Global Market Management : Personnel

Bardy Hayes
Bardy Hayes is the founder of Global Market Management, his newest venture in quest of building the top brands in music performance technology. His career originated with years spent as a touring rock musician. Looking to get off the road, he opened and managed music and sound equipment stores in western Canada. This he followed with a fifteen-year stint in equipment distribution and then export sales, representing top pro audio and MI brands. In 2002, Bardy launched Global Market Management to capitalize on his wealth of contacts, his market expertise, and his passion for growing business. A connoisseur of Asian business and culture, Bardy manages the GMM team from his base in San Diego, California, and from various airports and hotels around the world.
Tim Walter
Tim Walter is a renaissance man of music and technology, exploring performance and production from all sides of the stage. In touring work he can be found mixing front of house, designing light shows, and playing instruments of all kinds. When the bus stops at home, the show must go on and sound systems are installed, events are managed, and records are made. His passion for DJing focuses all of this experience to create optimized systems from the source to the speakers, as expressed in monthly radio shows and club performances. Currently based in Bangkok, Thailand, he travels throughout Asia providing his unique blend of technical support and philosophy to the clients of Global Market Management. mixarchitekt.com
T.J. Baden
T.J. Baden is an authority across the spectrum of musical production. His creative prowess includes composition, performance and production on albums under the Sony-BMG label. His experience as a music industry consultant is book-ended by years spent as the senior sales VP for Taylor Guitars. Having launched a guitar brand under his own name, he joined Global Market Management to spearhead their musical instrument sales catalog. Currently based in California, T.J. provides the GMM team with a wealth of cross-cultural savvy in international sales and marketing.
Justin Perkins
Justin Perkins' initiation as a systems and service connoisseur came from the hospitality sector. He joined decks.co.uk in October of 2000, developing it into one of the most successful DJ outlets in the United Kingdom. His promotion to Director in 2005 opened the gate for him to flex his creative ingenuity, and resulted in his development of an e-commerce retail platform for the company. After emigrating to Australia in 2010, Justin joined Global Market Management, bringing his enterprising service ethic and his persuasive power of attracting market share. Justin is headquartered in Melbourne, Australia between extensive travels in the Pacific and Asian markets.
Kelly Trader
Kelly Trader's administrative and customer service skills have been applied to numerous sectors in the past ten years, including real estate, transportation, food service and the arts. Before joining Global Market Management, she divided her time between ownership and management of a small business, and production work on a documentary about domestic and international adoption and foster care. An ace with accounts management and sales tracking, Kelly facilitates the close client relationships that GMM is known for.