. These companies have provided unrestricted gifts, event sponsorships and gifts in kind of product or services. These partners enjoy recurring brand recognition on digital and print mediums, first access to our special events and customized volunteer experiences that demonstrate its corporate social responsibility. In addition to fundraising support, Accelerent Partners have been instrumental in communicating Firefly Children & Family Alliance's impact and introducing many area business leaders to the agency's mission. We have provided Partner companies approximately $200,000 in new business and expect this number to significantly increase in the coming year.
How's your elevator pitch? Chris Westfall has created multi-milliondollar revenue streams for companies on four continents, with innovative newstrategies on leadership communication. He’s a regularcontributor to Forbes, the publisher of seven books, and theauthor of Leadership Language, BulletProof Branding andEasier. As the US National Elevator Pitch Champion, he'shelped clients to land on Shark Tank, Dragon’s Den, andShark Tank - Australia. A consultant to financial leaders andFortune 100 companies, he’s helped entrepreneurs to launch a broad array ofbusinesses, and successfully re-branded products and services around the globe.Working with thousands of business leaders, he's helped launch over 70companies, while raising over $350 Million (and counting!) in investment capital.He’s coached teams to victory in the Intel Global Capital Conference, SXSW, theHarvard Executive MBA Pitch Competition, and the Rice Business PlanCompetition (the largest and most lucrative pitch competition in the world).
Chris' clients include HP, Cisco, Old Dominion, Unilever, DISCOVER Card,Great American Insurance, The Jewish Federations of NorthAmerica, American General Insurance, Transwestern, EY and many more.
Focused on the leaders of tomorrow, Chris has worked with a number ofuniversities across North America, including Texas A&M, Kansas State, TheUniversity of Pennsylvania, SMU, The University of Chicago, and dozens ofothers. An award-winning MBA instructor, his latest book is called Easier (Wiley,2022) the follow-up to the international best-seller, The NEW Elevator Pitch.
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Accelerent Corporate Staff
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Troy Peple - CEO
703.421.2226 (Office) |
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Tom Lipski - President
703.421.2226 (Office) |
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John C. Grantham - Vice President of Operations
703.421.2226 (Office) |
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Kathryn Peple - Vice President of Communications
703.421.2226 (Office) |
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Suzanne Lebans - Office Administrator
703.421.2226 (Office) |
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Baltimore, MD
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Rob McGrain - Regional President
443.506.4597 (Cell) |
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Cate Paris - Regional Vice President, Partner Services
443.447.8991 (Cell) |
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Lynn Wight - Regional Event Manager
443.472.5289 (Office) |
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Columbus, OH
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Marcus Manges - Regional President
574.707.5543 (Cell) |
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Regional Event Manager
410.698.7444 (Office) |
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Denver, CO
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Derek Dabbs - Regional President
571.639.9211 (Cell) |
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Ted Ivey - Executive Vice President, Partner Services
816.824.1369 (Cell) |
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Carina Seib - Regional Event Manager
720.737.0306 (Cell) |
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Indianapolis, IN
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Marcus Manges - Regional President
574.707.5543 (Cell) |
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Brady Gilreath - Regional Vice President, Partner
Services
317.476.7729 (Cell) |
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Aly Walton - Regional Event Manager
317.385.5555 (Office) |
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Kansas City, MO
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Nick Pruner - Regional President
765.337.7779 (Cell) |
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Ted Ivey - Executive Vice President, Partner Services
816.824.1369 (Cell) |
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Kate Reinert, Regional Event Manager
816.731.0025 (Cell) |
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Nashville, TN
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Steve Minucci - Regional President
615.512.6436 (Cell) |
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Jessyca Myers - Regional Vice President of Partner
714.362.6126 (Cell) |
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Eileen Cooke – Regional Event Manager
615.332.2831 (Cell) |
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Phoenix, AZ
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Scott Crites - President, Phoenix Region
480.309.2538 (Cell) |
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Dan Feldmann - Regional Vice President, Partner Services
480.338.1212(Cell) |
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Emily Herrington - Regional Event Manger
602.622.6540 (Office) |
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Patricia Shenkman - Partner Support Specialist
714-768-5070 (Office/Cell) |
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Washington, DC
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Michael Slone – Regional President
720.277.2540 (Cell) |
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Ted Ivey - Executive Vice President, Partner Services
816.824.1369 (Cell) |
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Lynn Wight- Regional Event Manager
727.452.9215 (Cell) |