GoTools works with owners and senior managers to apply the power of the Internet to their businesses. staffed with professional marketers and Internet technologists, GoTools is highly qualifed to help people in business identify market opportunities and risks, develop competitive strategies, and implement programs that take full advantage of the Internet.
Mike Sullivan founded GoTools in 1999. He did management consulting immediately after graduating from the Stanford Business School with majors in Finance and Marketing. Later, Mike managed calculator product lines at Hewlett-Packard which were HP's top profit margin producers at that time and generated over 8% of the company's gross sales for several years. He has designed and implemented interactive web-based applications for Organic Online, Montara Creative Group, and worked on eCommerce sites such as Starbucks and the San Francisco Art Institute. A graduate of MIT in electrical engineering, Mike hails from Kansas City and lives in San Mateo, CA.
Dick Williams brings expertise in designing and implementing marketing and promotional pragrams for business and government. Formerly Deputy Director for Environmental and Community Relations for the California Department of Transportation and Public Relations Director of California Manufacturers' Association, Dick is listed in Who's Who in the West. He is a longtime member of the San Francisco Public Relations Roundtable, the oldest public relations consultants body in the United States. Originally from Southern California, Dick lives in Berkeley.
Larry Mesple brings operations and marketing experience to GoTools. He subdivided, built homes, and marketed for Kaiser Aetna after graduating from the Stanford Business School. Later he founded real estate development and home building firms operating in California and the Ohio Valley. He also brings to GoTools retail experience and communications skills as well as international experience with the Agency for International Development. A native of Fresno, CA, Larry lives in Sonoma.
Pierre Haubursin provides further Internet technical expertise to GoTools, having worked in leading semiconductor companies in telecommunications and data communications in both Silicon Valley and Europe. A graduate in electrical engineering from the Catholic University of Louvain in Belgium, and with an MBA from the Leavey School of Business at Santa Clara University, Pierre assists GoTools with client projects in the United States and Europe.