Eric Gore
The Business Coach of Texas
- Location
- Dallas/Fort Worth Area
- Industry
- Management Consulting
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Eric Gore's Overview
- Current
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- Investor & Board of Directors at MutualMind, Inc.
- Board of Advisors at Anzen Technologies LLC
- Owner at The Business Coach of Texas
- Past
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- Vice President-worldwide sales at Fidelis Security Systems
- Vice President at ODS/Intrusion Inc.
- Product Marketing Rep at Texas Instruments
- Education
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- Hardin-Simmons University
- University of North Texas
- Recommendations
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4 people have recommended Eric
- Connections
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500+ connections
- Websites
Eric Gore's Summary
Seasoned International Business Executive
Prior to launching The Business Coach of Texas, Eric gained over 25 successful years of sales, management and executive leadership experience in Fortune 500 and technology-based start up companies.
As a high-tech, sales turn-around specialist, Eric's most recent VP Sales role was to lead and help execute a new strategy at a struggling data security company resulting in over 300% growth in one year. The company also closed a global partnership with a Fortune 20 corporation and a $22 million Venture Capital investment to help further expand the business.
Other key executive roles include VP of Sales for a Multi-national Corporate Account Team, VP Federal Sales and VP of Business Development.
Eric has in-depth institutional technology sales experience with both large US federal agencies and multi-national corporations and is an accomplished public speaker.
He holds a Bachelors' Degree in Business Management from The University of North Texas and an MBA from the Kelley School of Business at Hardin-Simmons University.
You can follow Eric on Twitter at http://twitter.com/BizCoachTX
Specialties
Business Coaching; Strategy definition, Risk and crisis management, Recession-proofing, Succession planning.
Executive Coaching; Career planning, Communications and leadership development, Career and life balance management.
Sales Coaching: Strategic selling, Account management, Problem-solving, Prospecting and closing the sale.
Organization Coaching: Strategic planning, Team-building, Problem-solving, Employee development.
Eric Gore's Experience
Investor & Board of Directors
MutualMind, Inc.
Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry
January 2010 – Present (2 years 5 months)
MutualMind is a web application that helps public relations and marketing firms monitor as well as promote brands on social networks while providing actionable analytics and insights to increase social media ROI.
MutualMind, Inc. is a privately held company based in Dallas, Texas. We believe in creating products which change the way business is done. Our company was founded in 2008 by a small team of passionate business and technology experts who wanted to make a difference in the way social interactions impact business activities.
Our team has extensive and broad experience in delivering business value using semantic web, natural language processing applications and social technologies.
Sole Proprietorship; Myself Only; Professional Training & Coaching industry
January 2009 – Present (3 years 5 months)
The Business Coach is led by Eric H. Gore, its founder and president. Gore is a seasoned international business executive with 25-plus years of experience in sales, management and executive leadership at Fortune 500 and technology start-up companies. He’s served as a sales turn-around specialist who most recently worked with the executive team at a data security firm. Gore led and helped execute a new strategy that resulted in growth that exceeded 300 percent in one year, led to a global partnership with a Fortune 20 corporation and a $22 million venture capital investment. He also served as vice president of sales for a multi-national corporate account team, vice president of federal sales and vice president of business development. Gore has a bachelor’s degree in business management from The University of North Texas in Denton, Texas, and a master’s of business administration degree from the Kelley School of Business at Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene, Texas. Gore is a current member of the Worldwide Association of Business Coaches, the International Coaching Federation of North Texas and adheres to Robert Hargrove's Certified Masterful Coaching program.
The Business Coach of Texas offers coaching services in three distinct but interrelated areas. 1. Business Coaching based on the Robert Hargrove Masterful Coaching™ Practicum, 2. Executive Sales training, assessments and certification based on Action Selling and 3. LeadForward™, an entire leadership development campaign designed for business and government executives and community leaders. For more information, contact Eric Gore at ericgore@thebusinesscoachoftexas.com, or call 214-668-1702. BCOT serves clients from its north Texas (Dallas) main office at 2510 Tarpley Road; Suite 100, Carrollton, Texas 75006 and its east Texas office located at 1307 West Main Street; Suite B-162 in Gun Barrel City, Texas 75156. www.thebusinesscoachoftexas.com.
Vice President-worldwide sales
Fidelis Security Systems
Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer & Network Security industry
January 2007 – September 2008 (1 year 9 months)
Left the position after successful sales turn-around and closure of Series B Venture Capital Investment
Vice President
ODS/Intrusion Inc.
Public Company; 201-500 employees; INTZ; Computer & Network Security industry
1984 – 2006 (22 years)
Product Marketing Rep
Texas Instruments
Public Company; 10,001+ employees; TXN; Semiconductors industry
1979 – 1984 (5 years)
Eric Gore's Education
Hardin-Simmons University
MBA, Business Finance
1980 – 1983
Graduate MBA research--"Venture Capital Financing for High-Technology Start-up's"
University of North Texas
BBA, Business Management
1972 – 1977
Eric Gore's Additional Information
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- Interests:
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Licensed Private Pilot, Active Runner, Wine Appreciation
- Groups and Associations:
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Worldwide Association of Business Coaches International Coach Federation Hargrove Masterful Coach program
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- Honors and Awards:
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Hargrove Certified Masterful Coach candidate
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