Mr. ***** has over 25 years of experience in high-tech marketing. Alan is the former Director of Marketing and Chief Merchandising Executive for IBM's personal computer division. He was responsible for a number of key initiatives including the introduction of the IBM ThinkPad and IBM Aptiva products into the North American retail market, as well as the establishment of IBM’s Consumer Division generating $2. 3 billion in revenue within three years of operations. He established many valuable relationships and produced extremely profitable results during his tenure at IBM, and later as Chief Executive Officer of ***** Marketing Solutions, a sales and management consulting consortium.

Previously Alan had been Chief Operating Officer of a publicly held software company responsible for growing the company from startup to over $30 million in sales within a 3 year period. Alan is a recognized leader in technology marketing, sales, product marketing, business development, and strategic planning. For the last three years while at Smartfish Technologies, he actively utilized those skills in bringing about the emergence of the company as a top consumer electronics industry competitor in his role as Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer.

Recently at Smartfish Technologies he has taken the company from startup to having order commitments for over 250, 00 units from retailers, e-tailers, and distributors alike. These include such organizations as Office Max, Amazon, Apple Stores, MicroCenter, Fry’s Electronics, the U/S/ Military Exchanges, Barnes and Noble Colleges bookstores, Follett College Bookstores, BrandsMartUSA, J&R Electronics, Tiger Direct / CompUSA, D&H Distributing, DBL/Ingram Micro Distributing and many more. Alan was the first recipient of a RetailVision Best of Show Award in 2009 given to a company who did not have product on the market yet, indicating his reputation amongst the retail and distribution channels.