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With over 18 years of experience in overcoming an incredibly wide array of challenges, Gary Gustafson and G-Force Consulting Inc. have helped numerous enterprises achieve their business goals.


Symtec Inc.--Makers of Heat Demons heated grips and vests

Gary Gustafson was the lead consultant on the 2010 acquisition of Symtec Inc, a manufacturer of heated grips, seats and vests for motorcycles and off-road vehicles. G-Force Consulting Inc. provided competitive environment data, opportunities for growth, marketing expertise and more to the new ownership both before and after the acquisition was completed.

"Gary has been incredibly helpful to me throughout both the acquisition and purchase of Symtec, Inc. Prior to the purchase he did extensive, detailed, and accurate research on the company, providing me with a report with both data and suggestions.

During the transition period, he helped with developing our product development pipeline and process, lending his extensive industry knowledge to help us to upgrade our processes.

Gary’s industry connections and knowledge have been a tremendous asset to me and my company, I would recommend him to anyone looking for M&A analysis in the powersports industry, as well as anyone looking to improve their technical development processes."

Riley Harlan,
President of Symtec Inc.

ATVSilencer.com--makers of
"The Silent Rider" ATV exhausts

Gary Gustafson of G-Force Consulting Inc. played a major consulting role in the transition of this business from the previous owner to the new ownership, including advising on marketing plans, sales channels, and product adjacencies.


Anonymous Corporation

A multi-national corporation hired Gary Gustafson as lead consultant on an acquisition of a major power sports supplier. The target's future sales were determined to be tenuous, particularly because one of the target's major customers had a reputation for multi-sourcing their products to maintain competitiveness. G-Force Consulting recommended against the acquisition on grounds that the target's technology was not industry-leading and their sales projections were too optimistic. One year after the acquisition fell through, the worst-case scenario for the target did unfortunately develop--however G-Force Consulting's client was spared the potential loss they would've incurred as owners.









E-Z-GO

Gary Gustafson played an important role in
E-Z-GO's re-entry into the UTV market. E-Z-GO acquired Bad Boy Buggies and also leveraged other business strategy and technology to begin to fill out their model line up. Stay tuned!

ARGO

ARGO's in-house marketing consultant contracted with Gary Gustafson of G-Force Consulting Inc. to spice up their press releases for their segment-shattering amphibious vehicles. The new press releases are relevant and captivating for their audience while providing concise technical specifications.



Bad Boy Buggy XT

A team put together by Gary Gustafson developed the basic suspension, chassis and electrical system design for the 2009 XT as well as steering Bad Boy Buggies towards industry-leading vendors for many of the systems and components. New management at Bad Boy assumed ownership of the work and has since carried the design forward.

TeamFAST Airwave Suspension

Gary Gustafson developed the electronics for this award-winning aftermarket snowmobile suspension, which dramatically improves the useable "bandwidth" of the snowmobile permitting the rider all-day comfort even when riding aggressively in rugged terrain.

Much of the initial design of the Bad Boy Buggy XT was completed by G-Force, but later taken over by Bad Boy Enterprises.In 2006, Gary Gustafson's CatComm system developed for Arctic Cat won "Best New Innovation" award from American Snowmobiler.While employed by an anonymous electric vehicle manufacturer, Gary Gustafson successfully de-bugged a serious electronic issue involving transient voltages.
While employed by Polaris Industries, Gary Gustafson was project leader on an instrument cluster that has been in mass production for 10 years--with more than 1,000,000 pieces in the field.Gary Gustafson was the lead consultant on the acquisition of Symtec by The Harlan Company. Since the acq, G-Force Consulting continues to assist with business growth."Gary Gustafson developed substantial new advertising accounts for our industry-leading publications Supertrax and All Terrain Vehicle magazine"--Matt Lester, Managing Editor
FALLBROOK TECHNOLOGIES CORP.

"Gary has well-rounded experience in the powersports industry, and his expertise with electric vehicle systems proved particularly valuable. We relied on him to deliver on-time and he was a key partner for us.”

Matthew Simister
Engineering Manager, Primary Transmissions
Fallbrook Technologies Corporation
Gary Gustafson was instrumental in Fallbrook Technologies' entry into the electric ORV drive train market.Gary Gustafson was the lead consultant on the 2011 acquisition of Benz Silent Rider by Quad Fab Incorporated.