"It was my privilege to work with and for Tony Flynn in a number of capacities at Bentley Systems over a 12 year period – some marketing, some sales. Tony is bright and he likes working on strategic projects. He’s not afraid to change something and is an impact player who is confident with “the board”, customers, development professionals, sales management, and operations. Tony is a role-up-his-sleeves and go-to-work kind of sales professional. Never complacent, never convinced that something can’t be improved, never satisfied that customers can’t be serviced in a better way to stay ahead of the competition. Tony is built for the new economy and has the expertise to design and execute the best practices required to sell to it.”
David Dadoly, Vice-President, Bentley DIRECT, Bentley Systems, Inc.
“I have seen Tony 's positive impact on Bentley Systems, from his initial work as Boston Communications to his senior post as CMO. Whether shaping selected staff to be the best possible executive to forming compelling messages from complex technology, Tony possesses that proper balance between a critical and creative eye and the drive to succeed. Consider it a unique opportunity whenever you get the chance to work with Tony.”
Mike Arroyo, Vice President of Learning at Axiom
“Tony is an incredible chief marketing officer. In my 25 years in sales, he is the best CMO, I have had the pleasure to work with. Specifically, Tony not only generates fantastic and extremely innovative marketing ideas, but he ensures that he and his staff, followup those ideas. To be even more specific, Tony listens to what the sales force needs, he then sets about creating an attitude and environment of sharing ideas, and is willing to move the thought outside of normal thinking. Once the ideas and concepts are reached, Tony moves with the speed of light, to message those ideas in a manner that creates excitement regarding the brand, and in turn creates campaigns and metrics to track, measure, and evaluate the effectiveness and any tuning the marketing branding program may need."
John Riddle, Senior Vice President, Bentley Systems Inc
“Tony Flynn creates a challenging, professionally rewarding and exciting work environment. As Bentley’s CMO, he set a high standard for creative and entrepreneurial thinking, practical program development and execution, and a commitment to doing great work that measurably moves a company forward—along with the careers of his staff. His energy and dynamic personality are formidable, as is his ability to quickly effect changes that can elevate an organization’s marketing game.” November 24, 2007
Dana Wormer, Global Director, Satellier
“Tony Flynn is a smart and hardworking executive that will be an asset to any organization. Amongst his many skills is the unique ability when faced with a complex business problem is to ask questions and reduce things down to germane and addressable parts. Then with relentless focus and energy he will develop innovative solutions to the problem. He is also a communicator par excellence, being able masterfully articulate ideas to the market. As a part of a team Tony forces everyone to raise their game.”
Bhupinder Singh, Senior Vice President, Bentley Systems
“I was fortunate to work directly with Tony Flynn on several marketing initiatives. Tony’s leadership, creativity, and innovation were important to the success of my marketing programs and campaigns. As a leader, Tony encouraged and empowered us to do our best. His sense of humor and energy made the work place fun. Tony has what it takes to make great things happen.”
Chintana Herrin, Partner, RedZebraWorks
“Tony Flynn is an individual that will bring to the table enthusiasm, leadership, innovation and cutting-edge ideas. His tireless energy keeps his teams motivated and striving for top notch results. Being the CMO of a $400M company with over 100 software products poses challenges, but Tony was always up for the challenge. His tactical approach consistently delivered results. He succeeded with creating our BE Magazine, taking our international conferences to the next level, creating marketing campaigns that surpassed any competitors. In 2006 Tony established Bentley DIRECT, the first global online sale and support organization for infrastructure software which serves growth accounts. Bentley DIRECT became the fastest growing $100M distribution channel for Bentley Systems, Inc. It has been an honor to improve the world’s infrastructure working alongside Tony as our CMO and VP, Bentley DIRECT.”
Grace Niroumand, Director, Bentley DIRECT Global Operations, Bentley Systems
“Too bad "visionary" is so overused these days, because Tony is it. He effortlessly takes complex ideas and makes them more digestible, coining terms that are embraced first by the company, then the analysts, then your competitors (they never know what hit them). He reduced the chasm between marketing and sales, one result being a Web site that's a true lead generation machine. He never sits still - always challenging, always questioning, always attacking the next challenge with a gusto that is refreshing and energizing. His marketing instincts rarely, if ever, fail him. As a manager, he is both maddening and supportive, and I'm a better marketer as a result. If you can work with/for him, do it - it's the toughest job you'll ever love.”
Diane Rotondo, Web Director at SEI
“I have known Tony for over 10 years. He has a first-rate marketing mind and is always very quick to spot the right angle. He inspires energy, creativity, and belief in his team, and is a very strong motivator. During my two years in his corporate marketing group I learned more from him than I could ever have imagined.”
Joe Croser, Global Marketing Director, Bentley Systems
“Tony is one of the smartest, intelligent and intellectual (how rare these days...!) of the people I know. While the firm he owned served as public relations counsel to us, he was more-than-often our business consultant at the highest strategic level, a true partner, and always a friend!”
Yoav Etiel, Owner at BarEl Properties, Ltd.
“Tony is a great strategist, an excellent writer and successfully helped many of our clients launch and/or reposition their companies and products. In addition, he's a very good mentor and helped me as well as many others at Boston Communications grow and reach our full potential.”
Michelle Allard McMahon, Boston Communications Worldwide
“Tony Flynn is a master in the art of communications. With a palette of words and ideas, he makes even the most technical of stories come to life. The lessons I learned while working for Tony ranged from creating communications with impact to managing business relationships at all levels. His expertise in both fields has served clients and colleagues well for many years. I count him among the true experts I've been fortunate enough to work with.”
Sandra Baccari Edler, Senior Research Analyst, IDC
“Tony is a very talented marketing person that joined us at a critical time in making Viewlogic a successful company. He was a very creative individual that was instrumental in creating a brand and an image and positioning Viewlogic against the industry leaders and giants at that time. He also is a great communicator and a a presenter and was excellent in delivering the strategy and the message to customers, employees, media and partners. Tony is a great asset to any organization.”
Sriram Kannankote, Senior Vice President at ABO Ventures