About G2

Formed in 1990, G2 is dedicated to being the representative of choice for our manufacturers, as well as delivering industry leading technical and sales support to our customers.  We are devoted to insure the highest degree of customer satisfaction, while playing an integral role in recommending and implementing designs/technologies to our customers. 

Located in the Southeast USA, G2 is the largest technically focused manufacturers’ representative with 10 Field Sales Engineers covering the states of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee.  Our Team is one of the most experienced in the industry.  This experience, combined with market knowledge and a strong grasp of our manufactures’ capabilities, provides us with a unique position to develop and promote product solutions for our customers.

Locations

GA/E. TN
5555 Bannergate Drive
Johns Creek, GA 30022
800-648-8978
Mark Bowers
VP/Marketing/Partner

AL/MS/W. TN
4950 Corporate Drive Suite 145
Huntsville, AL. 35805
800-648-8978
Heath Christopher
VP/Partner

NC/SC
305 Rutherglen Drive
Cary, NC. 27511
800-648-8978
Jeff Chandler
President/Partner

FL
550 North Reo St.
Suite 300
Tampa, FL. 33609
800-648-8978
Steve Doherty
VP/CFO/Partner

Management Team

Jeff Chandler

Jeff Chandler

President

Raleigh, NC

Has over 30 years’ experience & knowledge of the electronics industry. Prior to his current role at G2, Jeff was the President of two start-up companies selling RAID Storage Systems to IBM & Dell. Jeff also worked at Nortel Networks in DMS-10 Hardware Development & Schneider Electric in Industrial Controls. He completed his Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering & was a research assistant in the PhD program at NC State University. Jeff’s multiple years of success with IBM, Lenovo and Cisco provide a strong position as an effective leader of G2’s Carolina operations.

Jeff has his Masters of Science, Electrical Engineering Degree from North Carolina State University

Mark Bowers

Mark Bowers

Vice President

Atlanta, GA

Mark has over 30 years experience & knowledge of the electronics industry.  Prior to joining G2 Mark has been with several semiconductor manufacturers including Microchip, Microsemi, Zarlink, Legerity, and AMD, holding a variety of positions in field applications, sales, and management.  While at Microsemi Mark had regional sales responsibility for the Southeast U.S. and South America.  He also served as the WW strategic account manager for Arris, ADTRAN, and Technicolor.  While at Zarlink, Mark was the Field Applications Manager for all the Americas.  Prior to joining the semiconductor industry Mark was a design engineer/manager for about 8 years at Lockheed Martin in Orlando.

This unique blend of technical and global sales expertise is key to driving strategic sales for our principles in the territory.

Mark holds a Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering Degree from Carnegie-Mellon University and a Masters Business Administration Degree from Rollins College

Heath Christopher

Heath Christopher

Vice President

Huntsville, AL

Has over 30 years experience & knowledge of the electronics industry. Prior to Heath’s current role as Territory Director at G2, Heath was Technical Sales Director for TxPort in Huntsville, AL. Heath joined G2 in 1995 as Inside Sales & has worked effectively to direct & formulate G2’s corporate distribution & Inside Sales strategy. Heath assumed the role of Territory Director in 2001 for the Alabama market & has provided strong leadership to help grow this territory for G2.

Steve Doherty

Steve Doherty

Vice President

Tampa, FL

Has over 26 years experience & knowledge of the electronics industry. Prior to joining G2, Steve served as the Regional Manager for NuHorizons Electronics in Florida. Before joining NuHorizons, Steve was a Salesman with an OEM representative company in Tampa, FL. Very few individuals have been directly involved in this market’s technology growth as Steve has. His depth of applicable experience as a manager & salesman, coupled with his network of contacts, provides an understanding of Florida as a market that is quite thorough & extensive.

Steve has his Business Degree from Florida State University’s College of Business

FSE Team

Nghi Tran

Nghi Tran

FSE

Orlando, FL

Has over 25 years experience & knowledge of the electronics industry. Prior to joining G2 in 2008, Nghi worked as an FAE and technical manager specializing in processor architecture and then display technologies.

Nghi has his BSEE degree from the University of Florida.

Ray Nery

Ray Nery

FSE

Tampa, FL

Results proven Sales Engineer with 25 years experience in electronic manufacturing, test, and design engineering prior to entering the technical sales side of our industry. Experience is our foundation and our combined success depends on knowing our customer’s markets, and continuously driving our manufacturers resources, technologies, and design services to align solutions with our customer’s product engineering requirements today and in the future.

Ray has his AS, Electronic Engineering Technology degree from Tampa Technical Institute

Steve Chapple

Steve Chapple

FSE

Orlando, FL

Steve has 34 years of Technical Sales and Regional Sales Management experience in the SE and Florida with most recently 7 years FSE Cymbet Corporation (startup), 14 years as RSM for Cypress Semiconductor and 11 years as FSE Texas Instruments.

Steve has his BSEE, University of Science and Technology – Rolla, Mo.

Jeff Schachte

Jeff Schachte

FSE

Charlotte, NC

Has over 25 years experience & knowledge of the electronics industry.  Prior to joining G2 in 2006, Jeff was an FAE at Wyle and Arrow electronics.  His background includes electronic design of control systems and manufacturing for capital equipment of surface mount assembly equipment.

Jeff has his BSEE, Electrical Engineering degree for North Carolina State University.

Cesar Vargas

Cesar Vargas

FSE

Orlando, FL

Cesar has over 25 years of sales experience in the semiconductor and electronics components industry in Business Development and Customer Relations Management. Cesar started in electronics distribution as a Field Applications Engineer in the Florida market. He has held positions as Area Sales Manager and Technical Sales Engineer as a Manufacturer’s Representative prior to joining G2 for the Florida territory. Cesar has experience with Electromechanical Components, Electronics Packaging, Programmable Logic Devices, Micro Controllers and Processors, and Power for Military, Aerospace, Space, Industrial and Commercial applications.

Cesar has a BSEET, Electrical Engineering Technology degree from the University of Central Florida. Cesar is bilingual, fluent in Spanish.