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The gig: David Glickman, 51, is co-founder and chief executive of Ultra Mobile, a prepaid mobile carrier that provides low-cost, no-contract SIM cards with a focus on immigrants living in the U.S. The Costa Mesa company leases wireless telephone and data infrastructure from T-Mobile.

The pitch: Glickman said Ultra draws customers who can’t afford the high cost of overseas calls or who don’t want the complications of using a calling card. The customer provides the phone and buys an Ultra SIM card from independent wireless stores or other retailers including Target, CVS and 7-Eleven. Plans start at $19 a month for, as Glickman puts it, “unlimited everything” in the U.S. and internationally.

Fast starter: Ultra Mobile topped Inc. magazine’s 2015 list of the nation’s fastest growing private companies, based on the firm’s 2014 revenue of $118 million after only three years of operation. It was the second time that the Los Angeles native received that accolade. Glickman also ran Inc.’s fastest growing company of 1998, a telecom operation called Justice Technology.

Affluenza vaccine: Growing up among children who seemed to have an endless supply of things, including cars, Glickman said he felt like “the poorest kid in Beverly Hills.” But his father, Albert, a real estate developer, and his mother, Judy, a homemaker for four children, were adamant. “If I wanted it, I had to work to go get it. I learned at an early age to be an entrepreneur,” Glickman said. Some of the teens who “were receiving anything they ever wanted kind of thing ended up with afflicted with affluenza. It kills motivation.”

Birdman: In addition to getting part-time work at a grocery store as a teenager, Glickman realized that pet stores were selling him the birds he loved for $20, but paying him $4 for their offspring. He wound up buying birds from importers for $2 each and selling them to pet stores for $4.

His calling: Glickman earned a bachelor’s degree in entrepreneurship from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and a master’s degree in educational psychology from UCLA. “When I went to business school it was the easiest education of my life,” he said. “It was professors giving names to exactly the way that I thought about things.”

Express education: After college, Glickman backpacked through South American for a few months, enough to become fluent in Spanish. He landed in Argentina, working for American Express. “I did three months in every department,” he said, “and so now I’m learning how big business works and every aspect of it through American Express.”

Expat blues: Perhaps nothing motivates problem solving better than personal experience. For Glickman, it was phoning home to the U.S. at shocking expense because the Argentine phone service was a monopoly — $4 a minute to call the U.S., but just 50 cents a minute when the call originated in the U.S.

“I came up with a little system where I would call a little box, let it ring once and let it hang up,” Glickman said. “The box was programmed to then call my phone number back in Argentina. Then I would answer it, and then I would from there do a three-way call and call whoever I wanted. I was paying U.S. rates while living in Argentina. I said, ‘You know what? Why don’t I do this for businesses?’ ” Glickman said it saved American Express about $25,000 a month in long-distance calling.

Multitasking: The idea led him to start his own telecom company, TelePacific, in 1993. Just five years later, he had hired a new CEO, moved over to the TelePacific board and started Justice Technology. Other start-ups followed, with Glickman sometimes overseeing two companies at once. He’s doing it again now, having launched a company called Primo Connect in 2006.

Serial formula: Asked how he does it, Glickman makes it sound simple. “I went to Wall Street, I raised a few hundred million dollars, and started a company,” he said, referring to how he began TelePacific, his first telecom company, and went on to create others.

Practicing psychology: That master’s degree, Glickman says, has helped him understand that “what the other party wants is probably the most important lesson that I’ve learned. Not trying to manipulate them or convince them or tell them they want something that they don’t know that they want. It’s more about providing a solution to what they’re already looking for.”

Hands off: Glickman said his father had a way of telling someone not only what to do but precisely how he wanted it done. Glickman’s rebellion was to develop a different leadership style. “I will say, ‘This is the result I want, and I don’t really care how you do it. I don’t really get involved with the details of how you get the job done, just the result.’ ”

Team builder: “I might have a great idea, but if I don’t have really great people in the company implementing those ideas, then the company will not be as standout as these companies have been.” Ultra Mobile has about 150 employees in the U.S., Europe and Asia.

Personal: Glickman lives in Los Angeles County with his wife of nearly 19 years, Paige. They have four children ages 8 to 16. Glickman served for 11 years on the board that oversees the L.A. Philharmonic and the Hollywood Bowl. “My wife and I love the Hollywood Bowl. You’ll find us there maybe two to three times a week in the summer,” he said.

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💼 Past Experience

David Glickman has over 10 years of experience in a sales role, most notably at samsung.sprint. After they merged with T-Mobile, David helped guide the company through their first period of rapid growth. He then moved on to the role of head of digital products, where he led the development and launch of Sling TV, which has become one of the most popular live or ondemand streaming TV services in the U.S. Additionally, he served as technology advisor to the New York City Mayor Bloomberg and was instrumental in the establishment of the Mercury Prize-winning Radiohead band in 1998.

🎓 Education

David Glickman received his undergraduate degrees from the University of Pennsylvania in Entrepreneurship and Finance in 2006 and The Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania in 2007. He then received his master's degree in Educational Psychology from the University of California, Los Angeles in 2011.Glickman has a background in leadership and education, having worked as a supervisor at a software company and as an instructor at UCLA. He has experience in psychological research and has written and lectured on various subjects in educational psychology.In his current role as aResearch Psychologist atunkc, Glickman is focused on developing innovative research projects in areas such as digital learning, relationships between educators and parents, and effectiveness of bully/teacher interventions. His work has also helped to facilitate the program's research goals, through workshops and symposia on a variety of topics related to education.Glickman is also currently working on a book manuscript that Untold Stories: Educators Speak Out about Racial Inequality in Education, which is based on his research on racial inequality in education. The book is tentatively scheduled to be published in fall of 2020.Glickman is a dedicated educator and has worked to develop a program that is successful in engaging students across racial boundaries. He has a history of exceptional work readiness, having completed a necessary process of professional identification and assessment and having undergone a stringent writing and research process. He is also a highly self-motivated individual, always working to improve his skills and abilities, never looking entertain any obstacles in his way.David Glickman's experience and qualifications make him an ideal candidate for the position of Research Psychologist atunkc. Glickman's commitment to developing innovative research projects in areas such as digital learning, relationships between educators and parents, and effectiveness of bully/teacher interventions is critically important in this role, and his ability to work closely with other members of the team is also decidedly beneficial. Glickman is highly capable and motivated, and his experience and qualifications make him an excellentchoice for this position.

💡 Technical & Interpersonal Skills

David Glickman's professional experiences:David Glickman is currently a Founder & CEO at Mint MobileDavid Glickman previously was a Chief Operating Officer at Mint Mobile from 2013 to 2015. Headquartered in Los Angeles, Mint Mobile provides wireless communication solutions that optimize customer experience. Mint Mobile has been awarded multiple awards, including being named a Top Innovation Manufacturer by Broadcasting and Cable magazine and a Top 5 Company by Forbes Magazine. Founder & CEO at Mint Mobile. In 2013, David Glickman was also named a Top Executive in the Field by Conde Nast Traveler. related quotes:"People are always looking for ways to improve their customer experience. I’ve always embraced that.""People are always looking for ways to improve their customer experience. I’ve always embraced that."