Best Startup
At Best Startup US we track over 1,000,000 US startups and over 3 million people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top United States based Founder operating in the Digital Marketing space. If you think a Founder is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.us.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Jay Meattle
CEO & Founder of Shareaholic
Jay started [Shareaholic, Inc.](http://www.crunchbase.com/organization/shareaholic), a company fanatical about making sharing on the web better, faster, easier, and more measurable. Over 2 million people have used the award winning tools created by Shareaholic. Jay was Vice President of Products at Lookery, an online user-targeting network that offered lightweight, economical targeting data for over 200 million users. Before Lookery, Jay was the Product Manager and founding member of the small team that was responsible for creating and launching [Compete.com](http://www.crunchbase.com/organization/compete), now part of the WPP Group [Nasdaq: WPPGY]. In addition, as co-founder of PopSignal, one of Boston’s largest professional networking organizations, Jay is actively contributing to the growth of Boston’s technology startup community. Jay earned a B.S. cum laude in Computer Science from Tufts University. He also minored in Entrepreneurial Leadership and Multimedia Arts. At Tufts he was awarded the MacJannet scholarship. Jay is also a TiE (The Indus Entrepreneurs) Leadership Fellow and in 2012 was named to the TR35 India — MIT Technology Review magazine’s annual list of the world’s top innovators under the age of 35. He loves creating, lives for technology and innovation, and likes making things happen. You can follow Jay on Twitter @meattle or his blog http://www.meattle.com/jay/
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About Shareaholic: Shareaholic is an Audience Engagement platform that helps over 300,000 businesses grow audience engagement, loyalty & conversions.
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Geoff Wilson
Founder & President of Three Five Two
President and Founder of 352 Inc., Geoff Wilson is a tech entrepreneur, investor and mentor who found his passion for business at an early age. After starting a successful computer store in high school, Geoff began building websites in his college fraternity house room and 352 Inc. was born. 20 years later, his digital product development agency has grown to 70 employees with offices in Atlanta, Tampa and Gainesville, FL. As 352 grew, Geoff began to focus on the powerful impact of lean and agile methodologies. Geoff implemented these principles into 352 by reorganizing the agency into cross-functional teams and turning managers into servant leaders. Free to focus on a single project at a time, his teams’ quality of work, productivity and morale dramatically increased. Good client relationships became great ones, and 352 began down a path of unprecedented growth. Geoff calls his management philosophy “Barely Manage to Lead” and speaks at conferences about how this approach can improve any type of business. Geoff and his wife, Kim Wilson, also have built and sold a highly successful digital product, SocialNewsDesk. SocialNewsDesk is an online social media management platform for newsrooms, and is currently being used by 85% of the television newsrooms in the United States to manage their social presence. SocialNewsDesk was acquired in 2014 by a Fortune 500 company, Graham Holdings. Geoff has also Co-Founded several other successful startups, including iLS Network and novi AMS. Geoff’s success lead him to be named one of America’s Top 30 Young Entrepreneurs by INC Magazine, and the University of Florida Warrington College of Business’ Entrepreneur of the Year. Specialties: Entrepreneurship, Growing Startups, Business Strategy, Digital Product Development, Web Design, Web Development, Digital Agencies, Agile, Lean, Company Culture, Brand Management, Digital Marketing, User Experience (UX), Product Marketing, Growth Hacking, Speaking, Mentorship and Coaching
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About Novi AMS, SocialNewsDesk, Sports Card Investor, The iLS network, Three Five Two: 352 is an innovation and growth firm.
Afif Khoury
Founder/CEO of SOCi
Afif Khoury has spent the last decade involved in startups and venture capital investments as an attorney, venture capitalist and serial entrepreneur. Afif is a published geneticist who earned his BS in Neuroscience and Physiology from UCSD in 1998, before attending Law School at Northwestern School of Law (JD 2002) and Business School at Kellogg School of Management. Afif started his legal career as a corporate and securities attorney in Silicon Valley at the premier technology law firm of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati (WSGR) representing technology companies and venture investors across multiple industries and at all stages. Afif left the Silicon Valley office of WSGR to help start their San Diego office, following which he left to open the San Diego office of Gunderson Dettmer (another Silicon Valley-based premier technology law firm). In 2010 Afif raised a seed and early stage fund named Scatter Ventures, which he continues to manage today. Afif is also the Founder and Managing Partner of Axon Venures, a Biotech focused venture fund in Southern California. Between the two fund, Afif has deployed more than $70 million. Afif is a director of the San Diego Venture Group and also founder and CEO of SOCI, Inc., a social data and intelligence technology startup. He is California Board certified as well as a Registered Attorney with the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
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About Aspen Neuroscience, Axon Ventures, Cradle Genomics, Epic Sciences, EvoNexus, EY, Omniome, Oncternal Therapeutics, Singular Genomics, SOCi: SOCi is a centralized platform for multi-location marketers to reach and engage local customers.
Kevin Long
Co-Founder & CEO of The Dyrt
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About : The Dyrt is consumer subscription software and top ranked camping app, with over 1.5M user-submitted reviews and tips across the U.S.
Sarah Smith
Founder of The Dyrt
Sarah Smith is Founder at The Dyrt.
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About The Dyrt: The Dyrt is consumer subscription software and top ranked camping app, with over 1.5M user-submitted reviews and tips across the U.S.
Tom Impallomeni
Co-Founder of SuperAwesome
Co-founder & CEO, Tribe VR
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About SuperAwesome, Tribe XR: SuperAwesome offers kid-safe tools and technology for the children’s digital media ecosystem.
Oren Kaniel
Co-Founder and CEO of AppsFlyer
Oren Kaniel is the CEO & co-founder of AppsFlyer, the market leader in Mobile Attribution Analytics. Oren holds a BA in Computer Science, Cum Laude, from the Technion, and an MBA from IDC, as part of an exchange with the Wharton Business School.
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About AppsFlyer: The world’s top brands use AppsFlyer to build great products, create exceptional experiences, and preserve customer privacy.
Reshef Mann
Co-Founder & CTO of AppsFlyer
Reshef Mann is Co-Founder & CTO at AppsFlyer.
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About AppsFlyer: The world’s top brands use AppsFlyer to build great products, create exceptional experiences, and preserve customer privacy.
