Gil Joins Buxbaum Group As Director Of Marketing

Furniture World Magazine

Edward Gil, a former Disney Interactive executive, has joined Buxbaum Group as director of marketing. In his new position, Gil was tapped by Buxbaum Group chief executive officer Paul Buxbaum to handle marketing for Buxbaum Group and its affiliate companies, as well as establish strategic initiatives for the company, working closely with chief operating officer David Ellis. Buxbaum Group and its affiliates provide services in the areas of turnaround management, downsizing strategies, asset appraisals and liquidations. Gil was previously co-founder/chief operating officer of SageMetrics Corporation, a provider of business intelligence data mining and warehousing services. Prior to that, he spent over four years at Disney Interactive as director, international business development and marketing. During that time, he established and grew the international side of Disney Interactive in Europe, Asia and Latin America. His background also includes positions as director of business development for Sony Corporation’s Columbia Tristar, licensing video and television properties worldwide, and as a business development/licensing consultant for National Geographic Television. Earlier in his career, Gil worked for 10 years in international commodity trading and ship chartering. A resident of Woodland Hills, Calif., Gil graduated from the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University with a BSFS in International Economics, and completed additional studies at Oxford University and the University of Madrid. Buxbaum Group, headquartered in Calabasas, provides inventory appraisals, auctions on both fixed and liquid assets, turnaround and crisis management, as well as other consulting services for banks and other financial institutions with retail, industrial, wholesale/distribution and consumer-product manufacturing clients. The firm also provides liquidation services on an equity or consultative basis for consumer-product inventories, machinery and equipment. Additionally, Buxbaum buys and sells consumer-product inventories on a close-out basis.