Mr. Gies started his professional career in wireless in late 1996 with AT&T Wireless where he quickly became the top producing sales rep in the state of Washington. He then worked his way up the organization as a Lead Indirect Account Executive for the Western Washington Market where he was responsible for the account management, training, and sales quotas for indirect dealer locations throughout all of Western Washington.

In 2000, Mr. Gies was promoted to the Western Area Sales Manager for the Indirect Ecommerce Channel where he was responsible for acquiring, managing, and building ecommerce distribution for the Western US. Mr. Gies quickly took charge in this role by successfully launching Amazon.com and other online channels of distribution. He also managed the development and implementation of the first XML activation platform of any US based wireless carrier. Mr. Gies played a major role in changing AT&T’s policies and procedures with regards to the ecommerce channel which led to significant reductions in churn and overall channel profitability. Mr. Gies consistently exceeded his goals and in 2001 won the President’s Club award (highest award for outstanding sales achievement) and the Spirit of Excellence award (highest award for outstanding contribution).

In 2002, Mr. Gies was promoted at AT&T to National Sales Manager for both the Ecommerce and Direct Marketing channel where he was responsible for all online and direct marketing distribution and the supporting sales teams. In 2003, Mr. Gies was able to reduce fraud and churn by 25% for both channels of distribution while continuously and aggressively growing overall sales. In late 2004, AT&T Wireless was acquired by Cingular Wireless and despite the merger, Mr. Gies was again nominated and awarded the Spirit of Excellence award.

Mr. Gies joined the Telmáge team in January of 2006 with over nine years of Wireless experience. Mr. Gies is responsible for managing and growing telSPACE’s existing channel relationships as well as acquiring new channels of distribution. Mr. Gies oversees all sales, project management, and training teams.