Versatile, Creative Engineer
"Steve is a tremendously talented individual with a rare blend of technical expertise and creative flare.
I enjoyed working with Steve, but more importantly he got the job done and made everyone in the organization
look good. A great asset to any team."
Tom Huffman, Lattice Director Worldwide Distribution [former supervisor]
"Steve is one of the most creative people I've worked with. He always gave us a unique perspective
and out of the box ways to do things like training and product promotions. Never stale or uninspired
and always has a smile on his face."
Rich Ford, Lattice Director Field Applications Engineering
"I worked with Steve years ago and am happy to say I am working with him again. Steve has a rare set of skills.
He understands sales training. He understands distribution sales. He understands marketing and promotion.
And he has the audio-video production experience to create attractive, compelling, professional learning
and promotional vehicles. Around the office we call him "Hollywood." Not because he's a flashy guy.
On the contrary. He is pure substance and can be counted on to deliver consistent, quality materials.
I highly recommend Steve to anyone who wants to have a meaningful conversation about training and training vehicles."
Lou McKellar, Lattice Director of Sales Operations
"Steve is a very talented individual who desires to do outstanding in all that he does. The end products he produces
are of the highest quality such as the various multimedia presentations, distributor training modules, and the A
la Carte material. We routinely set priorities and he delivers to those."
David Stieg, Xilinx Corporate Marketing Director [former supervisor]
"Steve demonstrates strong abilities in the various disciplines required to complete his projects …
Steve's indepth knowledge of Xilinx products and technology, together with his knowledge
of multimedia production, make him a unique talent."
Andy Larg, Xilinx Creative Director
Stellar Presentation Skills
"Steve Gurklys - best trainer, instructor, professor, speaker (except for our CEO) we could have had do the job!
The effects of this training will be seen for years."
Dave Gagne, Actel Eastern Area Sales Manager
"I just wanted to take a moment and commend Steve Gurklys on an excellent job he did during our Lattice training today.
He was informative , open and engaging. We not only had product knowledge but also a real good give and take in terms of
applications and market focus. In these days of con calls and LDL's , it was refreshing to have a live, friendly,
encouraging person to interact with. Please thank Steve for a job well done."
Stuart Carter, Nu Horizons General Manager
"Steve did an excellent job! His skills are second to none. He knows he market, products and what will win.
It couldn't have been any better."
Brian Cederdahl, SJ Associates Sales Manager
"Steve did a superb job in simplifying a complicated product and software which will
assist me in future Actel presentations and discussions".
Denny Ebert, Lmar Account Manager
Innovative Training Programs
"I have never seen an employee come into Xilinx and make such a great contribution in such a short time.
A very successful program to get our distributors up to speed and producing results quickly."
Scott Brown, Xilinx Inc. Senior VP of Sales
"… what a significant improvement to any 'canned' training material Lattice has developed in the past.
Speaking to the listener not to the slide is a refreshing approach as it keeps the attention of the intended
audience and provides greater insight to the solutions being discussed - Great job!"
David Winters, Lattice Semiconductor Sales Director
"In the 25 years in this business, the training you held was one of the best and one of the most productive that
I have been involved with! My whole team stated the same…"
Steven Helton, Nu Horizons Dallas Regional Mgr
"This was the best training from any vendor I've seen in years".
Frank Salvucci, Nu Horizons NY Account Mgr
"Not being an engineer, this was extremely important for me to become more familiar with who we are and the tools we have.
I learned more in 2 days than I have in the 2 years I have been at Centaur."
Steve Stanilano, Centaur Account Manager
"Training was especially effective because it was well planned, hands-on, fun and demanding!!"
Chris Bartholomew, QXI Account Manager
"Very, very productive!! I've learned so much during the last 2 days - I will do many customer demos.
I will load the Actel software on my notebook before I leave Atlanta."
Chad Nichols, Bits Account Manager
"This [training] really makes me feel more confident in going into the market and do presentations and tools demos. Thanks!"
Lisa Poelck, Astrorep Account Manager
"Steve G was amazing! Presentation format enhances Rep's abilities and confidence in presenting Actel.
