30: Opening New Doors of Opportunity with Mike Gamble

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We’re delighted to have Mike Gamble, the Co-founder, President, and CEO of SearchWide™ joining us on the podcast. Mike has had a tremendous amount of experience in our industry. In today’s episode, he shares his knowledge and many nuggets of information about where our industry is heading, diversity, inclusion, the skills you need to focus on to prepare yourself for the future, how to start developing your own business, and ways to find new clients.</span></p> <p><strong>Mike Gamble’s bio:</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Since co-founding SearchWide™ in 1999, Mike’s primary focus has been to ensure that SearchWide™ exceeds client and candidate expectations every day. While striving to add value and develop new opportunities for SearchWide™, Mike keeps the team focused on its core mission. Through his cooperative leadership style, he creates a secure and productive environment for the team’s success. Mike handles C-Level searches across all sectors of business and often assists other recruiters with their assignments.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Before serving as President & CEO of SearchWide™, Mike served as Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing for the Philadelphia Convention and Visitors Bureau (PCVB). During that time, the Philadelphia Business Journal named him one of the city’s most successful business leaders under the age of 40. While at the PCVB, he was integral in recruiting the sales team that worked with him to attract nearly every major convention in the hospitality industry, including Meeting Professionals International (MPI), American Society of Association Executives (ASAE), and the 2000 Republican National Convention. Previously, Mike spent 9 years with Marriott International in various sales leadership positions in Dallas, San Antonio, and Chicago.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Mike is active in all of the industry associations and served as chairman of the MPI Foundation Board of Trustees. He has also ser