Amit Agrawal
Founder & Chief Operating Officer of Cyber Infrastructure (p) Ltd
Mr. Amit Agrawal directs CIS’s Operations Quality & Process initiatives that are instrumental in driving major Financial and Operational benefits to CIS and its clients. He plays a vital role in establishing key alliances and building competent teams who are quite adept in using Latest Technology, Frameworks and Techniques; giving CIS a competitive advantage. He is also responsible for providing direction to strategic initiatives at CIS and building up CIS’s technical capabilities.As a technology veteran since 2002, he is leading and managing multiple projects, while maintaining budgets and meeting deadlines. He also steers the development lifecycle of all our web initiatives, mentors the research and implementation of innovative Web/ Mobile & Cloud Solutions. He is responsible for assimilation and adoption of latest technology in the company. Prior to CIS, Mr. Agrawal has served in various managerial roles in global IT companies in the US, Europe, and India. He possesses a number of certificates in Programming Languages, Project Management, Quality Control and Innovation Straategies.He holds a Bachelor’s Degree (BE) in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of RGPV and graduated in 2002 and is an MDP alumnae of the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), 2007.
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About Cyber Infrastructure (p) Ltd: Cyber InfraStructure Pvt. Ltd. or CIS is a IT and consulting company in Central India.
Garland L. McLaughlin
Co Founder & Principal of Exquisite Conglomerate Communications
Founder at Exquisite Conglomerate Communications
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About Aristotle Asset Holding, Exquisite Coffee, Exquisite Conglomerate Communications, Neos Equity Group, RBR WALLSTREET: The Masters of Digital Demonstrations
Leathia S. Hart
Founder of Exquisite Conglomerate Communications
Founder at Exquisite Conglomerate Communications
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Leathia S. Hart
Founder of Exquisite Conglomerate Communications
Founder at Exquisite Conglomerate Communications
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Puneet Mehta
Founder / CEO of Netomi
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About Netomi: An AI-first customer service platform that enables companies to deliver the highest quality customer experiences.
Vishal Jain
Founder, CEO of Sunshy Digital Media Agency
Vishal Jain is a serial entrepreneur who has founded multiple successful businesses in the fields of marketing, e-commerce, design, manufacturing, and more. He is known as one of the best branding experts in the world. He is the founder and CEO of Sunshy Digital Media Agency that partners with clients to boost their business outcomes. He also owns two Social media marketing agencies: Social Media Growth Specialist & Realstagram which helps clients build their influence and generate sales through social media. He has also launched a marketplace for social media service re sellers: Grow Social Influence. He also provides consultancy for clients who need help with their branding and social media marketing: Journey To a Million Dollars. He also owns Sunshy Enterprises which specializes in manufacturing and supplying all kinds of Industrial items. He is also the co-founder of a handmade jewelry store Sunshy Jewels and has authored an e-book that helps people start their own Instagram marketing agency: Ultimate Guide To Start Your Own Instagram Agency. He is founder of Sunshy Group Of Companies and Member of Forbes Council. He dropped out of college 4 years back and since then he has started 8 companies. He always had an urge to start a business but he didn’t want to take financial help from anyone to start it. He googled how to make money online and landed on a few freelancing websites. He started selling Virtual Assistant services on a website called Fiverr which provides you a platform to sell almost any kind of services which you are good at. After few months, he discovered few more freelancing sites like People per hour & UP work and started doing any kind of hourly jobs he could, be it data entry, data research, transcribing, or being an hourly virtual assistant. He saw the demand for designing and social media marketing on these platforms and started learning about it. He watched thousands of youtube videos and read hundreds of articles on quora to develop his skills and started providing digital marketing services on those freelance platforms. He learned a lot of things in his freelance career and with the earned knowledge and money started his own digital media agency Sunshy Digital Media Agency. He still remembers that he made $30 the first month when he started providing freelance services on Fiverr and he worked over 20 hrs a day, 7 days a week. Since Sunshy digital media agency, he has started 2 more agencies dedicated to social media marketing, a manufacturing unit that makes industrial goods, an eCommerce business where he sells limited-edition handcrafted jewelry, and has written an eBook to help people make money starting an Instagram agency.
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About Sunshy Digital Media Agency: SunShy Digital Media Agency is a leading internet marketing firm built to over-deliver for every client it accepts.
Daniel Chu
CEO and Co-Founder of MakersPlace
Daniel Chu is the CEO and co-founder at MakersPlace. He is a product and engineering leader with a passion for applying technologies to drive real-world change.
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About MakersPlace: MakersPlace is an authentic and unique digital creation platform powered by blockchain technology for digital creators.
Ari Buchalter
Founder and CEO of Place Exchange
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About Place Exchange: The First True Programmatic Exchange for Out-of-Home Media
Bruce Merrill
CEO and Founder of Cleverly | #1 LinkedIn Lead Generation Agency
Passionate about business, obsessed with progress, and continuously learning. “It is easy in the world to live after the world’s opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after our own; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
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About Cleverly | #1 LinkedIn Lead Generation Agency: Scale your leads on LinkedIn and predictably drive more revenue. Check our out client reviews here: https://www.cleverly.co/reviews
Mike Wingate
Co-Founder, Partner of Integrity Marketing Group
Mike is a Co-Founder and Partner for Integrity Marketing Group and serves on its Board of Directors. Mike is also a Co-Founder and Principal of Premier Companies, Inc. and leads the day-to-day operations of Premier. Mike grew up in the insurance industry where his father, A. M. “Skip” Wingate had owned and operated an insurance agency since 1967. In 1989, after attending college at the University of Nebraska, he started his insurance career with his father’s insurance agency, Midwest Regional Services. Mike was one of the leading field agents, selling Long-Term Care and Medicare Supplements. In 1996, he helped develop an independent recruiting system within the company and started recruiting independent agents throughout the Midwest. This division was so successful that in 1999, Mike purchased his father’s agency in partnership with his brother-in-law, Tom Schueth, and they transformed the company into one of the nation’s leading independent marketing organizations in the insurance industry focused on serving the Senior Market. Mike serves on advisory boards for many of the country’s largest insurance companies and he is considered a thought leader in the Senior Market. He and his family reside in Norfolk, Nebraska.
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About Integrity Marketing Group: Integrity Marketing Group provides product design, marketing systems, and profitability for insurance products.
Bryan Adams
Co-Founder, Managing Partner of Integrity Marketing Group
Bryan is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner for Integrity Marketing Group and leads the day-to-day operations of the company. Bryan also serves on the Board of Directors of Integrity. Bryan is the Founder of Legacy Safeguard, LLC a company dedicated with helping members leave a lasting legacy and being remembered long after they’re gone. Bryan is considered one of the nation’s leading experts in the Senior Market and speaks frequently across the country about the importance of helping families on one of the most difficult days of their lives. He consults with leading insurance companies to help them offer the best products to this market. Prior to Founding Integrity, Bryan was Vice President of Corporate Development at Directors Investment Group, Inc., a financial services company that operates several life insurance companies, a registered investment advisory firm, bank holding company and a mutual fund family. Advancing through a series of leadership roles in sales, marketing and product development, Bryan became the youngest Vice President in the company’s history, where he oversaw all expansion efforts throughout the United States. Bryan has a degree in Business Administration from Texas Tech University. Bryan and his family live in Highland Village, Texas.
