GARRY D. COLE 100 Underhill Road, Mill Valley, CA 94941 H: 415.383.1508 gc1ae377a@westpost.

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Sales & Marketing Executive with proven success in delivering revenue and profit gains in highly competitive environments. Sales Leadership Forecasting Distribution Development Business Development Strategic Planning Training Customer Relations Team Building ACHIEVEMENTS Drove 30% revenue increase year over year & won the Star Award for best new hir e for online media agency. Responsible for propelling sales revenue from $50M to over $250M for establishe d company. Built a new worldwide distribution network including reps, retailers and distri butors for a start up and launched sales from zero to $9M. Responsible for building a domestic sales distribution network including reps, retailers and distributors for a start up that produced $20M in revenue from gro und zero. Catapulted sales from $2.5M to $50M for a start-up company. EDUCATION B.A., Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE TRIAD RETAIL MEDIA (exclusive online media agency for Walmart & Sam(tm)s, sales office based in Mill Valley, CA) Vice President-Sales, 2010-2011 Executive leader for the organization(tm)s consumer electronics sales team. Responsible for increasing revenue 30% year over year. Won the company Star Awa rd for best new hire in 2010. Successfully led the team to achieve biggest Q4 in the company(tm)s history for 2010 (over 125% to goal). Motivated both internal groups (sales, marketing, program management, operation s) and external groups (major e-tailers & brand advertisers) to pre-plan & maxim ize business opportunities. ELECTRIC-SPIN CORPORATION (high tech consumer electronics start-up company, sale s office based in Mill Valley, CA) Vice President -Sales, Marketing & Business Development, 2008-2010 Successfully built and developed a worldwide sales distribution network of sale s reps, retailers and distributors from ground zero. Full responsibility for increasing sales for the company by 200% in 2009 and 30 0% in 2010. Led the organization to exceed profit and revenue budgets for each quarter and for the year. Actively secured new business development agreements with partners such as Elec tronic Arts, Microsoft & Wham-O. NAMCO BANDAI GAMES AMERICA INC., Santa Clara, CA ($6B computer games company) Executive Vice President -Sales, 1998-2007 Responsible for increasing Namco sales revenue from $50 million to over $250 mi llion by revamping the sales organization, driving market awareness, improving f

orecasting and increasing inventory control. As a result the company exceeded $2 0 million in profit. Successfully managed and directed internal staff of 12 people and external staf f of 60 independent sales representatives. Promoted 4 times at the company starting from Sales Director up to EVP Sales. Motivated both internal groups (marketing, PR, R & D, Product Groups, Finance) and external groups (Retailers, Distributors, Sales Reps) to plan ahead, increas e product awareness and sell through. PRIOR: GTE ENTERTAINMENT/COMMUNICATIONS, Sales Director, Carlsbad, CA, SHARP C ONSUMER ELECTRONICS, Regional Manager, San Francisco, CA, TOSHIBA CO NSUMER ELECTRONICS, Regional Manager, Torrance, CA, ACTIVISION, Regional Manag er, Irvine, CA