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1) Name?

Patricia Lloyd

2) How did you get to gap intelligence?

The story begins 22 years ago when I dropped my son off at preschool, and another mom asked me if I’d like a part-time job going into stores and writing down pricing for printers. My only thought was, if I could make enough money to hire a maid, I’d be thrilled. That ...

At gap intelligence we take pride in ‘doing great’ for each other, our clients, and our community. When doing great for each other, we must recruit talented and dedicated employees who will give our organization the best opportunity to grow. It’s not just important to get the right people on the bus, but the right ...

gap intelligence follows a cultivation culture, which means we intend to succeed by growing people to fulfil our vision.  As part of our company’s efforts to improve, every gapper gets their own education budget to spend growing their skill set, obtaining certifications, focusing on professional development, and generally bettering ...

1) Name

Mike MacDonald

2) How did you get to gap intelligence?

During my 5 year gig at Active Network, I was fortunate to cross paths with Michelle Monaco (then Michelle Nation). While we never found ourselves working directly on the same team, I got to know her as a friend and gained a ton of respect for her as a project manager and human ...

1) Name:

Stefani Zaki

2) How did you get to gap intelligence?

I graduated from San Diego State in 2016 with a degree in Communication and was eager to start a big girl job with my big girl brain. Growing up, I have always been passionate about helping people who are less fortunate and I wanted to develop my career in that field. I started ...

1) Name:

Jenny Pletner

2) How did you get to gap intelligence?

Before gap (BG), I was an IT/IS project manager for serveral years. I managed teams of developers, integrated master schedulers, and all types of technical projects. I loved it but yearned to be a more integral part of the actual technical implementation. I enrolled ...

1) Name:

Courtney Capobianco

2) How did you get to gap intelligence?

After graduating from UCSD, I moved to the Bay Area and began my career working as research scientist. As great as the Bay Area is, I always wondered why I left San Diego. Fast forward 4.5 years and I was finally able to make my way back and decided that it was time to try ...

Anyone ever wonder if there are other people as obsessed with their pets as us? Well wonder no longer! gap intelligence is flooded with enthusiastic pet parents, most of which would probably jump in front of a moving bus for our furry (or non-furry) friends (we do not encourage jumping in front a bus). For many folks it is therapeutic to stare ...

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, national unemployment rates have dropped from 9.8% in 2010 to 3.9% as of April 30, 2018, creating a tight maket. The dilemma of employers is how to adapt to a smaller pool of applicants, while recruting top talent. Additionally, how do companies aggressively go after the best candidates ...

gap intelligence's Drives for Rides has offically turned 6! The Sixth Annual Drives for Rides benefitting the Emilio Nares Foundation (this year offically known as the Sith Annual Drives for Rides in honor of Star Wars Day) has come and gone, quicker than the millenium falcon make the Kessel Run.

I have been fortunate to be a part of ...

Bust out your golf clubs, the Sith Annual Drives for Rides benefitting the Emilio Nares Foundation is just around the corner! Drives for Rides is our annual chaity golf tournament benefitting the Emilio Nares Foundation. Richard and Diane Nares lost their only son, Emilio, to cancer when he was just 5-years-old. Turning tragedy into ...

1) Name:

Zachary King

2) How did you get to gap intelligence?

I was actually at gap intelligence before I was an employee. I am a member of Toastmasters and was coming to the gap intelligence San Diego office each week for our Toastmasters meetings. During those meetings, I mingled with a few current gappers, and that was all she wrote. The ...

Name?

Jason Barry

How did you get to gap intelligence?

Originally from Orange County, I graduated from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo with both a degree in Finance and a desire not to move north to San Francisco along with most of my peers. Like the NFL team closest to my hometown, I was faced with the difficult decision to move to either Los Angeles ...

Picture yourself sitting in your manager’s office. You are completely stressed and overwhelmed and share that you need help. Your manager proceeds to tell you that you need to delegate. I am going to bet that at least of few of you have been in that chair in that scenario. Many of you either rolled your eyes or had the internal dialogue ...