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About Integrity Marketing Group: Integrity Marketing Group provides product design, marketing systems, and profitability for insurance products.
Tom Schueth
Co-Founder, Partner of Integrity Marketing Group
Tom is a Co-Founder and Partner for Integrity Marketing Group and serves on its Board of Directors. Tom is also a Co-Founder and Principal of Premier Companies, Inc. and leads the day-to-day operations of Premier. Tom began his career as an adjuster for State Farm. In 1989, he left State Farm to sell Long-Term Care and Medicare Supplements for his father-in-law’s insurance agency, Midwest Regional Services. In 1996, he helped develop an independent recruiting system within the company and started recruiting independent agents throughout the Midwest. This division was so successful that in 1999, Tom purchased his father-in-law’s agency in partnership with his brother-in-law, Mike Wingate, and they transformed the company into one of the nation’s leading independent marketing organizations in the insurance industry focused on serving the Senior Market. Tom serves on advisory boards for many of the country’s largest insurance companies and he is considered a thought leader in the Senior Market. Tom graduated from the University of Nebraska in Lincoln with a degree in Business Administration and Finance. He and his family live in Norfolk, Nebraska.
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About Integrity Marketing Group: Integrity Marketing Group provides product design, marketing systems, and profitability for insurance products.
Steve Garrity
Founder of Hearsay Systems
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About Hearsay Systems: Hearsay Systems is reinventing the human-client experience in financial services.
Sebastian Rymarz
CEO and Co-Founder of Heyday
As the Chief Business Officer, Sebastian oversees sales, marketing, business and corporate development. An early U.S. hire, he brings rich experience in financial services and credit risk management. Prior to Fundbox, he was VP at TPG Special Situation Partners and an investment professional at Sageview Capital. Sebastian began his career in the Investment Banking Division of Goldman Sachs after graduating with a BS in Physics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
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About Heyday: Heyday offers a digital marketplace space built for sellers to accelerate consumer product brands.
Adam R. Gerchen
Co-Founder of Heyday
Prior to its acquisition by Burford, Mr. Gerchen co-founded and was CEO of Gerchen Keller Capital, which grew to $1.3 billion in assets under management in three years. Before co-founding Gerchen Keller, Mr. Gerchen was a portfolio manager at Alyeska Investment Group, a Chicago-based market neutral hedge fund, where he specialized in risk arbitrage and event driven investing. He has also worked as an investment banker at Goldman, Sachs & Company in the Industrials and Natural Resources Groups, focusing primarily on the transportation, metals and mining, paper and forest products, and regulated power industries. Mr. Gerchen graduated Phi Beta Kappa and magna cum laude from Brown University and received his JD from Harvard Law School, where he was President of the Harvard Association of Law and Business.
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About Burford Capital, Heyday: Heyday offers a digital marketplace space built for sellers to accelerate consumer product brands.
Ronn Torossian
CEO and Founder of 5W Public Relations
Ronn Torossian is the founder and CEO of 5W Public Relations, one of the largest independently-owned PR firms in the United States. With over 20 years of experience crafting and executing powerful narratives, Torossian is one of America’s most prolific and well-respected Public Relations professionals. Since founding 5WPR in 2003, he has led the company’s growth, overseeing more than 200 professionals in the company’s headquarters in midtown Manhattan. With clients spanning corporate, technology, consumer and crisis, in addition to digital marketing and public affairs capabilities, 5WPR is regularly recognized as an industry leader and has been named “PR Agency of the Year” by the American Business Awards on multiple occasions. Throughout his career, Torossian has worked with some of the world’s most visible companies, brands and organizations. His strategic, resourceful approach has been recognized with numerous awards including being named the Stevie American Business Awards 2020 Entrepreneur of the Year, the American Business Awards PR Executive of the Year, twice over, an Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year semi-finalist, Metropolitan Magazine’s Most Influential New Yorker, a 2020 Top Crisis Communications Professional by Business Insider, and a recipient of Crain’s New York 2021 Most Notable in Marketing & PR. Torossian is known as one of the country’s foremost experts on crisis communications, and is called on to counsel blue chip companies, top business executives and entrepreneurs both in the United States and worldwide. Torossian has lectured on crisis PR at Harvard Business School, appears regularly on CNN & CNBC, is a contributing columnist for Forbes and the New York Observer, and has authored two editions of his book, “For Immediate Release: Shape Minds, Build Brands, and Deliver Results With Game-Changing Public Relations,” which is an industry best-seller. A NYC native, Torossian lives in Manhattan with his children. He is a member of Young Presidents Organization (YPO), and active in numerous charities.
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About 5W Public Relations, JetSmarter: 5WPR, a Public Relations and Communications Firm, specializes in public affairs, government relations & PR on B2C, & B2B market segments.
Ben Barokas
CEO & Founder of Sourcepoint
Prior to founding AdMeld, Mr. Barokas was Vice President of Advertising for JumpTV. He also spent 6 years at AOL in a variety of online advertising leadership positions including senior manager on the team that developed and launched the AOL video platform. Mr. Barokas served on the IAB’s Broadband Committee.
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About Sourcepoint: Sourcepoint is the data privacy software company for the digital marketing ecosystem.
Neha Sampat
Founder and CEO of Contentstack
Neha Sampat (@nehasf) is Founder and CEO at Contentstack™ – a leading Content Management System (CMS) and Content Experience Platform (CXP), adopted by brands including Best Buy, Chase, Holiday Inn, Icelandair, Morningstar, Express, Miami HEAT, Shell, and Walmart. Previously, Neha was Founder and CEO of Digital Experience Platform (DXP) Built.io®, which was acquired by German software powerhouse Software AG in September 2018. Neha is a recognized industry leader, a proponent of diversity, and an outspoken advocate for women in leadership. She can be found appearing on keynote stages or expert panels discussing her experiences as an entrepreneur, a female leader, or her company’s role in the future of technology. Neha raised a Series A funding round of $31.5M USD for Contentstack, one of the largest for enterprise SaaS software companies. She was one of “50 Women in Tech Dominating Silicon Valley” in 2015, was named in “San Francisco Business Times Most Influential Women in Bay Area Business” in 2017, and is a “San Francisco Business Times 40 under 40” honoree. Neha was also honored as “CEO of the Year” by Aragon Research in December 2018 and Female Tech Trailblazer of the Year in 2020. Most recently, she was recognized as “Best CEO for Diversity” and “Best CEO for Women” in the 2020 Comparably Best Places to Work Awards.
