Meet the AuthorS - Garry Wheeler

Garry S. Wheeler is an award-winning and accomplished executive, author and artist with 40 years of experience as an Entrepreneur, CEO, COO, GM, CIO, Program Manager and Management Consultant across multiple sectors including high tech, consumer products, manufacturing, real estate, professional services and media/entertainment. He has an extensive background in P & L and operations management and has led many successful mergers and acquisitions. 

He has driven major new product launches and countless business improvement programs. His broad experience ranges from startups to companies as large as $14 billion in sales. Since 1985, he has founded and operated 5 different businesses in diverse industries and invented several breakthrough products and tools.   
 

Garry's roles have included extensive international focus, including frequent engagements in Hong Kong, Thailand, Taiwan, China, Singapore, Australia, Japan, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Canada and many countries in Europe. He boasts a strong track record of delivering competitive advantage through information technology and business process reengineering. Garry is skilled at strategic planning, large scale program management & change management and has excelled at creating strong teams and motivating organizations to succeed.  

Garry holds a Bachelor of Arts from DePaul University as well as a CSS Graduate degree from Harvard University. He has been a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) since 2007 and is a Stanford Certified Project Manager (SCPM).  

For his innovation at Yellow Brick Road/BandDigs, Garry was presented with the “Rookie of the Year” award by New Hampshire’s Governor John Lynch and the Software Association of New Hampshire.    

Garry is also a multi-award-winning international abstract artist and a non-profit leader in the arts. He is the Board President of Marco Island Center  for the Arts and the Art Center Theater and the former President of the Art Council of Southwest Florida. Wheeler is a world traveler who has traveled to more than 100 countries in his lifetime. Lastly, he has a need for speed, racing stock cars on 23 different NASCAR tracks over the last 13 years.

He is proud of his latest books,"From Failure to Fortune" and "Living Like You Mean It!" and sincerely hopes they help anyone starting a business or looking to live a nomadic lifestyle.

Icontrol Networks - SVP/COO Corporate Operations & GM of Piper Business Unit

Polycom - VP/GM Global Cloud Services & VP Global Services Operations

YBR Entertainment/BandDigs.com - CEO/Founder

Vette Corp. - VP of Supply Chain & CIO

Align-IT - CEO/Founder/CIO

Aavid Thermal Technologies - Exec VP/GM of Power Electronics Business Unit & CIO

Polaroid - Supply Chain CIO

Digital Equipment Corp - Numerous Director level roless in Global Services, Systems Integration & IT

Design One Development - CEO/Founder

By Design Realty - CEO/Founder

Granite Rocks Records - Co-Founder & CIO

Harvard University - CSS Graduate Degree  (Finance & IT)

DePaul University - Bachelor of Arts 

Stanford University - Certified Program Manager

Villanova University - Certified IT Service Management

PMI - PMP Certified since 2007