# Jeff Gower

> Jeff Gower is the CEO of MarketSpark, the Bannockburn, Illinois company betting that the millions of copper phone lines humming inside American buildings are on borrowed time. Since 2020 he has led the enterprise POTS-replacement business, swapping static, costly analog lines for managed 4G/5G-ready wireless that keeps elevators, fire alarms and fax machines talking after the copper is gone. An engineer by training with an MIT Sloan MBA, Gower spent two decades scaling mobility and B2B services businesses across the globe - Siemens Mobile, Brightstar, Samsung Electronics and Trux - before turning the unglamorous plumbing of enterprise telecom into a growth story backed by a $7M Series B.

- **Role:** Chief Executive Officer at MarketSpark, Inc.
- **Organizations:** MarketSpark, Inc., Trux, Samsung Electronics, Brightstar, Siemens Mobile
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** Bachelor's Degree, Engineering, Union College, MBA, Supply Chain & Operations, MIT Sloan School of Management, Certification, Managing the Extended Supply Chain, MIT Sloan School of Management, Certification, Developing Technology and Product Strategy, MIT Sloan School of Management
- **Known for:** Leads MarketSpark, positioned as the leading provider of enterprise POTS replacement solutions, Closed a $7 million Series B financing round led by IDT Corporation in April 2021, Grew MarketSpark's platform to serve 35 Fortune 500 companies

## Career timeline

- **1992** — Project Engineer at Turner Construction Company
- **1994** — Project Engineer/Manager at VHB, building the firm's first knowledge management platform
- **1997** — Consultant at Vertex Partners / Braun Consulting
- **2000** — Director of Business Development at USBuild.com
- **2001** — VP of Supply Chain Management at Siemens Mobile, launching products in North America
- **2004** — President and founder of the APAC region at Brightstar
- **2010** — Promoted to Global President of Services at Brightstar, expanding the wireless carrier service model
- **2012** — President of North America at Brightstar
- **2014** — EVP of Product Sales & Services at Samsung Electronics
- **2017** — Chief Executive Officer at Trux
- **2020** — Became Chief Executive Officer at MarketSpark, Inc.
- **2021** — Led MarketSpark's $7M Series B financing round backed by IDT Corporation

## Achievements

- Leads MarketSpark, positioned as the leading provider of enterprise POTS replacement solutions
- Closed a $7 million Series B financing round led by IDT Corporation in April 2021
- Grew MarketSpark's platform to serve 35 Fortune 500 companies
- Set the company's mission to replace over 36 million copper lines across North America
- Built and scaled Brightstar's wireless carrier service model from APAC into new global regions
- Launched Samsung's product services portfolio including Gift Cards, Loyalty/Membership and Deals & Offers

## Latest updates

- **2021-04** — MarketSpark closed a $7M Series B round led by IDT Corporation, adding IDT CEO Shmuel Jonas and Klein Enterprises CEO Daniel Klein to the board.
- **2021-04** — MarketSpark announced delivery of LTE/5G connectivity for POTS replacement using Cradlepoint routers.

## Links

- Website: https://marketspark.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/jeff-gower-4b016017
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/potsreplacement
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/potsreplacement

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Last updated: 2026-07-01