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About Built.io, Contentstack, KurbKarma, raw engineering: Contentstack develops a cloud based content management system intended to power omnichannel content.
Diaz Nesamoney
Founder, President & CEO of Jivox
Diaz Nesamoney founder of Jivox has had two prior successful ventures. He was previously co-founder, President and Chief Operating Officer at Informatica (NASDAQ:INFA), which he took from a startup to a publicly Diaz Nesamoney is an accomplished technology entrepreneur who founded three successful technology companies, all harnessing the power of data to power enterprise and consumer applications. Currently Diaz is Founder, President, and CEO of Jivox, a company that provides a technology platform for data-driven personalized advertising and marketing. He was previously Co-founder, President, and Chief Operating Officer at Informatica (NASDAQ:INFA), which he took from a startup to a publicly traded company in 1999. Informatica pioneered data integration software as a category and is now the market leader with more than $1 billion in revenue and a $5 billion market capitalization. Before founding Jivox, he founded Celequest and served as its CEO until early 2007, when the company was acquired by Cognos/IBM. Celequest introduced the market’s first business intelligence and analytics appliance, a disruptive innovation that led to its acquisition. Diaz holds a Masters degree in Computer Science from the Birla Institute of Technology and Science in India and is the holder of seven technology patents. Diaz is also the author of the first book on using data and technology to personalize digital advertising.
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About Jivox: Jivox offers a cloud-based, data-driven omnichannel platform that personalizes digital advertising and marketing experiences at scale.
Ragy Thomas
Founder & CEO of Sprinklr
Ragy Thomas is the CEO and founder of Sprinklr, a provider of enterprise software for customer experience management. Sprinklr was last valued at more than $1.8 billion in 2016. He founded Sprinklr in 2009, and the company now has 1900 employees around the world serving global clients such as Microsoft and McDonald’s. Prior to founding Sprinklr, Ragy was the president of Epsilon’s (NYSE:ADS) Interactive Services from 2006 to 2008, and the CTO of Bigfoot Interactive, an email marketing leader that Epsilon acquired in 2005. Ragy earned his M.B.A. in Finance and Information Systems from New York University’s Leonard N. Stern School of Business and his Computer Science Engineering degree from Pondicherry University in India.
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About Sprinklr, Sprinklr Japan: Sprinklr provides enterprise software for customer experience management.
Sam Mallikarjunan
CEO & Co-Founder of OneScreen.AI
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About HubSpot, OneScreen.AI: The world’s first Market Network for real-world media. Performance marketing meets out-of-home on the internet of places.
Sal Hakimi
Co-Founder of Tenovos
Sal Hakimi is the Co-Founder at Tenovos.
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About Tenovos: Tenovos transforms the way brands connect with customers using stories that inform, inspire, connect, and entertain.
Darren Lachtman
Co Founder of Brat
Darren was previously the senior director of business development for Bedrocket Media Ventures. He has an extensive background in digital media and marketing, working alongside brands like ESPN, EA and Google.
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About Brat: Brat is a teen-leaning digital production company.
Rob Fishman
Co-Founder of Brat
Rob Fishman is co-founder of Niche and a BuzzFeed contributing editor. He formerly worked at Kingfish Labs and Huffington Post. Rob formerly led social media for The Huffington Post and Aol. His previous company, Kingfish Labs, was acquired in 2012 by BuzzFeed, for which he is now a contributing editor. He holds degrees from Cornell and Columbia University.
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About Brat, Yoke: Brat is a teen-leaning digital production company.
Aleks Gollu
Founder & CEO of 11Sight
Aleks Gollu is founder, CEO at 11Sight.
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About 11Sight: Inbound Video Call and Customer Engagement Platform For Revenue Teams
Farokh Eskafi
Founder and President and CTO of 11Sight
Farokh Eskafi is founder, president and CTO at 11Sight.
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About 11Sight, Santa Clara University, TagArray: Inbound Video Call and Customer Engagement Platform For Revenue Teams
Rachel Tipograph
Founder & CEO of MikMak
Rachel Tipograph is the Founder & CEO at MikMak .
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About Brave Commerce, Cleo Capital, MikMak: MikMak is a platform that enables traditional brick-and-mortar brands to gain insights & view the activity of major online retailers.
Melanie Alder
Co-Founder & Chief Investment Officer of Pattern
Melanie Alder is a co-founder and chief investment officer at Pattern.
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About iServe, Pattern: Pattern is a provider of an accelerator platform for brands to scale faster on major online marketplaces.
David Wright
Co-Founder & CEO of Pattern
Dave Wright is the CEO and founder of Pattern. In less than 5 years, Pattern has become one of the top 5 largest Amazon sellers (in terms of revenue), developed a world-class analytics platform, and has experienced 4 years of revenue growth exceeding 300%. Dave has built a strong culture that is obsessed with the success of Pattern partners, demonstrated by a near-perfect customer retention rate. Prior to Pattern, Dave spent his career as a data fanatic and technology executive. Dave graduated from Brigham Young University with dual degrees in Accounting and Information Systems. Dave graduated in the top 1% of the Marriott School of Business at Brigham Young University.
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About iServe, Pattern: Pattern is a provider of an accelerator platform for brands to scale faster on major online marketplaces.
Spectacular Smith
Founder & CEO of Adwizar
Upon turning after school candy sales into a $2,000 a week business at age 11, Spectacular Smith discovered he was an entrepreneur. That realization would take him first to the heights of popular music, and then to success as a business owner, label owner, author, and beyond. A dancer since the third grade, Smith took his childhood love of performing into the rap group he formed with his brothers, Pretty Ricky. His father was the manager of the group, and owner of indie label. Spectacular contributed musically and also choreographed the group’s explosive stage shows—performances that won them a deal with Atlantic Records. The group went on to huge worldwide success: filling arenas on the Scream IV tour, selling millions of singles and ringtones, and earning huge hits with “Grind With Me,” & “Your Body,” Music stardom was just the first stage of Spectacular Smith’s career. Intrigued by the business possibilities of social media, he turned Pretty Ricky’s Facebook page into his personal laboratory, testing out his theories behind social networks for a full year until he had a new, unbreakable system of gaining and monetizing followers. He then turned those ideas into Adwizar, the dominant social media brand in the urban music space. The company runs the Facebook pages of artists such as Bow Wow, Kevin Gates, Soulja Boy, Master P, Birdman, Bone Thugs N Harmony, and countless others. Adwizar has now grown beyond urban music into dealing with major brands and corporations, athletes, merchandising deals, and more. The company was also featured on Forbes.com for its innovative methods, and has no ceiling on its growth. Smith has not left music behind. He has a record label called Mula Music Group, The label has recently signed West Coast artist Compton Menace, who is ringing up millions of YouTube views for his new single with Chris Brown, “Put On.” After conquering the worlds of music, social media, and publishing, the world is waiting to see what he does next.
