Chris Westfall

Who is Chris Westfall?

Chris Westfall is an American motivational speaker, entrepreneur and author from Dallas, TX, best known as the national elevator pitch champion. According to former Kodak CMO and “Celebrity Apprentice” guest star, Jeffrey W. Hayzlett, Westfall has the best two-minute speech in the USA. In his book, "The Mirror Test", Hayzlett says that the new elevator speech is 118 seconds long – about the length of the average elevator ride in New York City. Westfall was recognized as the grand prize winner of the elevator pitch competition in February 2011. Westfall has appeared on CNN, ABC NEWS, NBC-TV, and has worked in broadcast for some of the largest companies in the world. His first book will be published by Greenleaf in 2012.

Currently, Westfall is the owner of Westfall & Associates LLC and Your Online Video], a Dallas-based video production company. He is a featured keynote speaker for Hewlett Packard where he aids international sales executives with advanced leadership strategies.

Westfall began his career with a series of progressive marketing and sales responsibilities at Fortune 100 companies.