Gavin Kirk Email & Phone Number

Gavin Kirk is a Sr. Global IoT Supplier Development Manager at Avnet. He possess expertise in product marketing, product management, product development, competitive analysis, product lifecycle management and 27 more skills. Colleagues describe him as "I’ve worked with Gavin for several years now across many roles at Avnet. Gavin excels at forging alliances and actively managing partner / customer relationships in complex engagements. He is well organized, highly collaborative and strikes a balance between the needs of the customer and the needs of the organization. Over the years I have observed Gavin to adeptly manage a variety of relationships (including some very challenging ones he inherited) and engagements from semiconductor suppliers to key customers - he is well liked by external and internal stakeholders. He always goes to bat for his partners and customers while being transparent with them on the constraints. Gavin has a great ability to connect the dots across the organization and optimize the outcome for his clients. I highly recommend Gavin for a strategic alliances role that requires attention to detail, a balanced approach, high integrity and strong collaboration with a wide range of stakeholders.", "Gavin is a versatile technology leader and invaluable asset to every organization. His unfailing ability to execute and deliver on commitments in matrix environments has set him apart from his peers and always been a quality I admire. Throughout our years of working together, he showed an uncanny ability to leverage strategic alliances to build differentiated go-to-market and product strategies that delivered rapid top line results. With customers and partners, Gavin's "customer first" focus, solution selling approach, and willingness to advocate on behalf of the partner has regularly earned him the role of "trusted advisor". Gavin is loyal and committed; the type of person you can count on and trust. He has a "can do" attitude and is willing to do whatever it takes to exceed expectations. Gavin will excel in whatever role or challenge he takes on; I cannot recommend him enough!", and "Gavin and I worked together over the course of two years on several projects where we developed new test and measurement tools for industrial electricians. In his role as a product planner Gavin embraced Fluke’s corporate design process and leveraged me, the user interaction designer, as a partner in product development. Gavin’s leadership skills and enthusiasm for his work were evident in every project we worked on together. When starting out in the role of product planner he not only adopted and “test drove” the Outcome Driven Innovation technique for developing product requirements, he also instructed and mentored his colleagues in the methodology. Using the ODI approach Gavin organized and facilitated several collaborative work sessions known as Focused Brainstorming, bringing together multidisciplinary and multicultural teams to analyze and synthesize research data. Gavin masterfully coordinated and lead observational research sessions where we observed end-users doing real work, in a variety of regions throughout the U.S. and Europe. Additionally, Gavin supported the user interaction design efforts by providing accurate and detailed information about the end-user of the product and subject matter expertise on the application of the product in a timely and effective manner. What impresses me most about Gavin is his ability to calmly and quickly formulate an action plan when faced with a problem or challenge. At Fluke his level head, organized thought process, and focus on getting real work done provided a secure foundation for the engineers and designers working with him on the product development team. I highly recommend Gavin as a strong leader and key contributor to any team."

Listed skills include Product Marketing, Product Management, Product Development, Competitive Analysis, and 28 others.

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  University Of Nottingham

  Electronic Engineering And Applied Mathematics