Greg Hockman began his involvement in sales and marketing of professional audio products in 1971 when he worked for Dr. Robert A. Moog, the “father of contemporary electronic music.”  During the mid 1970’s, Greg built custom equipment for, and worked and toured with, Emerson Lake and Palmer, Rick Wakeman, and YES.  Greg was the original importer of Soundcraft Consoles into North America in 1974 and opened Soundcraft’s first North American office in 1978.

    Moving to Electro-Voice in 1980, as Director of Marketing and Product Development for Music Products, Greg was on the development team for many of EV’s most successful M.I. and Professional Installed Sound products.  In 1984, Greg moved to California to take the position of Director of Sales and Marketing for QSC Audio Products where the company enjoyed tremendous success, becoming a major player in the professional amplifier market during his tenure. 

    In 1989, Greg opened Seabridge Audio Marketing, a manufacturer’s rep firm representing EAW and Crown.  Following record growth for EAW, Greg took a position as factory rep and Western Regional Manager at EAW.  In this position, Greg produced amazing sales growth for EAW before joining with Tom Carlile at TC Marketing to rep EAW and Crest Audio to raise the bar again.

    Greg and his wife Sunny bought Tom’s share of the company and opened GLS Marketing in 1995.  Losing Sunny to cancer, Greg’s bout with cancer, and the loss of EAW, all in 2003, made it difficult to continue with GLS.  Moving all of the lines to Mac West Group provided a smooth transition for our customers and manufacturers with no break in service or support. 

    GLS will focus its efforts on Fulcrum-Acoustic, Powersoft and Outline to better serve these manufacturers and our customers.