DO NOT CHANGE THIS FORMAT. Merci Beaucoup, Bravo!"
JP Banos, GMA Account Manager
"Great job! The information is presented in easy to understand manner, with good content (quality/quantity).
Audio makes it easy to follow the materials."
Marty Jain, Lattice Bay Area ATM
Adrenalin Pumping Events
"Steve was responsible for much of the logistics in putting together a sales conference for over 200 managers and technical resources.
Steve put a lot of energy and creativity into the effort and made for a very successful event. I appreciate Steve's hard work
and dedication for this conference."
Steve Traum Lattice Sales Manager
"Great [FAE training] conference - thanks for your preparation and professional delivery. Well done, Steve."
David Powers, Arrow Electronics Corporate Supplier Manager
"It was apparent that you worked hard on the Arrow FAE training and it could be seen in the quality
and quantity of the material and speakers."
John Wiemeyer, Arrow DFAE
Motivational Channel Programs
"Steve is extraordinarily talented and creative in his role as Manager of Distribution FAE's, eLearn and LEADER partner program.
I found Steve to be consistently re-evaluating the effectiveness of his programs, reaching out to all stake holders,
and implementing changes which were both cost efficient and effective."
Dave Bennett, Lattice Western Area Director of Sales
"I worked with Steve for approximately two years at Lattice where his management of the distributor FAE
(field application engineer) resources was integral to our field operations in the NW territory.
I found Steve to be an excellent communicator and very thoughtful and strategic in his approach to the business.
Additionally, through Steve's media creativity, he was able to direct and produce a series of professional marketing videos,
highlighted on Lattice Semiconductor's website. Any company would be lucky to have a person of Steve's caliber."
Scott Roberts, Lattice PNW Regional Sales Manager
Strong Customer Support
"I hired Steve into the tech support at Actel and later let loose his creativity and his enthusiasm, by promoting him to manager.
He expanded the staff and introduced new technology to make Actel a first class customer service organization."
Sam Beal, Actel Director Design Methodology [former supervisor]
"Steve's strong customer service orientation was very apparent in the planning and execution of the Arrow FAE training conference.
He supervised or personally made sure every aspect of the conference was taken care of so that the Arrow FAEs received quality
training and four star treatment: training agenda, presentation, demo boards, software install instructions and follow up prior
to arrival, web access for FAEs, room selection, food, hotel, ground transportation and evening events."
Jeff Byrne, Lattice Director Applications [former supervisor]
Effective Video Production
Steve has also done an outstanding job defining and developing training videos
which have been used successfully by both sales partners and customers.
Dave Bennett, Lattice Western Area Director of Sales
"Steve demonstrates a solutions-driven attitude, good listening skills,
and a calm of character that helps put his subjects and his peers at ease.
I have personally received emails commenting on Steve's ability to make his 'talent'
feel comfortable at the video shoots, and I think this allows him to extract
the best performance on the day."
Andy Larg, Xilinx Creative Director
Easy to Use Websites
"The eLearn site developed by Steve has displaced the Corporate data repository as the 'go to' site
by all of our Sales partners due to it's well thought out hierarchy of products/services/IP."
Dave Bennett, Lattice Western Area Director of Sales
"Steve has undertaken the re-design of the isPortal "Field Apps" website to make it easier to navigate
and provide additional content. The Lattice FAEs have created SBOs over the last 4 years that could be
tremendously valuable if they were shared by all DFAEs. With Steve's sheer determination to learn
and reshape the unwieldy isPortal application, he has transformed the site into 9 compact and easy to use
sections with over 170 topics! Here's some feedback:"
Tom Huffman, Lattice Director Worldwide Distribution [former supervisor]
"I checked the portal yesterday and found a huge improvement and a lot of interesting stuff,
I didn't notice before. Good job!"
Alex Yourovski, Lattice FAE
"Hurray!!!!! The cavalry has arrived... : )"
Clark Wilkinson, Lattice Area Technical Manager
"The navigation is easy to use and easy to find information."
Ronald Doernte, Lattice Central Europe RSM
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