Based in Houston, Gary Skarke serves as a Partner at Allen Austin. He is a versatile business executive with a proven track record of transforming businesses through leading-edge technology, robotics, and automation.

 

He has expertise in leading the integration of the Industrial Internet of Things (IoT), digital transformation, and smart connected products. Gary is equally capable of building and managing high-performing project teams or working independently to enhance performance, strengthen competitive advantage, and increase bottom-line gains.

 

He is an engaging communicator who forges strong relationships with key internal and external stakeholders and helps people and companies transform their ways of working and technologies to improve organizational success.

Gary is focused on helping organizations and individuals improve their performance.

 

He has worked extensively with clients in the industrial, energy, energy services, healthcare and medical technology, real estate, utility, and public sectors. He has cultivated long-term relationships with clients that include Chevron/Texaco/Unocal, Weingarten Realty (now Kimco), Owen Healthcare/Cardinal, Schlumberger, Valero, PG&E, and Florida Power & Light.

 

His areas of expertise include:

• Strategic & Tactical Planning

• Organizational Development

• Talent Management

• Sales Management

• Business Process Improvement

• Training & Development

• Change Management

• Project Planning

• Team Building & Leadership

• Mergers & Acquisitions

• Operations Management

• Stakeholder Engagement

 

Gary has a Master of Business Administration in Finance and Accounting and a Bachelor of Business Administration in Management and Psychology, both from The University of Texas at Austin.

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He has been active on professional and community boards, including Mental Health America of Greater Houston, The Living Bank, St. Francis Episcopal Day School, and the Institute of Management Consulting Houston.

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Gary and his wife, Sally Anne, spend a lot of time with their five married children and 11 grandchildren. He delights in entertaining, planning creative menus, and hosting dinner parties for friends and family. To balance that, he regularly exercises at the gym and goes on hikes.

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