About Gene Riordan

Experience that
connects.
Leadership that serves.

Helping business owners, new leaders, and sales professionals grow their leadership, influence, and ability to sell.

Gene Riordan
Gene RiordanFounder, Strategic Technology
Application Resources, LLC
40+Years in sales, marketing
& consulting
Since 2000Owner of Strategic Technology
Application Resources, LLC
26 yearsOf relationship building
with BNI

A practical perspective

Growth is a skill
you can develop.

LEADERSHIP / INFLUENCE / SELLING

Gene’s work brings leadership and selling together—because the way you connect with people shapes the way your business grows.

At Strategic Technology Application Resources, LLC, Gene helps business owners, emerging leaders, and sales professionals strengthen the skills behind meaningful business growth. His background spans more than 40 years in sales, marketing, and consulting, with a focus on understanding business problems and helping clients create value.

His coaching starts with what matters to you: your vision, your purpose, and the customers you want to serve. From there, the work focuses on developing your leadership, influence, and communication skills alongside a clearer approach to selling and growth.

As a Maxwell Leadership Certified Trainer, Speaker and Coach, Gene draws on licensed leadership content to support private coaching, group training, and facilitated masterminds. These settings create space to exchange ideas, explore challenges, and bring fresh thinking back to your work.

“Let’s talk and see if I can help you with your leadership development and selling skills.”GENE RIORDAN

The approach

People first.
Purpose always.

Gene’s approach is grounded in servant leadership, thoughtful conversation, and the value of learning with others.

Lead by serving

Understand the people you lead and the customers you serve. Build influence by contributing to their success.

Learn through dialogue

Make space for questions, different perspectives, and honest reflection in private and group settings.

Grow intentionally

Draw from Maxwell leadership principles, Ben Franklin’s teachings, and practical business experience.

Leadership in business & community

A lifetime of
bringing people
together.

Gene’s perspective has been shaped by business development, professional networks, and service in the community.

Alongside his years with BNI, he has served as a chapter board member and past president of the Philadelphia Chapter of the Association of Information Technology Professionals.

2000 — PRESENT

Owner & Leadership Selling Coach

Strategic Technology Application Resources, LLC

Coaching, consulting, leadership development, and sales and marketing training for business owners and professionals.

2004 — 2019

Business Development Consultant

LinuxForce, Inc.

Business development consulting in information technology and open-source systems services.

2018 — 2019

Governor, Atlantic Central District

Optimist International

Volunteer leadership and training supporting 46 Optimist clubs.

2023 — 2024

Regional Vice President

Optimist International

Supporting districts across the region, from North Carolina through Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

Let’s talk about your growth

Bring your experience.
Build what comes next.

Tell Gene where you want to go—and what is getting in the way. Explore the coaching or mastermind approach that fits your goals.