An award winning sales professional with over 35 years of professional sales experience and over 50 years of public speaking experience.
Gary began public speaking at a young age. Over the years, he has prepared discourses up to 45 minutes long and presented these to audiences ranging from hundreds to thousands. He has taught and counselled public speaking for over 18 years. In his role as a sales professional, he has presented training, information, and technical seminars at industry events across Western Canada.
Started his sales career at the retail level and then progressively moved into the professional reseller/dealer level. He has successfully transitioned companies from educational/government markets to television broadcast and the film/video production market. As the Sales Manager, guided a company to a "Dealer of the Year" award in Canada and won "Salesperson of the Year".
After leaving the dealer network, he moved on as a Regional Sales Manager for different professional video companies: Panasonic Broadcast, Optima Projectors and Harris Broadcast. In these roles, he managed both channel and direct sales. As a Regional Sales Manager, Gary has prepared and presented multiple technical and training seminars. He has won multiple awards for his sales success.
Beside public speaking, he currently is the owner of GDS Communications, a Sales/Consulting firm in Surrey, British Columbia Canada where he represents products from around the world and sells to the television broadcast and film/video production industries.
As an experienced and esteemed public speaker, Gary Shumyla aims to deliver education and inspiration, mixed with a bit of humor, to sales professinals. Striving to make every event a memorable experience, he places a large emphasis on delivering valuable and practical content. Get ready to be inspired in an authentic way that leaves you ready to conquer your public speaking fears.
