Gary joined the Board of Plastic Jungle in May 2008 and was appointed CEO in November 2008.
Prior to Plastic Jungle, Gary served as Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer at eBay. He was responsible for eBay's branding and marketing activities in North America, including advertising, Internet marketing, direct marketing, onsite merchandising, partner relationships, and core category initiatives. In his six-year career at eBay, Gary held other positions including VP of Consumer Marketing for eBay U.S., VP of Global Marketing for PayPal, and General Manager for eBay Canada.
Prior to eBay, Gary was a founder of OurHouse, Inc., an e-commerce company partnered with Ace Hardware. Before this venture, he was Director of Worldwide Brand Strategy for IBM Corporation where he was responsible for the Company's brand positioning and cross-corporate marketing integration. While at IBM, he co-authored the marketing strategy for the company's "e-business" campaign.
Before joining IBM, Gary worked for six years at Pepsi-Cola, most recently as Marketing Director responsible for brand strategy, advertising and sports marketing for the Pepsi brand. In addition, while at Pepsi he developed a joint venture with the Starbucks Coffee Company and Pepsi's bottled water product, Aquafina. Prior to Pepsi, Gary worked for four years at McKinsey and Company as an associate and engagement manager.
Gary also serves on the Board of Ice.com. He graduated in 1984 from Brown University with a B.A. in Political Science and American Civilization. In 1989, he received his M.B.A. from J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University.
His favorite Plastic Jungle experience: Buying an Apple Gift Card that essentially saved enough for a free iPhone.
How Plastic Jungle Works
As the premier destination to sell, buy, exchange, and donate gift cards in a trusted environment, Plastic Jungle offers the simplest and safest way to save money at your favorite stores and turn unwanted gift cards into cash. All transactions are guaranteed, and we offer industry-leading features such as gift card replacement protection in case they are lost or damaged.
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