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Prior to joining LOC-AID, Mr. Gerber was General Manager, Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer for Nokia/Intellisync, a provider of platform-independent wireless messaging and mobile software, where he also ran business development, marketing, analyst relations and ecommerce (NASDAQ: SYNC). He is widely recognized for transforming the company's brand and product offering and helped to orchestrate a $510M acquisition by Nokia. In 1999, Mr. Gerber was a lead executive in taking Commtouch public, a messaging infrastructure company (NASDAQ: CTCH) and served as Chief Strategy Officer and Chief Marketing Officer. Prior to that, he founded and led email marketing firm @once (acquired by InfoUSA) and served as a strategy management consultant at Deloitte Consulting. Early in his career he ran card marketing programs for American Express, where he launched the industry's first online card application, and built a polyester factory for Firestone Tire & Rubber as plant engineer. He holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Virginia. Mr. Gerber also serves on LOC-AID's board of directors.
Mr. Gerber also sits on the WIC leadership Council which is an invitation-only council peopled with high level executives from CTIA member companies whose expert areas reach across the broad cross section of the Wireless Industry.