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Gary F. Kimmons is Chairman, President, CEO and founder of M Power Entertainment Inc., a public corporation specializing in new entertainment industry products and services. Originally known as GK Intelligent Systems, Inc., Mr. Kimmons’ company created a key learning technology (Smart OneSM) chosen as the United Nations Flag Technology for software. Gary’s company successfully associated the Smart One brand with other national brands including National Geographic, The Smithsonian, Radio Shack, AOL, and others. Mr. Kimmons established all of the business processes and services for the Company and took the Company to a $500 million market cap. In 2002 he successfully re-launched the Company after operations ceased due to a takeover attempt. In order to facilitate the re-launch Mr. Kimmons negotiated key acquisitions of profitable private entertainment and Lifestyle ventures, and has shifted the company’s focus to a next-generation media and entertainment corporation providing a diversified portfolio of state-of-the-art entertainment and media resources.
Mr. Kimmons has over 30 years of distinguished experience in creating market-driven concepts for successful projects and enterprises. A business entrepreneur and technology/marketing visionary, Mr. Kimmons is uniquely talented in his ability to identify and leverage key market trends. Prior to founding the Company, Mr. Kimmons was president, CEO and founder of Gary Anthony, INC., a corporation marketing specialized business improvement products to the petroleum industry (upstream and downstream) and the federal government (USDOT) from 1988 to1992. From 1981 to1987 Mr. Kimmons served as a manager in Human Resource Development at Reading & Bates Corporation. Mr. Kimmons was the Director of Training and Development at the Smith International from 1978 to1981. Prior to that Mr. Kimmons worked at Geosource, Inc. as a corporate management development specialist. He has also worked for First City Bank and Bell Telephone Laboratories, where he was a Member of the Technical Staff.
Mr. Kimmons has obtained several notable accomplishments throughout his career. He created the Human Achievement Foundation to foster innovation in achievement. He developed an award winning and patented learning software technology (Smart One). Mr. Kimmons won the Silver Medal at the New York Film Festival for an education film entitled Making Whole. The educational company he created, GK Intelligent Systems, was awarded top honors by the retailers of America.
Mr. Kimmons graduated from William Marsh Rice University with a bachelor’s degree in Behavioral Science and holds a masters degree in Management Science from Stevens Institute of Technology/Rutgers.
A key theme of Mr. Kimmons’ professional career has been personal empowerment. His empowerment concepts play a key role in the companies with which he is affiliated. | 