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    Trish Bertuzzi

    Trish Bertuzzi is a sales development and inside sales expert who founded The Bridge Group to help B2B technology companies build world-class Inside Sales teams.

    #8 Sales Development#15 B2B sales leadership
    31CiteRank

    Last updated 11 Nov 2026 · Named in 48 answers across 6 engines
    Bing AI Mode starts a separate baseline. Copilot remains a separate public engine and keeps its history; changes across the switch are not like-for-like growth.

    How AI engines see them

    Recognized by 5 of 5 measured engines. Updated 2026-10-26

    All five engines describe her as the founder of The Bridge Group and author of The Sales Development Playbook, known for building SDR teams as a system for predictable pipeline. ChatGPT adds that she stepped back from daily leadership in 2026. Copilot lists Salesforce and HubSpot as clients. Gemini adds micro-promotions for retention. Google AI Mode adds the separation of prospecting from closing. Perplexity adds that the firm worked with more than 405 companies. Every engine names her. The most cited pages are bridgegroupinc.com, resources.rework.com and antoinebuteau.com.

    • ChatGPTNamed in 13 answers

      ChatGPT says she founded The Bridge Group in 1998, wrote The Sales Development Playbook and treats sales development as a strategic GTM function, and stepped back from daily leadership in 2026.

      Known for
      • sales development as GTM function
      • The Sales Development Playbook
      • B2B sales benchmarks
    • GeminiNamed in 15 answers

      Gemini says she founded The Bridge Group, wrote The Sales Development Playbook and popularized separating pipeline generation from closing, with retention models like micro-promotions.

      Known for
      • modern SDR model
      • six-factor SDR architecture
    • Google AI ModeNamed in 6 answers

      Google AI Mode says she founded The Bridge Group and advocated separating pipeline creation by SDRs from closing by account executives, alongside data-driven benchmarking.

      Known for
      • separating prospecting from closing
      • six elements of pipeline generation
    • PerplexityNamed in 7 answers

      Perplexity says she founded The Bridge Group in 1998, wrote The Sales Development Playbook and helped establish sales development as a dedicated function.

      Known for
      • sales development as dedicated function
      • buyer-aligned pipeline production
    • Bing AI ModeNamed in 2 answers

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    • CopilotNamed in 5 answers

      Copilot says she systematized the SDR function, founded The Bridge Group in 1998 and set out six pillars for SDR organizations in her 2016 playbook.

      Known for
      • systematizing the SDR function
      • The Sales Development Playbook
      • pipeline as a system

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    • #8Sales Developmentof 42
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    • #15B2B sales leadershipof 67
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      13 Top Sales Influencers on LinkedIn to Follow in 2026 - Salesforge
      salesforge.ai15 citations
    2. 2
      25 Sales Leaders in 2026 | The Industry Leaders
      theindustryleaders.org15 citations
    3. 3
      25 Sales Leaders Shaping the Profession in 2026
      rslonline.com13 citations

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