Mark Gessner, BSEE / MBA

Current

• SVP, Marketing & New Business Development at Stealth Mode - Medical Device Startup

Past

• Key Account Manager at Anritsu
• Product Marketing Manager, Global New Business Development --Modular RF Test Equipment at Aeroflex
• Business Consultant / Entrepreneur at Self-employed (Sole Proprietorship)

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Education

• The University of Texas at Dallas - School of Management
• Texas A&M University
• West Virginia University

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Recommended

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Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Wireless

Mark Gessner, BSEE / MBA’s Summary

Innovative and aggressive technical strategic account executive. Customer facing, customer focused. Skilled at prospecting for solid sales leads, developing new and enriching existing territories. Expert at customer requirements analysis, and communicating relevant high-tech product features and benefits. Proven track record generating quarterly revenue growth in excess of 90% on multimillion dollar annual sales. Successful project manager and product marketer. Strong background in real-time device software development and wireless technologies and markets.

Currently looking for challenges in direct sales -- software/tools/RTOS, wireless / telecom, semiconductor, or test and measurement. Will consider product marketing management or business development roles as well. DFW Texas area or remote / virtual..

Mark Gessner, BSEE / MBA’s Specialties:

Field Sales, Semiconductor Technology, Embedded Systems Design, Software Development Tools / RTOS, Wireless Data, RF, WLAN, WiMAX, Bluetooth, ZigBee, UMTS, WCDMA, CDMA, GSM, RFID, EVDO, HSDPA, EDGE, LTE, UWB, MIMO, GaAs, Linux, Market Analysis, Competitive Analysis, Market Requirements Research, Software Development, C Language, Business Strategy, Management Consulting.

Mark Gessner, BSEE / MBA’s Education

• The University of Texas at Dallas - School of Management

  MBA , International Management , 1998 — 2001

  Global Leadership Executive MBA Program - "The Global Leadership Executive MBA (GLEMBA) cited by Forbes as one of the 'Best of the Web' in Higher Education for six consecutive years, is an AACSB accredited program specifically designed for working professionals and mid-level managers who require global business knowledge and skills and who seek a contemporary alternative to typical part-time evening or weekend EMBA programs." http://som.utdallas.edu/glemba/index.htm

• Texas A&M University

  BSEE , Computer Architecture & Interfacing , 1983 — 1989

  The College of Engineering at Texas A&M is one of the largest engineering colleges in the United States, one of the top five U.S. producers of undergraduate engineering degrees. The engineering graduate and undergrad programs are consistently ranked in the top 10% among U.S. universities.
  
  I grew up tinkering with electronics. I learned to solder and etch printed circuit boards long before I learned to drive. Taught myself boolean algebra, then built a complete functioning robot (not a kit) out of TTL ICs, power transistors, relays and motors at age 16 (back in the days before microprocessors or lego robotics). Even with a natural talent, electrical engineering at a top tier school can be quite a challenge. I kept at it; it took me six years. I paid for my education myself, with my own hard-earned money. I worked 60 hour weeks at three different on-campus jobs while taking a full course load, and did co-op work at a major aerospace defense contractor on alternating semesters.

• West Virginia University

  Journalism 1980 — 1982

  On the way to class one day I happened upon the scene of a very recent accident. A driver had a heart attack; his vehicle rolled out of control down a steep hill and crashed into the front window of a pizza parlor. I was taking a photojournalism class and had my camera equipment ready and with me. It was an incredible journalistic opportunity. However, I could not bring myself to photograph the devastation and suffering in a completely detached manner as required by journalistic ethics. Instead I set the equipment aside and pitched in to help the injured. It was on this day I knew I could never be a journalist of any kind. I decided right then to be a news maker rather than a news reporter. I changed my major to electrical engineering that afternoon.

Additional Information

Mark Gessner, BSEE / MBA’s Groups:

•    Blue: The DallasBlue Business Network (25,000+ members)
•    Executive Suite
•    Telecom Professionals
•    Motorola Alumni
•    Electrical/Electronics and Computer Development Engineers Group
•    Ubuntu Users ( 9000+ members ) Official Group
•    Semiconductor Professional's Group
•    Electronic/Optical Test & Measurement
•    Nokia Alumni
•    StepBeyond Electronic Industry Network
•    WiMAX Channel
•    TopLinked.com (Open Networkers)
•    Wireless Telecommunications
•    University of Texas at Dallas MBA
•    Wireless Internet Industry Executives (WIIE)...5,300+ members & growing!
•    MOBILE & WIRELESS
•    Optical Networking Group
•    Texas Instruments Alumni
•    Global Leadership EMBA
•    Israel High Tech (7k+ members)
•    Top Secret Candidates
•    DEFENSE AND AEROSPACE CONNECTIONS
•    Motorola Past & Present
•    Kodak
•    Real-Time Embedded Engineering
•    Work@Home Community
•    Canon EOS Digital Photography
•    Mobile Applications Test
•    Mobile Conformance Test
•    LTE (Long Term Evolution) - 3GPP
•    Gigabit Digital Signalling
•    Texas Instruments
•    Semiconductor Automated Test Equipment (ATE)
•    MBA Highway | MBA & Recruiter Network
•    Test & Measurement Marketing Network Group
•    Career Change Central
•    Top Recommended People
•    Semiconductor Manufacturing
•    Star:Candidate for Hire

Mark Gessner, BSEE / MBA’s Honors:

Finish Line award for Leadership in Executive Programs - University of Texas, Dallas 2001

Candidate for Texas Lieutenant Governor - November 2002

Dean's List of Outstanding Scholars, West Virginia University 1980-1981

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