Gary Farris Email & Phone Number

North Scottsdale

Assisting home buyers and sellers primarily in North Phoenix, North Scottsdale, Cave Creek, Carefree, Flagstaff, and Prescott. Active local Real Estate Board memberships: Arizona: Scottsdale Association of Realtors, Prescott Association of Realtors, Northern Arizona Association of Realtors. California: Desert Association of Realtors (Greater Palm Springs area).

Scottsdale, Arizona, United States

Licensed Instructor California & Arizona Departments of Real Estate. Allied School Division, (Colibri Group) Broker of Record - CaliforniaDistinguished Real Estate Instructor (DREI) | Certified Distance Education Instructor (CDEI)Arizona Journal of Real Estate Educator of the Year – 2019Instructor California and Arizona Salesperson / Broker pre-licensing and Continuing Education (CE) courses. California Q & A Live Stream state exam preparation.

Based In Phoenix, Covering Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, And Utan

Aerocomm Technical Sales markets high technology, engineering-oriented electronic components to Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) and MRO. Industries served include Military, Aerospace, Telecommunications, UAV, and Law Enforcement.

Hemet, California

Volunteer with the Riverside County Sheriff Department Mountain Rescue Unit (RMRU). RMRU is a regular member of the Mountain Rescue Association (MRA).

United States

Mountain Rescue Association supports over 100 Search and Rescue (SAR) Teams throughout the United States and Canada. My affiliation is with Riverside Mountain Rescue Unit (RMRU). RMRU has been a regular member of MRA since 1962. Beginning in June 2016, I have been the MRA webmaster (MRA.org) redesigning and updating the site on a regular basis.

Greater Palm Springs, California Area

Broker Associate - HOM Group Franchise, Indian Wells, CaliforniaRepresented clients purchasing and selling primary residences, vacation homes and investment properties throughout the Greater Palm Springs Area. Focus on the area's luxury golf communities. Homeowner in Indian Ridge Country Club 2010 – 2021.California Bureau of Real Estate License Number 01719141.

Palm Desert, Ca

Residential Real Estate specializing in Country Club, Golf Course Communities and selected subdivisions in the greater Palm Springs area.

Redondo Beach, Ca

Direct Sales at Major Amphenol Military / Aerospace Accounts in Los Angeles & Orange County including Boeing Integrated Defense, Northrop – Grumman, EDO, Litton Guidance, Curtiss – Wright, Boeing Satellite, Crane, and Textron. Also support Amphenol Distributors in the area with weekly joint sales calls, product training, technical support and presentations.Responsible for Amphenol products to be specified on customer’s bill of materials and secure orders for these products. Over 50 new design successes including Boeing Defense FAB-T program hybrid flex circuit / backplane assembly plus the first production order for ARINC 801 Fiber Optic Connector. Northrop / Grumman, Carson Custom Flex Assembly, EDO Corporation Growler Backplane Connector, Boeing Satellite & Defense Custom Complete Backplane Assembly and Curtiss-Wright Quadrax connector. Mytronics Military Scrambler custom .050 Micro connector.- Sales Growth (Including Distribution and CEM procurement) $16 Million to $20 Million.