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About Adwizar, Amazon, Inc. Magazine, Meta, Spectacular Academy, Viacom: Music Industry’s #1 Company for Growth and Monetization on Social Media – Making Artist, and Brands residual income from their social media.
Vijay Chittoor
Co-Founder & CEO of Blueshift
Co-Founder & CEO of Blueshift. Formerly Co-Founder & CEO, Mertado (acquired by Groupon), and early team at Kosmix (acquired by Walmart).
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About Blueshift, Mertado: Blueshift offers the SmartHub CDP, which helps brands deliver relevant and connected experiences across every customer interaction.
Manyam Mallela
Co-Founder, Chief AI Officer of Blueshift
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About Blueshift: Blueshift offers the SmartHub CDP, which helps brands deliver relevant and connected experiences across every customer interaction.
David Perry
CEO & Co-Founder of CARRO
Currenty the CEO & Co-Founder of www.GetCarro.com. Previously Perry was the the CEO and co-founder of Gaikai, the pioneer of game streaming holding the fundamental patents in the space. Gaikai was the first and only acquisition in this sector being acquired by Sony Computer Entertainment for $380M. Gaikai’s game streaming technology is now fundamental in the Sony PlayStation. In 2008 Perry became the Co-Founder & Chief Creative Officer of Acclaim.com, one of the first advocates introducing free-to-play gaming to the western markets, Acclaim was subsequently acquired by Playdom & Disney. Prior to that, Perry founded Shiny Entertainment (a video game development company acquired by Interplay, then again by Atari) known for making hits like Earthworm Jim, MDK & the Matrix games. After 37 years in the business Perry remains one of the best known Video Game Industry veterans, with multiple #1 hits and he was awarded the Development Legend award in 2012. Perry was awarded a Doctorate in Engineering from Queens University, Belfast and a Masters in Game Development from Westwood College. He was one of the longest serving members of the Game Developer’s Conference Advisory Board, and has spoken at TED, E3, Hollywood and Games, Stanford, MIT, USC, UCI, UCLA, DICE, GTC, GDC, AMD, MGS, Digital Hollywood, What Teens Want, 3D Gaming Summit, EurekaFest, The Cove, Casual Connect etc. TAGS: Influencer Marketing, Advertising, Video Games, Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, Shopify, Tools, Technology, Financing, Funding, Content, Creator, Creators, Celebrities, Press, Media, Influencer & Influencers.
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About Carro, CARRO: The eCommerce Network where modern brands sell more, by working together.
Jason Goldberg
Co-Founder & President of CARRO
President & Co-founder of VYRL.
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About CARRO: The eCommerce Network where modern brands sell more, by working together.
Rana el Kaliouby
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Affectiva
A pioneer in artificial emotional intelligence (Emotion AI), Rana el Kaliouby, PhD, is co-founder and CEO of MIT spinoff and category-defining company Affectiva, and is the author of Girl Decoded. Rana led the innovation of the company’s award-winning technology, which uses deep learning and massive amounts of data to analyze complex and nuanced emotions and cognitive states from face and voice. She has raised over $50 million in venture and strategic funding for Affectiva, where the company’s technology is used by automotive OEMs and tier 1 suppliers to improve road safety and the in-cabin experience, in addition to 25% of the Fortune Global 500 companies to test content, and in other industries like HR video recruitment and mental health. Rana is now paving the way for Human Perception AI: software that can detect all things human, from nuanced human emotions and complex cognitive states, to behaviors, activities and the objects people use. Prior to founding Affectiva, Rana was a research scientist at MIT Media Lab where she spearheaded the applications of emotion recognition technology in a variety of fields, including mental health and autism research. Rana holds a BSc and MSc in Computer Science from the American University in Cairo, a PhD from the Computer Laboratory at the University of Cambridge and a Post Doctorate at MIT. Rana is one of few women leading a disruptive AI company. A Muslim-American and passionate advocate, she frequently speaks in press and on stage about innovation, women in technology, ethics in AI and leadership. Forbes recently included Rana in their list of America’s Top 50 Women in Tech, Fortune Magazine included her in their 2018 40 under 40 and she was named one of the three Global Business pioneers by Bloomberg in 2017. Rana is a trustee at the American University in Cairo and a senior advisor to the Technology and Public Purpose project at the Harvard Kennedy School. Rana is also a member of the World Economic Forum’s Young Global Leaders and a member of the Partnership on AI, alongside founding companies Amazon, Apple, Google/DeepMind and others.
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About Affectiva, Affectiva, Harvard Business School, The World Economic Forum, The World Economic Forum: Affectiva is a developer of an emotion-recognition software designed to analyze subtle facial and vocal expressions.
Tyson Quick
Founder & Chief Growth Officer of Postclick
Serial Entrepreneur, Advertising/Marketing Innovator, Postclick & Instapage Founder/CEO
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About Instapage, Mesiab Labs, Postclick: The world’s leading solution for improving digital ad conversions-creating digital experiences that optimize and increase return on ad spend
Manish Goyal
Founder & CEO of friendbuy
Manish is founder & CEO of Friendbuy, where his deep e-commerce experience is put to good use. Prior to Friendbuy, Manish managed behavioral targeting solutions for Zappos, Ticketmaster and AT&T U-verse. A serial entrepreneur, Manish was also Founder & VP of Isovia, a provider of mobile solutions to large enterprises. When he’s not starting companies, Manish acts, writes and produces independent films such as the festival darling Kissing Cousins and the short-film comedy Call Center. Manish graduated from MIT with a Bachelors & Masters of Engineering in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering.
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About friendbuy: Powering referral marketing for the hottest companies in e-commerce.
Arsen Avakian
CEO and Founder of Cooler Screens
Mr. Arsen Avakian is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Cooler Screens. He was the Founder of Argo Tea and serves as its Chief Executive Officer before that.
