Gabriel Koch

Information Technology and Services Professional

Miami, Florida, United States

About

Experience

  • VP of Operations at FMD Group
    Jul 2013 - Present · 13 yrs

    Manage day to day operations of a Real Estate Organization, focused on buying hundreds of properties for investors across a number of markets.

  • Search Engine Analyst at Leapforce & Google
    Sep 2011 - Sep 2013 · 2 yrs 1 mo

    Help update search algorithms for the largest search engine in the world by analyzing results and comparative result investigation.

  • Founder & Administrator at Miamigraffiti.com
    Jan 2006 - Sep 2011 · 5 yrs 9 mos

    Created and maintained a website to catalog and document pictures of urban artwork & graffiti around the Miami / South Florida Area. Users could submit their own pictures into a searchable database, which currently has over 17,000 pictures in it. Responsibilities include: building and maintaining the website (in PHP, SQL, and HTML), dealing with users for submissions, updates, and maintenance, and photo editing.

  • Founder, Owner, and Manager at Narita Records
    Jan 2004 - Jan 2008 · 4 yrs 1 mo

    Contacted by a UK Distributor/Manufacturer to start a new label partnership with them. Produced over a dozen critically acclaimed releases, featured regularly on BBC Radio. Responsibilities included: Finding musical artists. Coordinating track selection & art direction of CDs and vinyl. Managing promotional artwork and graphics for releases, as well as marketing and tours for the artists & music on the label. Regular updates and maintenance on the label & artist websites.

  • Founder, Owner, and Manager at Merck Records
    Jan 2000 - Jan 2007 · 7 yrs 1 mo

    Founded and managed an electronic music record label. Produced over 100 physical releases, receiving honors including multiple inclusions in the “20 Best Underground Record Labels” list by Xlr8r magazine, and selection as Best Local Record Label by the Miami New Times in 2004. Responsibilities included: Finding musical artists. Coordinating track selection, art direction, and directly handling preparation, production, and manufacturing of physical musical releases. Dealing with multiple stores and distributors to have the music sold at outlets around the world. Arranging promotion, marketing and tours for the artists & music on the label. Administering updates and maintenance on the label & artists websites. Handling all aspects of accounting, collections, and payments for music sales to artists.