Days on Market Real Estate
About the Author
Gary Drew
An extensive and successful career in 1’s and
zeros has served Gary Drew very well in the
alternative universe of Real Estate. His previous
senior level engineering and management
experience has been an invaluable asset to his
clients when negotiating pricing, leveraging
comparable analytics, and playing to win on behalf
of buyers and sellers fortunate enough to be represented
by this dynamic and confi dent professional.
Gary was born in the San Francisco. He grew up
in Woodside, California and was a good student
who also played football, basketball and baseball.
“I played against Barry Bonds and like to think that
helped his career” laughs Gary. He carried that
competitive enthusiasm to play hard and win to
both his past engineering sales role and to his
current Real Estate career.
He loves to visit St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands and
fi sh on the Kenai River in Alaska while growing up.
These are places he returns to often as an adult,
“to recharge my batteries”. But the competitive
spirit is never completely abandoned, and he holds
the certifi cates for catching a trophy Silver Salmon
(21.5 LBS) and a King Salmon (73 LBS).
Gary attended DeVry University and graduated with
an engineering degree in 1984. He moved back to
California and started his fi rst career in Silicon Valley.
He became a very successful executive, working for
several engineering fi rms including Bytex, Cayman
Systems, DQ Technology and others.
Gary served as a Field Engineer and Sales Manager
building businesses for companies in the US, Asia,
Europe and South America.
“It was an exciting time in my life” says Gary. “It was a great time
to be in the tech fi eld.” A job transfer to Phoenix in 2001 included
a marriage, a home, kids, and a desire for a career with less
travel and more home-time.
Family infl uence is powerful, and in 2004, Gary was introduced
to the Real Estate profession by his Mother, a successful Realtor
in the valley. He became licensed and subsequently became the
Designated Broker of one of the top Real Estate companies in
Anthem AZ.
Connecting the dots between high tech and real estate, it’s easy
to see how Gary’s analytical background, his experience and
passion for negotiation and contracts plus love of numbers
converge to create a powerful ally when representing a buyer or
a seller. Add to that, years of people management experience
and an overriding desire to win now you’ve got the reason why
Gary Drew lands in the top 3% of his profession year after year.
Today, Gary is an Associate Broker and Sales Manager for a
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices in Anthem AZ. He is a
single Father raising a teenage daughter and to those who have
experienced that he says "hanging on to my ego for dear life.”
He still enjoys traveling, sports and plays golf whenever work and
home allow.” I’m so lucky to be doing what I love. Life is good.”
