Ken Mabe

Current

• President at New Velocity, LLC

Past

• Dell Global Account Manager at Iomega Corporation
• Director of Sales at Advanced System Products
• Regional Sales Manager at Adaptec, Inc.

• Field Applications Engineer at Adaptec, Inc

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Education

• Wichita State University
• United States Air Force

Recommended

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Connections

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Industry

Computer Hardware

Websites

• My Company

Ken Mabe’s Summary

I am a seasoned technology sales professional with extensive experience calling on tier one OEM’s like Dell and HP. With an engineering background, I have a proven record of accomplishment supplying software, integrated circuits, peripherals, and add-in boards to the computer OEM industry.

Ken Mabe’s Specialties:

Business Development, Strategic Marketing, Competitive Analysis, Customer Service, Quality Systems, Turnarounds, Negotiations, Product Development, OEM, International

Ken Mabe’s Experience

• President

  New Velocity, LLC

  (Management Consulting industry)

  February 2004 — Present (5 years 10 months)

  New Velocity, LLC is a manufacturers representative firm focusing on sales to tier one and two computer OEM's, ODM's, and contract manufacturers. Our account list includes Dell, HP, Lenovo, Motion Computing, Flextronics, Compal Electronics, Quanta Computer and others.

• Dell Global Account Manager

  Iomega Corporation

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; IOM; Computer Hardware industry)

  November 1997 — February 2004 (6 years 4 months)

  Responsible for global business plan development and execution. “Owned” the relationship between Dell and Iomega.

• Director of Sales

  Advanced System Products

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Hardware industry)

  October 1995 — November 1997 (2 years 2 months)

  Developed OEM accounts and managed custom product opportunity meeting the requirements of a customer needing product interchangeability between PC and Macintosh computers, successfully displacing the incumbent market leader.

• Regional Sales Manager

  Adaptec, Inc.

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; ADPT; Computer Hardware industry)

  July 1992 — April 1995 (2 years 10 months)

  Developed OEM and channel accounts throughout the Central U.S. and Rocky Mountain Regions. Won major design with a tier two OEM resulting in record sales.

• Field Applications Engineer

  Adaptec, Inc

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; ADPT; Computer Hardware industry)

  May 1990 — July 1992 (2 years 3 months)

  Presented new technologies to customer engineering departments, assisted in design implementation, and troubleshooting. Was the primary engineering liaison between the customer and Adaptec.

Ken Mabe’s Education

• Wichita State University

  Computer Science 1980 — 1982

  General studies, Computer Science and Electronics

• United States Air Force

  Missile Systems 1978 — 1982

Additional Information

Ken Mabe’s Websites:

• My Company

Ken Mabe’s Interests:

Business Development, Entrepreneurial Activities, Web Hosting, Flying, Sailing, SCUBA Diving, Reading

Ken Mabe’s Groups:

•    Adaptec Alumni
•    iomega Alumni
•    Wichita State University Alumni (Official Group)

Ken Mabe’s Honors:

Ziggs "ZBest Profile Award" winner April 2006

Ken Mabe’s Contact Settings

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