About Me

My name is Victor Tanko, I am obsessed with sales and marketing,

especially technology sales.

How did this become my life?

Well, in 1996, I joined a merchandising company called, Cross World Ventures, my job title was, ‘Merchandiser’ there, I was taught ‘direct

selling’ meaning, hopping from one location to another lookingfor sales..

Then, we had no salary, it was basically ‘earn when you sell’ sales

commission.

My daily goal/expectation was to talk to 300-400 persons in search of

that person who would buy whatever I had in stock that day, and meeting

this many people daily is called ‘the law of averages’ meaning, the

more people you see and talk to, the more likely it is to find a

buyer’ literally.

Most interestingly then was the routine morning sales pitch training using

the ‘5 Steps to Sale’ and ‘8 Steps to Success’ sales manual, the

vigorous interchange of sales pitches by trainers and trainees

prepared us for the day’s outing..

In 2002, I joined Akklaim Telecoms, the then premier provider of pagers, international call cards and other technology products.. easy-fax and easy-call etc.

The beginning of 2004 gave me a start when I joined Startech Connections, a Fixed Wireless Access provider, that was my debut into sales of broadband internet and Fixed Wireless Telephony under the SCDMA frequency spectrum.

Two years later, 2006, i made another move , this time into sales and distribution, I tookthe role of Regional Sales Manager withGreat Brands Ltd to manage the sales and distribution of Nokia mobile devices where I won the award for the best sales manager for doing $9m monthly.

In March of 2008, i joined Globacom as Head of Branding for the Abuja

Region, It was time for something a bit off, my new role was responsible for generating market demand for airtime sales through Branding and Marketing communications.

Moving away from Globacom in 2011, I Joined Resourcery Plc In January  2012as Regional Manager, North, there, I was responsible for business development, revenue generation and drive for increase in market share in our business space - Resourcery is a foremost ICT provider, and the first systems integrator Nigeria, in provides end-to-end ICT solutions across all industry verticals in Nigeria and West Africa.

Breakaway…

I quit my full-time (8am-5pm) job in December of 2016, then I launched a small ICT start-up in January 2017  to focus mainly on enterprise technology solutions opportunities for different industry verticals.. www.cloudaccess.org.ng.

As chief operating officer for Cloud Access Ltd, i am responsible for the Businessdevelopment, sales management, human capital management, executive

Management and profit and loss.

Alongside my current role as COO, Cloud Access Ltd, I have begun developing a new career in online marketing, part of which includes the advocacy for the adoption ofcrypto currency, and also being part of several affiliate programs for some online establishments, and soon, I hope to establish a very strong Victor Tanko online presence which will ultimately focus on developing digital entrepreneurship in Nigeria.