Matt Baker Email & Phone Number

Texas, United States

Arlington, Texas, United States

Acrylic Source+ is a global, award-winning, trusted retail display and fabrication partner with more than a decade of experience creating customized, budget-maximizing, turnkey display programs. They've worked with Fortune 500 companies around the world to design display structures that drive performance and build value.

Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

At SpursOn we are an action-oriented, hands-on team that we will do whatever it takes to help you and your organization succeed. We become part of your team and “Live the Brand” right alongside you.We pride ourselves on being superior strategists, whether it’s operational or market-driven. We have managed lots of teams and organizations and believe in getting the entire organization fully aligned with the company’s mission and values. We believe every member should “Ride for the Brand” which is essential to becoming a long-term, sustainable, and growth-oriented entity. This is an essential mindset to becoming what we call “Acceleration Brand”.Each of us has over 35+ years of real market experience. We’ve all been part of senior management teams and have experienced the trials and tribulations of business in the most competitive market categories. “We’ve walked in your shoes”. Our experience spans multiple categories including software technology, technology products, wireless technology, consumer packaged goods, healthcare, and B2B wholesale distribution. We have been classically trained in brand and general management with extensive experience in innovation creation and management.If you would like to learn more about what SpursOn Group can do for you and your company, please drop me an email at mbaker@SpursOnGroup.com.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Strateq Health,Inc is an cloud-based HIS solutions provider that delivers an innovative SaaS based Clinical RCM system for hospitals (formed and launched in 2014). Responsible for Marketing Strategy, Sales Management, Strategic Partner Development and Customer Solution Development/Management.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Partner: Senior Management and Marketing Strategists working across a broad range of practices, in diverse industries and companies. Advisor to CEO’s, board of directors and senior management executives. Expertise includes management and marketing strategy, new product development, channel strategy/creation/management, market and product line expansion, raising capital, business and topline revenue acceleration, turning around underperforming organizations/business units, operations, product sourcing and sales management.

Reporting directly to SVP, GM for the Americas, I was responsible for product marketing, pricing, channel marketing and marketing communications. I oversaw marketing for both the Jabra branded consumer and enterprise headset product lines, as well as, the Hello Directs' web and catalog marketing organizations.

Responsible for the management of United Stationers $500M private brand business including the Universal, Innovera, Alera and various other private brand businesses. While at United I turned around a declining private brand business, added new brands and doubled the size of the business. In addition dramatically turned around operating profit from a negative to a positive double digit return.

Reporting to the SVP General Manager and SVP of Global Marketing, directed a staff of 30+ people, focused on growing North America market share in both retail and carrier channels. Also responsible for North America brand development, alternative distribution development, channel marketing and support, business intelligence and marketing research. Launched Motorola's first world-wide "Moto" marketing campaign.

Reported directly to Chairman/CEO, responsible for business strategy, brand development, lead generation and overall marketing communications. Directed staffs in both Boston and San Jose, CA. Grew first year revenue from $2MM to over $16MM. Key management team member that raised $45M in venture capital funding from Oak Investments, Reuters, Intel, Hummer Winblad, and Lehman.

Reported to EVP of Marketing, directed Marketing Communications, Strategic Marketing Research and Database/Direct Marketing functions. Lead a HQ staff of 10 Marketing professionals, with additional dotted line responsibility for field marketing. Developed, launched and managed Nextel’s first branding campaign, which fueled growth of over 800,000 new digital wireless customers in the first year, while achieving the industry’s highest average revenue per customer. Nextel was the fastest growing wireless company in 1997 and 1998. Managing a budget of $64M.

Marketing/Advertising

Sponsored Executive Leadership Program, Executive Leadership Development

Executive Leadership program sponsored by Samsung Electronics. Attended, June 2012