Geoff received a Bachelor of Science in Marketing from the University of Hartford in 1980. Since 1979, he has focused his career in marketing and sales for the technology community. Geoff's business experience has covered all aspects of organizational management including operations, client services, sales, marketing, and business development. He has held senior management positions at Focus Research Systems (a syndicated high tech lead and database marketing service), Dataquest (a high tech research and advisory firm), and Dun & Bradstreet (a leader in B2B direct marketing databases).
Focus Research, an entrepreneurial start-up, was one of the first companies to collect, manage, and market syndicated leads for the information technology industry. In addition to managing the outsourcing relationships with three remote call centers, Geoff was responsible for building a call center infrastructure that grew from 5 seats to over 300 in a few short years. With Dun & Bradstreet, he managed the development and maintenance of a direct marketing database representing technology usage at over 400,000 organizations with over 2 million contacts. Geoff's responsibilities at DataQuest included development of new products, bridging both tactical and analytical data, collaborating with DataQuest industry analysts, and managing primary research programs.
Geoff founded Winn Technology Group in 1990.
