Michael Forbes
Solutions Partner at Vestige GPS- Claim this Profile
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Solutions Partner
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Apr 2015 - Present
Greater New York City Area I am Vestige's lead subject matter expert in lone worker safety through our PERSA wearable/mobile duress solution and I am launching our new line of MyView Body Worn Cameras for numerous industries.
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Electric Compass LLC
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United States
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Managing Director/Founder
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May 2008 - 2015
Responsible for all business areas for company offering enterprise LBS apps and the OrbitGPS line of rugged GPS devices. Customers include Aramark, Pepsi Bottling Group, RSPCA, The Environmental Agency of the UK and the US Marine Corps. My favorite customer of all time is the Honda Formula 1 team.
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Marketing/Product Consultant
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Nov 2008 - Sep 2010
I handled all marketing activities for the GolfDigest GPS smartphone app for Android, BlackBerry and J2ME. This included online/mobile/social media marketing, web site creation, public relations, market research, product development and more. I was the key marketing liaison with AT&T Wireless and Condé Nast.
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LinksPoint
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United States
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Vice President, Products & Marketing
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Jan 2002 - May 2008
Responsible for new product development, marketing and channel management for innovative GPS solutions company. Major accomplishments included emergency response software for the CDC, West Nile Virus predictive modeling software used by cities and states and the rescue and recovery application used by FDNY firefighters at Ground Zero.
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i3 Mobile
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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Vice President, Marketing
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1996 - 2002
I led all marketing activities for pioneering developer of consumer mobile applications and services (SMS and WAP) from start-up stage through IPO and beyond. Established partnerships with multiple wireless carriers, content provider and websites. Conceived and deployed the first carrier-sponsored mobile advertising platform in North America.
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Creative Director
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1989 - 1996
Held a variety of creative and marketing positions at entertainment direct marketing company. Developed creative for all media and launched the company’s first web sites. Started as Copywriter.
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Education
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DePauw University
BA, Communication; Minor in Psychology -
Darien High School