Gruber Phillips is a boutique-style, privately owned service agency whose principals have cultivated an expertise in successfully supporting the goals of clients in the Economic Development industry and Corporate New Business Development since 1994.
The Founder
Since 1987, Amy Gruber Phillips has managed sales, marketing and research teams, representing organizations that manufacture and/or sell tangible goods as well as those that offer intangible services. Her corporate work-experience includes executive management positions at Broadcast Music Incorporated, MISCO Computer Supplies (now Global Computer Systems) and Group C Communications (publishers of Business Facilities Magazine and Today’s Facility Manager).Amy’s mentor, Lee Van Vechten, founded the American Telemarketing Association and earned a worldwide reputation for developing strong managers and successful inside sales and marketing teams. Mr. Van Vechten’s training methods, sales techniques and performance and results monitoring procedures are incorporated into all Gruber Phillips programs.
Amy is a graduate of Michigan State University where she majored in Television & Radio with a curriculum that encompassed not only Radio and TV applications, but also Marketing Science with an emphasis on Communication and Presentation skills. Amy also pursued multiple minors in Music and Sociology.
In addition to her current role as President/CEO of Gruber Phillips International, Amy also is a composer and occasionally appears with a musical combo in NYC and New Jersey.
The diverse nature of Amy’s academic, business and personal pursuits has established a well-rounded foundation for building creative teams and for providing agile, refreshed and effective support to the goals of Gruber Phillips’ diverse client base.
The Team
A vibrant ensemble of mixed backgrounds and perspectives, this smart and dedicated team includes professionals who have prior experience in research and analysis for merger and acquisition projects, as well as venture capital consulting, journalism and marketing.
The commonality among all is the spirit of good service, good work and good fun while offering specialized, individual attention to each client.
When appropriate, we
incorporate the assistance of strategic partners to enhance a program’s scope and goals, and these select industry partners inject their 'finger on the pulse’ insight and guidance to further enrich our strategy implementation.
Gruber Phillips continues to evolve in ways that will deepen our understanding of our clients’ needs so that we may adapt with them to changing business climates and provide significant and effective assistance in achieving their goals.
The Group’s combined qualities of
professionalism and experience, in
addition to their concern for the results
of each client’s program, allows Gruber Phillips to fulfill the role of an effective, strategic marketing partner, offering the most reliable and competent telephone representation in the industry.
