Key Account Management Advisor

Revenue Is a
Late Indicator.
Access Is the
Leading One.

For enterprise sales leaders whose top 20% of accounts drive the majority of revenue. I install the key account systems that keep them protected, growing, and winning. Applied frameworks on real accounts, not theory.

Book a Strategy Call 30+ years in enterprise sales
Framework III
Winning Net-New Strategic Business
Framework II
Growing Existing Accounts
Framework I
Protecting Your Largest Revenue
Credibility Access Information Opportunities Revenue

Your biggest accounts
are unmanaged.

01
You're chasing non-opportunities
Your team invests months into proposals, solution engineering, and contract development on deals that were never going to close. The biggest money leak isn't lost deals, it's pursuing the wrong ones.
02
Revenue concentration without protection
10-20% of your accounts drive 60-70% of global revenue. But you have no point person, no strategic plan, and no early warning system. You find out when the revenue is already gone.
03
Access is drying up and nobody's noticed
When customers stop taking calls, stop sharing strategic direction, and stop inviting you into boardroom conversations. that's not a blip. Revenue decline is coming. But most teams don't see it until the numbers confirm what the relationship already told them.
04
Reactive instead of strategic
Leadership turnover, quarterly pressure, and short-term thinking create a cycle of firefighting. Your team needs a 2-4 year account strategy, but keeps operating quarter to quarter.

Protect. Grow. Acquire.

I work directly with your leadership and front-line teams to install a repeatable key account management operating system, applied to your real accounts, in your real market.

01
Protect Core Revenue
Identify your most strategically important accounts. Build health diagnostics, stakeholder maps, and early warning systems so you never lose a key account to a competitor you didn't see coming.
02
Grow Existing Accounts
Turn declining accounts around and expand into new divisions, buying groups, and revenue streams inside accounts you already serve. Stop leaving money on the table with your best clients.
03
Win Net-New Strategic Accounts
Use relationship-driven strategy to infiltrate and acquire new high-value accounts. Not cold outreach. Surgical pursuit strategy with buying group mapping and opportunity selection discipline.
100+
Enterprise Teams Trained
8+
Avg. Years With Top Clients
11+
Years With Korn Ferry
6
Industries Served

Bringing strategic accounts
into focus at Shared Imaging

Shared Imaging
Healthcare / Diagnostic Imaging

Shared Imaging provides diagnostic imaging technology to healthcare providers across the United States. With an experienced but small sales team, they had no formalized sales process and needed structure to identify and manage their most valuable accounts in an increasingly complex healthcare landscape.

Mike worked with the VP of Sales to map the entire customer journey, develop a five-step sales process, and implement a strategic selling methodology across the organization, transforming a reactive sales culture into a disciplined account management operation.

Key Outcomes
Strategic Account Initiative
Identified and prioritized 76 ideal customer accounts using rigorous strategic criteria
Sales Funnel Health
Significantly strengthened pipeline with objective evaluation frameworks, removing emotion from pursuit decisions
Process Formalization
Created structured sales process integrated with CRM, with monthly reinforcement sessions
Team Alignment
Full sales and marketing team trained over two intensive days with ongoing coaching cadence

Trusted by sales executives
across industries

"Mike took our team through an extensive evaluation in which he mapped out the entire customer journey and developed a new, detailed five-step sales process. With Strategic Selling, we can look at our opportunities and evaluate our position a bit more objectively. It provides us with a rigorous process to help us look at challenges from our customer's perspective more logically and objectively."

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Dave Stewart
VP of Sales, Shared Imaging

"Mike understands what it takes to train sales reps on product information as well as how to validate their sales position leading customers to buy. He has strong communication skills enabling him to capably present training sessions and coach sales managers."

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Elizabeth
Sales Management Leader

"Mike brings real world experience along with the necessary tools and professionalism to every client he works with. His masterful skills in marketing and sales along with his knowledge of today's business trends ensures success."

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Tedi Parsons
President & CEO

"Outstanding sales person, great communicator and excellent creative thinker. I witnessed firsthand how he asked thought provoking questions and helped the marketing team analyze market trends and improve the effectiveness of the sales channel."

K
Katherine
Account Manager

"I really liked how Mike could adjust the conversation to wherever the group wanted to go. He is so knowledgeable and gave such great examples all throughout the presentation."

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Workshop Participant
Sales Training Attendee

Not a trainer.
An operator who teaches.

Mike Hintz has spent 30+ years in enterprise sales, starting as a trauma ICU nurse and Army officer before moving into healthcare sales, national training leadership, and consulting. He founded Northlink Consulting in 2014 and serves as a Senior Global Sales Consultant with Miller Heiman Group (Korn Ferry).

His clients include global logistics, life science, biotech, and medical device companies, organizations where 15-20% of accounts control the majority of revenue. He doesn't deliver motivational events. He installs systems that survive leadership turnover and drive multi-year growth.

Miller Heiman Master Trainer MBA Army Veteran Registered Nurse Published Author 11+ Years Korn Ferry

"Mike took our team through an extensive evaluation in which he mapped out the entire customer journey and developed a new, detailed five-step sales process. It provides us with a rigorous process to help us look at challenges from our customer's perspective more objectively."

Dave Stewart, VP of Sales, Shared Imaging

Protect and grow
your most valuable accounts

If you made it this far, you already know what's at stake. Book 30 minutes and let's talk about your accounts.

Book Your Strategy Call

Let's talk about
your key accounts

30 minutes. No pitch, no pressure. Here's what we'll cover:

  • Review your current key account portfolio and identify gaps
  • Pinpoint where access and information are breaking down
  • Determine if working together makes sense for your situation

Free consultation. No commitment required.