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Geoffrey Robinson

Consultant at Ecrs

BIO

A sales and marketing leader with a proven record across multiple industries and applications. A visionary results-focused and high energy professional with an entrepreneurial mindset a sharp business acumen and a technological core that enables me to grasp analyze and develop personalized strategies for high level manufacturers retailers and independent investors. A powerful and engaging speaker coach and motivator. Exceptional skills at communicating and building relationships across a vast array of interests needs and planning challenges. - Immigrated into the US at the age of 13 and started working in the restaurant industry as a youth. - Majored in Hotel Restaurant Management. - Two years later opened my first restaurant and discovered a passion for marketing. - In 1998 sold the restaurant and took a position as sales manager for Living Naturally a Florida based Web Marketing and Services company. - Began traveling the country meeting retailers and became fascinated with the natural foods industry. Experienced various business models as well as understanding the concerns aspirations and challenges retailers had in the industry and as entrepreneurs. - In 2003 I left Living Naturally and pursued a sales position with ECRS a North Carolina based Point of Sale and Software Services company that was positioned to be a dominant provider in the natural foods market. - While continuing to work with ECRS I founded Eye Force Promotions a marketing and print advertising company. The model quickly gained the acceptance of the industry s major distributors KeHe and United Natural Foods and key retailers around the country. - By 2009 I saw new trends in the natural foods industry and decided to sell my interest in Eye Force Promotions and founded Digital Earth Network a cutting edge Marketing Services and Content Provider for the natural foods industry with plans to eventually take this model into other verticals. Specialties Personal information Married 23 years with 3 wonderful children living in Sarasota Florida Other passions are photography as well as helping retailers and manufacturers improve their business models market themselves and innovate to stay ahead of market trends. I have done countless seminars provided consultation services have created and conducted many training programs and have partnered in various entrepreneurial ventures.