Cory Hymel

VP of Product & Research @ Gigster | Innovating on the Future of Work

//--In my own words
Washed software engineer that was better at telling stories and painting visions that writing code. I usually find myself working in research or innovation teams due to attention deficient and boredom with solvable problems. I very much enjoy speaking, teaching, and sharing things I've learned with others. 


//--In my PR teams words
The root of Cory’s passion for the connected nature of tech enhancing the future of work began in the early 2000s in robotics research initiatives for the FedEx Institute of Technology. He went on to pioneer mobile helping enterprises develop strategies to mobilize staff workflows and collaboration in the pre-enterprise project management app era of “BYOD to work” in the mid-2010s. Seeing the promise of physical and digital integration, Cory brought physical products to life leading the Connected Technologies division at a hardware development firm. Beginning in 2018 Cory began researching and leading the Future of Work at Gigster as VP of Product and Research advocating for leveling outdated hierarchical structures within organizations. Cory is a futurist with the goal to continuously question the status quo. His research answers the questions that will define how the innovations of today will impact the work of tomorrow.

Head of Academic Partnerships

Helping lead research with Stanford and Berkeley into how distributed teams work at scale.

Microsoft

Sr Digital Account Executive

Equinix

Director of Digital Sales, Equinix

Gigster

We envision a future where the best ideas flourish and provide great choices for customers to enrich their lives. Today, a few digital-native companies are disrupting almost every industry. Gigster believes in democratizing this capability—enabling all companies to build their own digital DNA to create life-changing products, engage their customers and empower employees.

This vision requires a global network of talented people who can realize their full potential. We believe the best software will be built by those who are inspired by their work, can choose their work environment, and are rewarded for pure contribution—in the company of equally passionate colleagues.

Vice President of Sales

Cyxtera Technologies

By combining best-in-class colocation, intelligent automation, and rapid connectivity across a robust ecosystem of service providers, Cyxtera enables enterprises to scale faster, meet rising consumer expectations and gain a competitive edge.

With more than 60 data centers in 29 markets, Cyxtera is a global leader in the retail colocation space. We offer our customers not only world-class performance, security, and reliability, but also, a true partnership that includes flexible, customized solutions designed to meet their needs.

Regional Account Director

Engine Yard

Thousands of Ruby on Rails developers trust  Engine Yard to deploy and manage their apps in the cloud so they can continue doing what they do best - writing beautiful apps.  Engine Yard was founded by leaders in the Rails community 10 years ago and our world-class team of Rails support engineers continually score 98%+ on customer satisfaction ratings.

To learn more about Engine Yard, visit our website (http://www.engineyard.com), read our technical blog (http://blog.engineyard.com/), and follow @engineyard on Twitter (http://twitter.com/engineyard).

Director Of Sales And Customer Success

Grexo Technology Group

Grexo Technology Group, founded in 2001, is an IT solutions company offering a full array of high end technology solutions and services to small and medium businesses once thought to be available only for large companies. Our Complete Care, Flat-Rate, Unlimited Managed Service plan helps companies control and budget costs while taking full advantage of our highly skilled and certified engineers.  With our unique proactive approach to the management of your IT infrastructure, we can improve your productivity, limit your downtime and save money.

What sets Grexo Technology Group apart is that we are not a traditional IT company that profits from a business’ IT pain. Our philosophy is to dedicate the time to understand your business needs and goals and align ours with them, which is why our client base considers us their IT partner rather than a vendor.

Director of Inside Sales

ACTIVE Network

ACTIVE Network is the leading provider of Activity and Participant Management™ solutions. Our technology platform makes managing and operating all types of activities, events and organizations smarter and more efficient. We power over 47,000 global customers and build leading vertical technology applications for the markets we serve. Our leading ACTIVE Works cloud platform scales with our customers, large and small. ACTIVE Network was founded in 1999, is headquartered in Dallas, Texas, and has offices worldwide. For more information, please visit: http://www.activenetwork.com and engage with us on Twitter @ACTIVENetwork.

Specialties
Activity & Participation Management, Online Registration, Church Management, Event Marketing, CC Processing

Sales Manager

FireHost

As the Solution Advisor, Manager, I am responsible for Business-to-Business solution sales, selling high value IT Services to C-Level Executives and technology decision influencers while effectively managing the solution advisor sales team.

•	Recruit, train, and supervise the day-to-day activities of the team
•	Arrange & chair weekly team meetings focusing on targets and achievements
•	Manage team responsible for breaking company record of leads to opportunities month over month
•	Team also responsible for 30% increase in closed/won opportunities
•	Improve sales policies and procedures to maximize sales funnel performance achieving 100%+ of projected team goals since tenure
•	Created sales training manuals and collateral library for new hires
•	Conduct CRM training classes
•	Proficient in Salesforce as CRM supervisor for sales funnel review and as such functioned as sole intermediary for sales and marketing to identify and report sales trends to drive sales forward and set best practices
•	Work on marketing campaigns, nurture programs and attend trade shows

Manager, Solution Advisor

Terremark

•	Executed Consultative Sales Techniques in the Qualification, Sales and Management of medium business clients with revenue under $1B and an annual spend in the range of $20K-$120k per customer.
•	Created new Terremark business by creating outbound lead programs and responding to inbound leads  
•	Created growth models for customers based on customer’s infrastructure and potential growth 
•	Partner with Engineers to design and purpose complex solutions involving Enterprise Cloud, managed hosting, data center colocation, and IT professional security services 
•	Support Verizon inside sales teams with prospecting and qualifying new Terremark business opportunities
•	Exceeding monthly, quarterly and yearly quota
•	Managed and created successful Enterprise Cloud Trial Program

Enterprise Sales Executive

Best Buy

Manage a team of 20-25 employees with daily, weekly and monthly sales goals. Create business plans to achieve company sales goals. Conduct one-on-one tailored to each team members strengths and weaknesses.

Sales Supervisor

With over 10 years of experience in the tech industry, I am a seasoned and accomplished sales leader who blends an entrepreneurial spirit with a strong business education. I have a diverse skill set encompassing business development, leadership, sales, marketing, and operations, honed across a global spectrum of enterprise settings.

As the Vice President of Sales at Gigster, I am responsible for driving revenue growth and customer satisfaction through a network of talented software developers and engineers. I leverage my expertise in sales leadership, new business development, and customer relationship management to build and oversee high-performing sales teams, devise innovative solutions, and create life-changing products for our clients. I am passionate about democratizing the capability of building digital DNA and enabling all companies to flourish in the digital age.

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