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Ron Gillies
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Senior Vice President, Visual Systems
Ron Gillies is senior vice president for the Visual Systems Division (VSD) of NEC Solutions America.In this capacity, he leads the overall business strategy for the North American division, which involves sales, marketing and facilitating the development of the industry's broadest range of visual display technology.Products include DLP- and LCD-based mobile, installed and large venue projection systems, as well as PlasmaSync® plasma displays designed for public display and multimedia presentation environments.
A seasoned sales and marketing veteran, Gillies brings to NEC almost two decades of projector and PC peripheral market experience and accomplishments that have resulted in worldwide market share, revenue and profit growth.Prior to NEC, he worked for 15 years at Proxima Corporation where he served a variety of sales, marketing and distribution management roles in North America, Europe and Latin America.He also served as vice president - Value Added Channels & Latin America for InFocus Corporation.Most recently, Gillies was senior director of sales and marketing for Think Outside, Inc., the global market leader for PDA and Smartphone input devices, where he was responsible for developing the sales and marketing strategy and managed strategic accounts in the enterprise and education segments.
As senior vice president for VSD, Gillies' vision is to build on NEC's renowned reputation for delivering a wide range of quality products and innovative core technologies."I'm pleased to have the opportunity to use that solid foundation to offer our customers a winning combination of technology solutions, partner programs and top-notch support services designed to deliver complete integrated solutions and fuel the growth of the converging visual display marketplace," explained Gillies.
Gillies holds a BS degree in Business Administration from the University of Wisconsin.He is on the board of advisors for Sonic Foundry, a leading digital media solutions provider and developer of Media Site Live, and is actively involved with numerous charitable organizations.