Regional Manager for our business development team covering the Western US.

Gabe is a market creator business executive who manages the US Operation for URSROBOT. He is responsible for business development, marketing, technical and customer service, and sales operations. He launched the Nexmow commercial autonomous mobile robot into the US, created strategic distribution and sales channel partners, and growing market demand.Visit www.nexmow.com for more information.

Retail executive with full P&L responsibility managing a brick-and-mortar and e-commerce stores. Gardenland Power Equipment is one of the leading outdoor power equipment retailers in the US.

Serving on the Board of Directors and helping increase year/year membership growth while improving overall customer satisfaction for families participating in our youth soccer program. Manage the marketing (website, database marketing, online registration, email newsletters, PR and social media) for the league and Santa Clara Sporting Club, and produced three international soccer matches with teams from China, Japan and New Zealand.

Effectively grew sales leads 400% through inbound content marketing and outbound marketing campaigns. Produced customer success and product videos, webinars, case studies and industry reports, and leveraged content into web site and social media channels. Used segmentation marketing campaigns with SalesForce and Act-On marketing automation tools, and telemarketing and social media efforts to drive results. Successful OEM (GM, Ford, and Kia) partner marketing campaigns doubled client base. Successful product launch of SmartFollow (email/online ad retargeting) and up sold 30% of existing customers and 25% of new customers to premium solution to enhance margins and reoccurring revenue stream.

(2008-11) Sr. Manager, Consumer RetailLed national retail product launches/sales promotions with integrated online advertising, SEM and in-store retailer promotions with key retail partners (Best Buy, Amazon.com, Costco, Wal-Mart, etc). Campaigns grew Seagate brand awareness, and shifted portions of retailer co-op marketing funds into higher ROI digital marketing promotions. Created new e-commerce sales channel and achieved $1M in sales revenues within a year of launch. Launched global product registration program and registered over 3M consumers to increase revenues and customer retention. (2005-08) Sr. Manager, Global Brand MarketingDeveloped corporate brand strategy, launched global brand portal, delivered brand book and message maps, and then measured a 40% lift in brand compliance across regional marketing teams in EMEA, Asia and North America. Managed brand transitions during Maxtor and eVault company acquisitions to retain dual-brand revenue streams.(2001-05) Sr. Manager, Global MarketingDelivered global product launches that grew new mobile, security and surveillance market segments, and created Seagate’s first co-marketing programs with HP, Dell, and Intel. The mobile marketing and the Storage Application Module (SAM) campaigns won “Outstanding Marketing Awards” from CRN Publication. Launched global reseller loyalty program and acquired 120,000 channel partners in the first year. Managed the global marketing team responsible for demand gen, sales collateral, and corporate web site content, and won the “Think Outside the Box” internal marketing team award.

Fast Forward provided a SaaS ecommerce and digital marketing solution to clients (American Express, 3Com, and Imation). Launched a B2C loyalty promotion for Imation in Target and Costco retail stores, and grew product registration by 40% and reduced Imation’s annual retail sales co-op cost by $2 million.

iVendor enabled companies to create multi-channel ecommerce sales using our SaaS platform. Clients included: Lucas Films, Fox TV, NBC TV, ABC TV, NCR, and various Internet sites. It was a great idea but too early to the party, and we ran out of capital.

Mpath created the first peer-to-peer voice and video chat services on the Internet. Worked with Product Marketing team to build viral marketing tools and grew membership to over 5M users. Also created strategic partnerships and added 2M members through syndication of Hearme.com with Geocities/Yahoo!, Go.com/Disney, and Xoom.com/NBC. The 7M membership growth contributed to the company's successful IPO.

Built the mountain bike category and established Specialized as the #1 brand of mountain bikes worldwide - grew revenues by $170M in four years with distribution in over 45 countries. Created the Specialized Cactus Cup Mtn. Bike Race and partnered with ESPN Sports to broadcast event on TV (1st for the bike industry). Launched Team Specialized, the bike industry's 1st pro mtn. bike race team and won 4 World Championships and 12 National Championships. Launched the bike industry's 1st composite carbon fiber wheel through a partnership with DuPont by initiating new USCF racing regulations. Yeah, it was a lot of fun!

Gabe was a founding member on the first NORBA Board of Trustees - a governing body of the US Cycling Federation. We established the very first NORBA charter, all governing policies and strategic direction to grow the sport of Mountain Biking across the United States, and hosted the inaugural UCI Mountain Bike World Championship in Colorado.