Alan Talbot started his career with 8 years as a professional banker before deciding to move over to the vendor community where he has spent the past 17 years working with some of the world's leading banking systems vendors in sales, account management, marketing, and general management.

Aside from numerous direct sales for various companies during the past 17 years, and along with more than 12 years direct experience of marketing and selling into Japan, Australasia, South East Asia, and Taiwan; he has also achieved other notable contributions, amongst them the following:

Overcoming the challenges of emerging markets in Asia by successful introduction of multiple products into many different countries

Helping prepare for and attending dozens of industry events and exhibitions across all of Asia for various companies

Identifying and developing direct sales teams and 3rd party distributorships in Southern Asia, Southeast Asia and Taiwan, leading to multiple sales successes for various companies

Planning and implementing several major and successful sales campaigns with 3rd party manufacturers' sales forces across the region for various products