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About Argo Tea, Cooler Screens: Cooler Screens is a developer of interactive digital displays to replace glass doors in store aisles.
Jamie Koval
Co-Founder, Investor of Cooler Screens
Jamie Koval is a Partner at Material Studio and a Co-FOunder and Investor at Cooler Screens.
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About Cooler Screens: Cooler Screens is a developer of interactive digital displays to replace glass doors in store aisles.
Chaitanya Chandrasekar
Co-Founder & CEO of QuanticMind
Chaitanya Chandrasekar is CEO and a co-founder of QuanticMind, the platform for smarter advertising. Previously, he built and managed the traffic acquisition platform and was part of the data science team at NexTag. He strongly believes in the power of data-driven technology, which can help decipher big data to unlock new ideas and opportunities, and continues to be fascinated by the possibilities of search marketing and its continued evolution alongside new and developing fields such as social and offline conversions.
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About QuanticMind: QuanticMind is a predictive advertising management software for paid search and social channels.
Andrew Sawyer
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Cured
Andrew is Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Cured. Andrew was previously a venture capitalist at GE Ventures where he focused on healthcare and life sciences investing and new business creation. Prior to his role in venture capital, Andrew was a healthcare entrepreneur and management consultant focused on the intersection of provider/payer operations and technology. He served as a Director at Nordic Consulting Partners (#46 – INC 5000 list), where he co-founded the Advisory Services practice. In addition, he was Vice President of Consulting Services and a member of the early founding team at Falcon Consulting (#316 – INC 5000 list – acquired by Avaap). He started his career at Epic Systems, where he was an Enterprise Implementation Director and was responsible for launching the Home Health and Hospice product offerings. Andrew holds an MPH in Health Management from Harvard University. He graduated with honors from DePauw University with a dual BA in Economics and Spanish.
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About Cured: a digital marketing & crm platform, built for healthcare organizations
Rohit Narayan
Co-Founder and Chief Customer Officer of Cured
Rohit is Co-Founder and Chief Customer Officer of Cured. Prior to Cured, he was a Principal Solution Engineer at Salesforce and a founding member of their Healthcare team, where he focused on helping healthcare organizations use modern technology to execute on broader strategic initiatives and manage the ever-changing industry and consumer needs. Prior to Salesforce, Rohit worked at Epic Systems as an Application Director and Application Success Owner running large revenue cycle implementations. Rohit graduated from the University of Michigan with a dual BA in Economics and German. He is also a graduate of the LEAD: Corporate Innovation program at the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
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About Cured: a digital marketing & crm platform, built for healthcare organizations
Ashmer Aslam
Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer of Cured
Ashmer is Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer of Cured. Prior to Cured, Ashmer was a Principal Enterprise Architect at Salesforce where he focused on driving cloud architecture in healthcare and life sciences as well as product innovation across the platform. Ashmer was a strategy and management consultant responsible for leading major Fortune 50 client engagements in the healthcare, life sciences, financial services and public sector verticals at Accenture. He began his career at Epic Systems, where he was a clinical application director and one of the first members of the Oncology application implementation team. Ashmer graduated from Northwestern University with a dual BA in Economics and Neurobiology.
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About Cured: a digital marketing & crm platform, built for healthcare organizations
Michael Martin
Co-Founder of Avenue 8
Michael is co-founder of Avenue 8.
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About Avenue 8: Avenue 8 is a digital and mobile-first residential real estate brokerage developed for modern real estate agents.
Justin Fichelson
Co-Founder & CEO of Avenue 8
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About Avenue 8: Avenue 8 is a digital and mobile-first residential real estate brokerage developed for modern real estate agents.
Corey Pierson
Co-Founder & CEO of Custora
Corey Pierson is the co-founder of Custora, a predictive marketing analytics platform for online retailers based in New York City. Prior to Custora, Corey earned an MBA from Wharton and worked as a business designer at IDEO. He’s also a huge Philly sports fan and an amateur Vitamix chef.
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About Custora: Custora is the leader in advanced customer analytics for the retail industry.
David Steifman
Founder of Energize Marketing
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About Energize Marketing: Energize Marketing provides digital marketing services and innovative solutions to businesses.
Andre Arzumanyan
Founder | Board Member of OmniLync
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About OmniLync: OmniLync enables SMB Retailers and the evolving retail ecosystem with digital marketing.
Jeff Fox
Founder and Principal of Circumference Group
Jeff Fox has been a Director of Avis Budget Group since July 2013. Mr. Fox brings significant leadership and executive management experience to our Board of Directors as a principal of The Circumference Group LLC, an investment and advisory firm, which he founded in 2009. Mr. Fox also serves as non-executive Chairman of the Board of Convergys Corporation, where he also held numerous leadership positions, including President and Chief Executive Officer from 2010 to November 2012, and then Executive Chairman until April 2013. Mr. Fox worked for Alltel Corporation as Chief Operating Officer from 2007 through 2008, and as Group President from 2003 until 2007. Prior to joining Alltel, Mr. Fox worked in investment banking for ten years with Stephens Inc., preceded by two years with Merrill Lynch, specializing in mergers and acquisitions advisory services.
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About Circumference Group: Circumference Group is an investment management firm
Paul Boruta
CEO & Founder of Slingwave
Marketing and technology + startup CEO & founder
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About Slingrocket, Slingwave: Transforming Data into Real Business Outcomes
Trevor George
Founder and CEO of Blue Wheel Media
Trevor George is a Co-founder & Co-CEO of Recur.
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About Blue Wheel Media, Recur: Blue Wheel are strategists, creatives, producers, and technologists who share a passion for advancing brands through digital marketing.
Ajay Pattani
Founder/CEO of Perfect Search Media
Ajay is the founder/CEO, resident comedian, & reigning ping pong champion of Perfect Search. He is also a member of the Chicago Founders Circle and Entreprenuers’ Organization (EO), a mentor at the co-working startup space 1871, & a board member of the non-profit organization Streetwise. He holds degrees in Finance & Economics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign & a JD from DePaul University.
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About 1871, Chicago Founders Circle, Packback, Perfect Search Media, SpaceX, YEC: Perfect Search Media is a full-service digital marketing agency.
Nathan Labenz
Co-Founder and CEO of Waymark
Nathan Labenz is the Founder at Stik.com.
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About SocialProof, Stik, The Writing Center, Waymark: Grow your business with anyone-can-edit video from Waymark.
Anna Wang
Co-Founder & CTO of Copysmith
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About Copysmith: The world’s best AI copywriter. Use AI to write copy for ads, product descriptions, social media posts, landing pages, blog posts, and more.
