Hugh Giblin
Tucson AZ *****
**********@*****.***
Highly motivated, adaptable, dedicated and with an “excellent work ethic”,
“person's person” and “chaos manager” has has a career-long proven track record of
successfully managing and achieving business goals.
Track record of profitably developing, and managing large, complex, technical
business programs. Effectively communicates, coordinates and lead a multitude of
internal and external stakeholders to accomplish business goals profitably.
• 7 year record high in sales during a recession.
• Successfully managed growth from start-up to highly profitable 55 person
business; including a period of six months of month-over-month exponential
growth ending with 64 times as much monthly business utilizing the same 4
staff for product fulfillment.
• Established comfort zones in technical, governmental (Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA), State, County and City governments and American with
Disability Act (ADA) regulation compliance and non-technical arenas.
• Business process development for staff and stakeholders.
• Business start-up, launch, growth and change management.
• Extensive marketing, sales growth and profit orientated experience.
• Placed ongoing media buys for corporate marketing and over 400 clients.
• C-Level through front line staff effective leadership.
• Customer oriented technical writing.
Professional Experience
Business Start-Up Owner: Smart-phone App Development
9/2009 – 7/2010 Attempted to create and launch a Parking App for smart-phones that
would find, reserve and pay for parking in real time. New York City, NY
Business & Sales Development Consulting
9/2008 – 12/2009 Boolaka.com, LLC., a social network/project management hybrid Web
site, Tucson, AZ
Business & Sales Development Consulting
12/1999 - 7/2009 GoBarging.com/European Waterways, Ltd. Cruise Ship Line, Dijon,
France
Claims Processor
7/2007 - 1/2008 Farmers Insurance Group, Tucson, AZ
Agency Owner & Registered Representative
8/2005 - 2/2007 Farm Bureau Financial Services & Insurance, Tucson, AZ
Founder & Owner
1/2003 - 3/2008 WestchesterLAX.com Hyper-Local Web Portal, Los Angeles, CA
Marketing Manager / Business Operations Manager
9/1999 - 1/2001 411Web Interactive Marketing, Los Angeles, CA
Administrative Coordinator, Modification Engineering Department
9/1998 - 8/1999 TIMCO Aviation Services, Greensboro, NC
First Mate
1/1997 - 8/1998 Abercrombie & Kent/Continental Waterways Cruise Ship Line, Dijon,
FRANCE
Promoted to the Flagship of the fleet after only 15 weeks.
Subscription Sales Manager
6/1996 - 1/1997 South Coast Repertory Theater, Costa Mesa, CA
Attained 7-year record high in sales.
Marketing Coordinator
1/1996 - 6/1996 Smartflex Systems, Tustin, CA
Major project: Iomega Jazz Drive prototype development.
Proposed and initiated process modification of the Iomega Zip Drive program
resulting in a production cost reduction of $0.07 per unit.
Project Coordinator
8/1994 - 9/1995 Form Guild Inc. Architecture & Design, Dana Point, CA
Major Projects: Stewart Anderson's Black Angus, Taco Bell and Carl's Jr.
Prototype(s) Development.
Education, Certifications, Awards and ongoing personal development:
Have attended numerous Continuing Education classes and industry educational
seminars
Series 6 Certification, 2005
Series 63 Certification, 2005
Insurance Licenses, State of Arizona: Life/Health, Property, Casualty, Auto, 2005
Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA – course studies Environmental
Architectural Design, 1999-2001
Universite Stendhal, Grenoble, FRANCE - Immersion French Language Program, 1998
Saddleback College, Mission Viejo, CA - course studies in Interior Architecture,
1992-1994
Universite of Arizona, Tucson, AZ – course studies in Fine Art, 1991-1992
Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ – course studies in Fine Art, 1989-1991
Recipient of the Boy Scouts of America Eagle Award.