If you are a regular here at the Mind the Gap blog, you have surely noticed us discussing gap intelligence’s culture and core values. At gap intelligence, gappers live by the five core values that are the foundation of the company’s identity. 

• Ownership

• Passion

• Professionalism 

• Transparency

• Willingness

If you ...

Name:

Monica Mangaliman

How did you get to gap intelligence?

After graduating from Cal Poly Pomona, I moved back to my beloved hometown of San Diego and started working at the YMCA. After two years, I was itching for something new so I took to the popular job sites. A few weeks in, out of curiosity, I decided to check Craigslist out. By chance, ...

It is back to school time once again! In case you missed the Hogwarts Express September 1st (and didn't have access to a Flying Ford Anglia), don't worry!  In honor of the start of the Hogwarts school term, gap intelligence is launching our very own Wizarding World of Market Intelligence Reports. Providing you with all ...

What is gapCon?

In short, gapCon is an annual event put on by gap intelligence that is considered to be the company’s “Most Valuable Day of the Year”! As part of the committee, I have gotten a chance to see how truly fun and special this event is for gap intelligence. Each year we pick a theme (this year it was gapConnect), ...

Every year gap intelligence hosts its own internal convention, appropriately named gapCon. It’s the most valuable day of the year. This year, the theme of gapCon was Connected. The event focused on becoming even more connected with our coworkers (through an awesome game of gapper-based trivia). It was a gaptastic day and I was ...

At gap intelligence, it sometimes feels like we are speaking our own language. When you first arrive you will likely hear people throwing around all sorts of crazy words and acronyms like, “Upload your gfd into the gfdb and look out for bfd!” You will probably smile and nod as if you know what they are talking about, all the while ...

As an avid hiker, there are many lessons one learns out on the trail that can easily be applied to office life. Whether you are a manager or leader in your company, these lessons can provide valuable insight to putting your best foot or hiking boot forward.

Life on the trail makes you incredibly aware of yourself and personal surroundings. ...

As gappers, we pride ourselves on our passion and being inspired by life. We are passionate about each other, our clients, and our community! We live a high five culture – we celebrate both personal & professional successes and most importantly we break for group snack attack every Wednesday morning. Following a successful team ...

At gap intelligence you see it everywhere, we are a values-led company. It is on our website, our email signatures, our facebook, heck we even have a Value-Sled. Get it? But there is a big difference in saying we are values-led and actually leading by those values. If you aren’t familiar with our core values here at gap they are: ...

I was fortunate enough to attend RailsConf 2017 in Phoenix, AZ. Me and my friend-fellow gapper Eugene spent three days listening to keynotes, attending different sessions and participating in various workshops. While there were many great topics and speakers, one of the most talks I found most impactful was about (surprise) developers ...

Name:

Ashley Levy

How did you get to gap intelligence?

It was a dark and stormy night, sheets of rain layered the ground while the wind howled through the leaves and over the ocean, pushing and pulling me from one job listing to the next. Without a second’s notice, a dark figure emerged in the distance from beyond the fog: land. As a ...

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Joanna Sullivan

How did you get to gap?

After graduating from San Diego State University, I was pretty lost on where and when to start my career search.  All I knew was that I wanted to stay in sunny San Diego and become a part of something significant. Within a few months of soul-searching, I was brought to gap’s website and ...

What follows is a carefully curated and extremely professional list of things I have learned since starting at gap intelligence. Pay close attention, this information is IMPORTANT. Should you ever be lucky enough to someday call yourself a gapper, I am giving you valuable trade secrets, free of charge. Many parts of this list fall into what ...

"Hey! You're wearing an unusually high number of watches," said the tipsy guy at the top of the stairs at the baseball game.  I laughed and agreed without trying to explain. I was on day 7 of my ridiculous-looking experiment and he was the first person to state the obvious instead of just staring awkwardly.

