Who Joe Sullivan is
Sullivan co-founded Gorilla 76 with Jon Franko in 2006 and leads business development. He has advised the owners, presidents, and marketing leaders of hundreds of American manufacturers1. Gorilla 76 is now a fully remote team of 362, and Franko serves as a managing member and co-founder3.
The Manufacturing Executive
He hosts The Manufacturing Executive, a podcast on growth strategy for manufacturing leaders that has published more than 300 episodes since 2020, and co-founded the Industrial Marketing Summit, a yearly conference in Austin, Texas1.
Background
A Milwaukee native, Sullivan earned degrees in business and art from Washington University in St. Louis and was named to the St. Louis Business Journal 30 Under 30 class in 20111.
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Photo: Gorilla 76, Joe Sullivan.




