# Trey Gibson

> Trey Gibson is the co-founder and CEO of SPOTIO, a Dallas-area field sales software company he started in 2014 after a visibility crisis on his own outside sales team, where reps worked territories blind and managers had no idea what was happening in the field. A Texas Tech MBA who spent his early career running foam insulation and construction businesses in the DFW area, Gibson built SPOTIO into a mobile-first platform used by thousands of field reps for GPS activity tracking, territory mapping, and sales engagement. He raised a $4.5M Series A from Ballast Point Ventures in 2020 and now hosts the 'From the Field' podcast, interviewing sales leaders about how modern teams sell, scale, and win.

- **Role:** Co-founder and CEO at SPOTIO
- **Organizations:** SPOTIO, SeedSumo, Energywise Group, Canopy Construction, GZ Foam / Canopy Insulation
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** MBA, Texas Tech University - Rawls College of Business, Undergraduate degree, Texas Tech University - Rawls College of Business
- **Known for:** Founded and scaled SPOTIO into a field sales platform used by thousands of reps across B2C and enterprise B2B teams, Raised $4.5M Series A from Ballast Point Ventures (2020), bringing total funding to $5.1M, Built the company to roughly 70+ employees

## Career timeline

- **2005** — Became Managing Partner at GZ Foam / Canopy Insulation, growing it into a premier foam insulation company in the DFW area
- **2008** — Became Managing Partner at Canopy Construction and co-founded Energywise Group, landing a distribution contract with Bayer Material Sciences
- **2013** — Began mentoring startups at SeedSumo, a seed-stage mentorship program (through 2018)
- **2014** — Co-founded SPOTIO after a visibility crisis on his own field sales team; became CEO
- **2020** — Raised $4.5M Series A led by Ballast Point Ventures
- **2024** — Launched and hosts the 'From the Field' podcast interviewing sales leaders

## Achievements

- Founded and scaled SPOTIO into a field sales platform used by thousands of reps across B2C and enterprise B2B teams
- Raised $4.5M Series A from Ballast Point Ventures (2020), bringing total funding to $5.1M
- Built the company to roughly 70+ employees
- Hosts the 'From the Field' podcast: 40 episodes, 100k downloads, listeners in 5 countries

## Latest updates

- **2024-08** — Actively publishing on LinkedIn about field sales leadership, including a piece on the five universal traits of elite field sales reps
- **2024-01** — Hosting the 'From the Field' podcast, interviewing sales and go-to-market leaders

## Links

- Website: https://spotio.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/treygibson
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/getspotio
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@spotio
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spotio
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/spotio

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Last updated: 2026-07-07