The Experiment

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Name:

Dwaine Smith

How did you get to gap?

I was lucky enough to be born and raised in beautiful San Diego. After deciding I needed to finish school and join the “Adult World,” I tried my hand at several jobs that piqued my interest. I was a special education/statistics teacher at High Tech High Chula Vista. After my time in ...

It was announced at our annual Kickoff meeting in January that gap intelligence had generously purchased Fitbits for the entire office. Yes, we were all to receive a beautiful new Fitbit with the added incentive of a 'friendly' competition amongst the team. To the employee who 'stepped it up' more than any other, goes the ...

We here at gap intelligence are passionate about our values. We are, after all, a Values-led Company, and we strive to contribute to something bigger than ourselves. One way we do that is through what we call 3Ts – Time, Treasure & Talent. Throughout the year our 3Ts committee organizes events and gives gappers an opportunity to give ...

Gappers are passionate people. We are passionate about each other, our clients, our community, and are inspired by life! To explore more about what drives our team, resident hedgehog, Herbie, sat down with gappers in a series we like to call: Words with Herbs.

Name?

Nathan Sanfaçon

How did you get to gap?

I grew up in Boulder, ...

Gappers are passionate people. We are passionate about each other, our clients, our community, and are inspired by life! To explore more about what drives our team, resident hedgehog, Herbie, sat down with gappers in a series we like to call: Words with Herbs.

Name?

Andrew Edelson

How did you get to gap?

After about five months of job ...

Pricing from brick and mortar retail stores is a major part of gap intelligence data that helps us keep our finger on the pulse of timely, accurate, and actionable industry vitals. While many people are somewhat surprised that online and in-store pricing can vary so widely, finding and reporting these differences are of great importance to our ...

When it comes to an employee’s first couple of weeks at a new job there can be a lot of names to remember, an overload of information, and let’s face it - confusion as you try to learn the ropes. Although I won’t go as far to say that gap has completely eliminated all these issues that can arise during an onboarding process, ...

Recently, a group of gappers went on a camping adventure in the Laguna Mountains, east of San Diego. We gappers do enjoy getting together outside of the office, and we do love our pets! We’ve petitioned for a doggie day care on site, but unfortunately that has not come to fruition - something about it being against the building code, ...

Gappers are passionate people. We are passionate about each other, our clients, our community, and are inspired by life! To explore more about what drives our team, resident hedgehog, Herbie, sat down with gappers in a series we like to call: Words with Herbs.

Name?

Olivia Rockeman

How did you get to gap?

I grew up in San Diego and was ...

As part of the gap intelligence sales team, I was so excited to leave my remote office in New York, and head back to my home country of Japan for our semi-annual presentation tour alongside CEO Gary Peterson and printer analysts, Valerie and Keenan. We traveled all over Japan by Shinkansen bullet trains, visiting nine clients and prospects in ...

Gappers are passionate people. We are passionate about each other, our clients, our community, and are inspired by life! To explore more about what drives our team, resident hedgehog, Herbie, sat down with gappers in a series we like to call: Words with Herbs.

Name?

Kristina Rae Broome

How did you get to gap?

My brother is a gapper and spread ...

Gappers are passionate people. We are passionate about each other, our clients, our community, and are inspired by life! To explore more about what drives our team, resident hedgehog, Herbie, sat down with gappers in a series we like to call: Words with Herbs.

Name?

Jonathan Vu

How did you get to gap?

It all started with my interest in ...

Gappers are passionate people. We are passionate about each other, our clients, our community, and are inspired by life! To explore more about what drives our team, resident hedgehog, Herbie, sat down with gappers in a series we like to call: Words with Herbs.

Name?

Julia DeJesus

How did you get to gap?

I am originally from northern ...

Most companies will say that hiring is the most important thing to ensure their success. gap intelligence is no different. We focus on bringing in good people who will not only be awesome tactical additions but who also align themselves with our core values and beliefs. If you’re reading this blog, chances are you’ve seen those ...

