Experience

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  DCS - Designed Conveyor Systems

  • Franklin, Tennessee

  • Senior Executive, Strategic Accounts

    • Aug 2021 - Present
    • Franklin, Tennessee

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  Thru-Put Partners

  • Vice President

    • Sep 2020 - Aug 2021

    I work with our CEO Brian Hudock and our executive team, with over 101 combined years of proven and trusted results. I lead the strategic planning to unify early communications between clients and our firm and help develop the messaging that supports Thru-Put Partners' mission. First and foremost: We specialize in designing, launching and installing key client-specific processes and workflows with precise, customized deployment strategies. Thru-Put Partners achieves this with a well-financed powerhouse group of talent which has assembled a team with decades of individual experience and specialties.

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  SDI.systems

  • Vice President

    • Jan 2020 - Aug 2020

    As Vice President I worked with the CEO and Executive Team in positioning SDI with the senior leadership in major corporations and supported their executive conference.

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  Tompkins International

  • Vice President, Strategic Initiatives

    • Jun 2014 - Oct 2019

    As Vice President Strategic Initiatives Gary works with client executive teams to ensure that their supply chain strategic initiatives are closely aligned with Tompkins ever emerging thought leadership and global supply chain expertise. Gary has proven experience with aligning Tompkins World Leadership Team with their client’s executives and senior managers while sustaining long term top to top relationships regardless of projects. Gary brings a wealth of experience with 25 years of client engagements and customer service within the supply chain and logistics industry, as well as in industrial, real estate, construction, marketing and executive sales. He has previously managed business development teams and held account executive roles with significant logistics and supply chain service firms.Prior to joining Tompkins Leadership Team Gary worked with a major construction company in their real estate / industrial team developing large scale distribution facilities. He also co-founded an architectural, design and engineering firm in Ann Arbor MI. that grew from two to eighty folks which he co-lead for nineteen years and also owned Haworth and Herman Miller contract furniture dealerships during that same period. Gary is a long-time member of the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) and the Warehousing Education and Research Council (WERC).

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  Peach State Integrated Technologies

  • Senior Director, Client Development

    • Jul 2008 - Apr 2014

    I served as Director, Client Development at Peach State Integrated Technologies. I joined Peach State with over 20 years of proven professional business and client development experience with national Fortune 500 companies. My responsibilities at Peach State was to expand new national account strategies, build national strategic alliances and nurture existing and new executive relationships.I also managed the business development team for 2 1/2 years.

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  Fortna

  • Account Executive

    • Jan 2007 - Jun 2008

    My responsibility was to develop new business with key supply chain clients nationally.

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  Clayco

  • National Director, Strategic Initiatives

    • Mar 2003 - Dec 2006

    I worked nationally in Clayco's industrial / real estate development group searching out major supply chain and logistics projects.

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  Corporate Innerspace

  • Owner

    • 1980 - 1999

    I founded and co-managed this corporate interior deign firm in Ann Arbor, MI. which grew to an 80 person architectural and design firm. We also owned Herman Miller and Haworth dealerships in Detroit and Toledo. I was the Chief Marketing and Sales Officer and sold the company after 19 years. Divisions of this corporate portfolio are still operating.