Gary is an experienced entrepreneur with over 10 years of experience growing sales and marketing for early and late stage companies, and creating marketing and promotion campaigns to launch new music artists. In mid-2007, Gary introduced the Songdish concept to his father and Songdish Chairman Dave DeWaard, and in early 2008 the first line of code was written for the Songdish system. As CEO, Gary designed and created the Songdish platform, hired and continues to oversee the technology development team, developed the business plan and works with his team to attract new partners and customers to Songdish.
In 2005, Gary co-founded Basis Entertainment, an artist management company. As head of promotion for Basis Entertainment, Gary was responsible for all aspects of artist promotion. He designed and oversaw development of multiple websites and has been involved in the production of numerous videos and records. Gary has written numerous business plans and marketing plans for independent record and entertainment companies. Gary managed the day-to-day organization and designed the future marketing and product plans.
Gary started his professional career in sales for the entertainment company International Learning Group. Gary worked in sales on the educational entertainment product branded Video Buddy. He also was head of sales for Monroe Table Company-West Division, which serviced the trade show and education sectors, and helped design a patented transporting device for multiple cocktail tables.