Redondo Beach, Ca

2000 – 2005 Western Regional Sales ManagerHired Manufacturers’ Representatives best suited to sell products within Radiall’s core competencies. Traveled extensively with the representatives to OEM accounts to assist with client’s engineering design or final contract negotiation. Personally prepared and conducted regular technical product training with representatives, distributors, and customers. Major Design wins, excluding Global Accounts (listed separately below), Sierra Wireless ($3 Million / year), Hewlett – Packard (Agilent) Santa Rosa ($1.5 Million), Intel ($1 Million).- Sales Growth less Global and Key Account from $3 Million to $9 Million.2001 – 2005 Global Account Manager – Cisco SystemsSecured preferred supplier status for Radiall at Cisco Systems. Followed a design success throughout the supply chain beginning with design in San Jose, California to Acquisition by Cisco’s Primary Contract Manager (CEM), Foxconn. - Sales Growth zero to $2 Million / Year.2003 – 2005 Global Account Manager – Nortel Networks (Canadian Sites)Assisted in Radial remaining preferred RF connector supplier to Nortel Networks. Worked weekly via conference calls or personal visits to insure Radiall products were procured through the Global Supply Chain.- Sales presence remained at approximately the same level.2003 – 2005 Key Account Manager – Delphi (General Motors primary wire harness supplier)Secured print position for the US CAR 17 standard RF connector interface used in all General Motors automobiles. This process required initial approval at Delphi’s engineering and purchase facility in Irvine, CA. Initial testing at Delphi’s Warren, Ohio test lab followed by integration testing at Delphi’s Tijuana, Mexico cable assembly facility. Final approval at General Motors Warren, Michigan and major assembly operation in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada. To coordinate this process required me to visit all sites on multiple occasions. - Sales Zero to over $10 Million / year.

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1993 – 1996 Western Regional Sales Manager Fiber Optic Division (Denver, Colorado) Responsible for the growth of Fiber Optic Products in the Western United States by assisting the Molex Corporation Direct Field Sales Force in account application identification, product training, product specification and securing orders. Major Design wins at Raynet, Time-Warner Cable, Hewlett / Packard, and Boeing Facilities Fiber Optic Integration. - Sales Growth from $1.3 Million to $5.5 Million.1996 – 2000 National Sales & Marketing Manager Ultimate Division. (Orange, California)Requested by Molex Director of New Ventures & Acquisitions to assist in the growth of this Molex acquisition. Used both the Molex Direct Field Sales Force and Independent Manufacturer’s Representatives to promote the division products. Major Design Successes at Military Accounts such Raytheon sites in Tucson, El Segundo, and Waltham. Lockheed / Martin, Orlando. Commercial Accounts Baxter Medical, Tandem Computer, and Symbol.- Sales Growth from $4.1 Million to $6.2 Million.

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1980 – 1983 Sales Engineer (Seattle, Washington)Boeing Aerospace and selected commercial accounts in the Pacific Northwest Including Tektronix, Hewlett-Packard Signal Generation Division, Keytronics, and Itronics. Major design successes included at Boeing Aerospace, B-1 Advanced Avionics Custom Backplane Connector. Sales Growth from $2 Million to $4.1 Million. 1984 – 1988 Senior Sales Engineer (Denver, Colorado)Company paid relocation to Denver, Colorado to develop accounts in Colorado, Utah, and New Mexico. Accounts including Martin Marietta, Ball Aerospace, Honeywell Flight Systems, McData, Storage Technology, Hewlett Packard sites, and Sandia and Los Alamos National Laboratories. Sales growth from $1.75 Million to $3.9 Million.1989 – 1993 Senior Sales Engineer (Seattle, Washington)Company Paid Relocation returning to Seattle with the task of rebuilding declining sales at both Boeing Commercial Airplane and Aerospace Divisions. Successful in this task including the proprietary 777 ARINC 650 fly-by-wire Avionics Interface and preliminary development of the 777 Fiber Optic Data Management System. Secured multi-year contract for ARINC 600 connector valued in excess of $3 Million / Year. Sales growth from $3.5 Million to $9 Million.

Orange County, California Area

Sales Engineer responsible for specifying Amp's very broad range of electrical connectors to assigned Aerspace, Military, industrial OEM accounts in the Orange County, California area. Major design wins included Rockwell - Collins Radio, Newport Beach and Boeing Defense, Anaheim.

Anaheim, California

Ride Operator in Tomorrowland, Adventureland, Frontierland, and New Orleans Square, Permanent Part time Status working year round both high and low seasons. Full time summer & Christmas - New Year Break. Balance of the year weekends and holidays.

Bachelor’S Degree, Marketing & Computer Science

Activities and Societies: President - Backpacking ClubUpper Level Class work included Product Research & Presentation, Marketing, Computer.

General Studies, General Studies

Activities and Societies: Water Polo, Swimming, and Student Council - Athletic Director.General Education Studies. As a Student, very.