Gappers are passionate people. We are passionate about each other, our clients, our community, and are inspired by life! To explore more about what drives our team, resident hedgehog, Herbie, sat down with gappers in a series we like to call: Words with Herbs.

Name:

Sarah Swanson

How did you get to gap intelligence?

The journey that brought me ...

Here at gap intelligence we take pride in being a values-led company. We are passionate about our clients, each other, and our community. Luckily, gap is located in beautiful San Diego and while gap has had offices located throughout the entire city, we have found a home in Liberty Station for the past 5 years. Just like how gap has grown and ...

A few months back, I was charged with promoting gapCon, gap intelligence’s most valuable day of the year, with a little game called Hide-a-Herbie.  The task seemed simple enough: hide our mascot “Herbie” somewhere in the office, rewarding his discovery with a prize related to the conference.  The game seemed like a ...

My name is Danielle, I work in data ops on the home appliance team, and I am a crazy pet parent. Luckily, here at gap I am surrounded by other crazy pet parents! I should have guessed that people who are so passionate about data and business intelligence would also be equally passionate about their pets.

In addition to providing an introduction ...

Hello there, my name is Chris Ortega and I am the newest employee here at gap intelligence. Today I just wanted to introduce myself to everyone by sharing with you what my interests and hobbies are.  This way if you see something that we have a shared interest in we can talk about it or go out and do one of them together.  If we ...

Hello!

My name is Alison LeKander and I started at gap intelligence earlier this year.  I am working in Data Operations for Consumables, specifically for Laser Printer Supplies. The other gappers at the office are awesome and everyone has been friendly from day one. I got the opportunity to truly experience the good nature of my new ...

In my blog post this week, I will show my findings from a regression analysis done on the correlation between Rushing Yards in a given game vs Defensive Rushing Yards Allowed. Contrary to popular belief, Fantasy Football is not a game of complicated stats, but a game of simple choices made in your initial draft and the subsequent lack of ...

Hey All! My name is Danielle Regello, I have been working at gap for a few months now in the Laundry and Home Appliances categories, and I am loving it!

Outside of work, I enjoy cooking, snuggling my adorable dog and practicing yoga. Most nights you will find me at home, glass of wine in hand, trying out recipes and testing them on my guinea ...

Anyone who knows me will tell you that I’m a huge science goober. My time is generally split between the lab and here at gap. While busy, I absolutely love both of the things that I do. My research ventures into neuroimmunology, where I focus primarily on immunotherapy to combat glioblastoma multiforme, the most common form of brain cancer. ...

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If you follow this blog or gap intelligence on Facebook, it may take you five minutes to realize that we are hedgehog crazy.  We have pictures of Herbie the Hedgehog, gap university’s mascot, from locations all over the world.  Herbie is pictured at company events, on the road in Haiti, eating food, and even driving cars! ...

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Here at GapU we're super stoked to start planning all the fun/educational student activities for the duration of the new year. To kick things off, we've invited gap intelligence camera analyst extraordinaire, Scott Peterson to join our Board of Directors. Scott was voted People's Choice at the 2011 Gappy Awards ...

• The holidays are in full force and all of us here at gap intelligence are anxiously awaiting the holiday parade in Ocean Beach where we will participate with our very own retro Christmas themed float.


• We had a ...

Hi. My name is Herbie. I am short. Like, really short. I am covered in hair. I have the pleasure of being gap intelligence’s company mascot. My hobbies include curling up in a ball when the going gets tough and playing hide and seek throughout the office. I am a hedgehog and I am totally awesome! Whenever one of the humans in the office finds ...

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Almost one year ago today I wrote a blog piece about gap intelligence’s new experiment on health insurance. gap intelligence, like millions of other small companies across the country, kept a very close eye on expenses as the global economy came to a grinding halt.

Gap turned 7 last month!