Jack Philbin
Co-Founder, President & CEO of Vibes
As one of the premier thought-leaders in mobile marketing and wireless, Jack spearheads Vibes’ strategic direction and drives the company’s position as the leading provider of mobile relationship management technology solutions for leading brands. An entrepreneur and builder, Jack has specific expertise in business development, strategic client management and consumer marketing. Jack currently serves as Chairman of the Mobile Marketing Association North America Board of Directors and on the CTIA Wireless Internet Caucus. Jack was honored with the MMA’s “Outstanding Individual Achievement” award in 2005. Under Jack’s leadership, Vibes was ranked #92 on the 2007 Inc. 500 list of fastest growing US companies and has received numerous awards for their innovation.
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About FireStarter Fund, Mobile Marketing Association, Vibes: Vibes is a mobile marketing software platform.
Alex Campbell
Co-Founder of Vibes
Alex Campbell is an entrepreneur who co-founded Vibes in 1998. Alex holds a Bachelor of Science in Economics degree from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He has received numerous accolades including Red Herring’s Top 25 Tech Rebels, Crain’s Chicago Business “40 Under 40” and induction into the Chicago Area Entrepreneurship Hall of Fame in 2009.
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About FireStarter Fund, Vibes: Vibes is a mobile marketing software platform.
Sabin Ephrem
Founder, President and CEO of Horizontal
Sabin Ephrem is the founder, president, and CEO of Horizontal Integration.
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About Horizontal: Horizontal designs strategic digital marketing and staffing solutions for Fortune 500 companies.
Chris Staley
Co-Founder and EVP, Digital Agency of Horizontal
Chris Staley is the co-founder and EVP of digital agency at Horizontal Integration.
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About Horizontal: Horizontal designs strategic digital marketing and staffing solutions for Fortune 500 companies.
Ryan Urban
CEO & Founder of Wunderkind (formerly BounceX)
Ryan Urban is the Co-Founder and CEO of Bounce Exchange, Inc the leader in behavioral automation software and analytics. In 2015 he was named an EY Entrepreneur of the Year finalist. In the same year, under his leadership, Bounce Exchange was ranked number one overall for both employee retention and career development by ComputerWorld, named one of the best places to work in NYC by Crain’s New York and honored as one of Fortune’s top three best places to work. Ryan was formerly Director of Acquisition at Bonobos and prior to that, Brickhouse Security. He has served on the advisory boards of both BabyAge.com and Bonobos. He holds an MBA from Fairleigh Dickinson University.
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About Wunderkind (formerly BounceX): Wunderkind enables the world’s top brands to better recognize their customers online, providing 1-to-1 marketing at scale.
Andreas Spartalis
Executive Conversion Director & Co-Founder of Wunderkind (formerly BounceX)
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About Wunderkind (formerly BounceX): Wunderkind enables the world’s top brands to better recognize their customers online, providing 1-to-1 marketing at scale.
Jake Litke
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of MediaJel
Jake is a highly-regarded visionary leader with fifteen years in the mobile and advertising industries. Before founding MediaJel with his business partner, Aaron, Jake started the mobile advertising company, Media Cannon. As CEO, he built the company up and led it to a successful exit in 2010. He’s created successful mobile products, ad-tech platforms serving millions of users, and has a proven executive management track record. He has an encyclopedic knowledge of everything, as far we can tell. And no, you won’t beat him at trivia.
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About MediaJel: Digital Marketing platform for Cannabis, CBD, and Alcohol Brands – it’s our thing.
Glenn Houck
Co-Founder and Co-CEO of LeadQual
Glenn Houck is Co-Founder of LQ Digital. Founded in 2006, LQ Digital has grown to become one of the largest independent Digital Advertising agencies in the U.S. Glenn previously served as Senior Vice President at HomeGain.com, with direct responsibility for sales, marketing, product development and information technology. HomeGain.com was acquired in 2005 by Classified Ventures. In addition, Glenn has served on the board of directors of Laurel House, in Stamford, CT, and currently, serves on the board of directors of Inman News. Glenn holds an MBA from Sacred Heart University and a BA degree in Economics from the University of Virginia.
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About LeadQual, MyVictory Wellness, Sacred Heart University: LeadQual is a full service digital marketing, lead generation, and qualification agency.
Amanda Hite
Co-Founder and CEO of Be The Change Revolutions
Amanda Hite is the Co-Founder and CEO at BTC Revolutions. She started working at age 15 and has been in leadership roles since she was 16 years old. Amanda dropped out of college and worked her way up the corporate ladder in her twenties. She had an early midlife crisis when she turned thirty, feeling an insatiable desire to make more meaningful impact as an entrepreneur. In 2008, the year of the global financial crisis that devastated so many businesses, Amanda with only $64 left in her checking account cashed in her 401k and savings to start her first company. Amanda has a passion for social justice. She’s supported movements to end childhood hunger in America, equality for the LGBTQ community, and she’s implemented transformation models for the world’s most vulnerable. She credits her ability to embrace and lead change to growing up with so much change and adversity. Hite had 32 homes by the age of 18 and she benefited as a kid from programs like food stamps and free school meals. She also grew up gay in southern baptist churches and endured the challenges that followed her father’s injury and honorable discharge from the Army after serving in Desert Storm. Those are just a few of the things that she says motivate the advocacy work she does today and her deep spirit of patriotism. Hite is founding member of the “Changers of Commerce” connected capitalism movement. Amanda is an Advisory Board Member for Share Our Strength’s “Dine Out For No Kid Hungry” and she was recognized with their 2011 Advocate Leadership Award. Amanda has a deep passion for political activism. She is a Federal Club Council member and serves on leadership committees for the Human Right’s Campaign. Hite’s dynamic stage presence has made her a highly sought after International Keynote Speaker. Amanda has been featured as a Social Media influencer and thought leader in several publications, including The Huffington Post, Entrepreneur and Nationʼs Restaurant News. Amanda lives her message of “Be The Change” and, for those who work with her and have heard her speak, that message is forever tattooed in their minds. Amanda and the team at BTC are revolutionizing the way companies think about social media, marketing, and workplace engagement, helping them maximize their impact on their business and in society.
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About Be The Change Revolutions: Be The Change Revolutions is a movement marketing agency that specializes in social media.
