About the Authors

Billy Marshall

Billy Marshall

Billy Marshall is a founder and the CEO at ServiceTrade, and he is the author of The Digital Wrap: Get Out of the Truck and Go Online to Own Your Customers and Money for Nothing: How a Digital Wrap Earns More Pay for Less Work. He is an innovator in the area of technology and subscription sales and a sought-after speaker on topics relating to digital marketing and sales methodology for commercial service contractors. With professional experiences ranging from General Electric to IBM to Red Hat and as an entrepreneur for technology ventures like ServiceTrade, Billy brings a broad perspective to best practices in customer service, marketing, and sales. Billy graduated with highest honors in aerospace engineering at Georgia Tech and holds two graduate degrees from MIT. He lives in Chapel Hill, NC with his wife and three daughters.

Shawn Mims

Shawn Mims

Shawn Mims is an author of Money for Nothing: How a Digital Wrap Earns More Pay for Less Work, and serves as vice president of product management at ServiceTrade where he is the company’s longest serving employee. With a mechanical engineering degree from North Carolina State University, Shawn applies a scientific approach to a chaotic subject: the customer experience. He works to bring successful strategies from consumer and high-tech customer service, sales, and marketing into the realm of commercial service contracting. On weekends you’ll find Shawn cooking tasty meals, rock climbing, and enjoying other outdoor activities with his wife and two dogs.