Brandon Hill
Co-Founder, Chief Creative Officer of Be The Change Revolutions
Brandon has always been passionate about doing the impossible. That passion and creativity has taken many forms throughout the past fifteen years. His passion for lifelong learning ignited a passion for education and training. That passion manifested in his first company, Lightbulb Media Productions, where he worked with global organizations like Hard Rock International, PayPal, Marriott, and AT&T to write, develop, and successfully deploy enterprise-wide e-learning and technology solutions. But from an early stint in the music business in Orlando and Nashville, and after a brush with musical greatness as a part of Hard Rock’s renowned “ 4Js” Brandon had also developed a fascination for marketing in the age of digital and social media. In 2012, Brandon and Amanda Hite co-founded Be The Change Revolutions – a movement marketing agency dedicated to engaging communities and igniting movements. Since that time, Brandon and BTC’s work have been seen everywhere from Times Square Billboards to Super Bowl halftime shows.
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About Be The Change Revolutions: Be The Change Revolutions is a movement marketing agency that specializes in social media.
Carl Martin
Founder and CEO of Nobis
16+ years working directly with high growth start-ups and Fortune 500 companies to develop successful digital marketing and business development strategies. This work has included go-to-market programs, website and UI design, mobile marketing, display advertising as well as online lead generation and SEO/SEM strategies that have contributed to or directly resulted in billions of dollars in gross revenue. specialties: marketing strategy, digital marketing, search engine optimization (SEO), search engine marketing (SEM), pay per click (PPC) management, online media buying, online lead generation, CRM systems, enterprise software, web content management systems (CMS), content marketing, content strategy, content creation, content distribution, web analytics Founder and CEO of Nobis Nobis Interactive is an industry-leading provider of advanced, integrated Digital Marketing Services and Solutions. Nobis is focused exclusively on delivering state-of-the-art services and solutions to both aggressive start-ups and enterprise organizations. As CEO of Nobis, I am responsible for managing key client relationships and overseeing both the company’s overall strategic direction and day-to-day operations. Key clients include: HotelTonight, StubHub, eBay, Guardian Edge, Symantec, Fonality, Ring Central, NatureBox, Maker Media, ModCloth, Decorist, and Vacatia.
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About Nobis: Nobis Interactive is a provider of integrated digital marketing services and solutions.
Mae Karwowski
CEO, Founder of Obviously
Mae is the CEO and Founder of Obviously, the influencer platform for the world’s iconic brands. Mae has grown this company from a one person start up to a 15 person, global company with a brand roster that includes many Fortune 500 companies. Obviously specializes in building custom networks of influencers for brands, specifically large scale global communities of hundreds to thousands of influencers with the right target audiences. Working with the best brands out there, we build relationships with the influencers that embody their ethos while moving their businesses forward. Before Starting Obviously, Mae ran social media for Gilt City, part of Gilt Groupe. Previous to that she ran social media for Bravo, Coca Cola and UGG with the ad agency 360i. She enjoys playing tennis, snowboarding, corgi .gifs and talking tech and entrepreneurship 24/7.
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About Obviously: Obviously builds and manages influencer networks for the world’s iconic brands.
Udayan Bose
Founder & CEO of NetElixir
Udayan Bose founded NetElixir with a vision to provide online marketers worldwide with a paid search campaign optimization solution capable of delivering magical performance. Udayan recognized the potential of paid search as an essential advertising channel in 2002. Having experienced first hand the complexity involved in running a profitable paid search campaign, he was driven to develop a system that delivers predictable and efficient campaign performance, allowing marketers to fully leverage the power of paid search as a high value sales generator. Prior to starting NetElixir, Udayan was Director of Business Development for iGlobalMedia/PartyGaming, the world’s largest online gaming company. In this role he was responsible for building a new business unit, PartyBingo, that became a major revenue generator for the company. Udayan is a regular speaker at leading industry conferences like Internet Retailer Conference (US), Internet Retailing Conference (UK), eTail and Search Engine Strategies Conferences (US and Germany). He is a guest lecturer at Cornell University’s Johnson School of Management; Zicklin School of Business, Baruch, NY and Indian School of Business, Hyderabad. Udayan holds a B.Tech in Chemical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi and an M.B.A. from Mumbai University, India.
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About NetElixir: We specialize in SEM. Fanatically analytical. Search advertising mavens. Technology builders. Friendly experts.
Chuck Elias
Co-Founder & CEO of 42Chat
As senior vice president, strategy & corporate development, Chuck Elias works with FBHS operating unit leadership on strategies across a wide range of strategic initiatives. He also leads the company’s corporate development activities, including mergers & acquisitions. Prior to joining FBHS, Chuck served in senior leadership roles at Supervalu, a $35 billion grocery retailer/wholesaler. Most recently, he was Supervalu’s senior vice president of retail operations. Prior to joining Supervalu, Elias was a managing director for portfolio operations at Ridgeview Capital, a private equity firm. He also held several leadership positions at The Home Depot. Elias holds a Bachelor’s degree in Management, with honors, from the United States Coast Guard Academy in New London, Conn., and a Master’s degree in Business Administration from the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration in Boston.
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About 42Chat: 42Chat make AI Chatbots that provide instant answers and personalized connection over regular text (and other channels)
Aziz Rahim
CEO & Co-Founder of Sabio
Aziz Rahim is the CEO & Co-Founder at Sabio.inc.
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About App Science, Sabio: Sabio offers a CTV platform powered by mobile data.
Joe Camacho
Co-Founder & Chief Marketing Officer of Sabio
Joe Camacho is the Co-Founder & Chief Marketing Officer at Sabio.inc.
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About Sabio: Sabio offers a CTV platform powered by mobile data.
Brad Perry
CTO & Co-Founder of DealerSocket
Brad’s role is to help the company align our business and technology strategy to achieve our aggressive growth objectives. Prior to joining FreightPOP, Brad was the Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer at DealerSocket.
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About DealerSocket, FreightPOP: DealerSocket is an industry leading automotive CRM–Customer Relationship Management and dealership training provider, serving auto dealers.
Jonathan Ord
CEO & Co-Founder of DealerSocket
As CEO, Jonathan Ord sets vision and drives overall strategy for DealerSocket. Jonathan co-founded DealerSocket in 2001 to create a revolutionary model for industry niche CRM applications. Both DealerSocket and Jonathan have received many accolades including being named Best Overall Company globally in the 2008 Stevie International Business Awards, Best Management Team in the 2009 American Business Awards, one of the Red Herring North American 100 in 2009. Additionally, Jonathan has been honored as one of the most successful young Entrepreneurs and Executives in Southern California, being honored with the 2010 Excellence in Entrepreneurship Award from the Orange County Business Journal
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About DealerSocket: DealerSocket is an industry leading automotive CRM–Customer Relationship Management and dealership training provider, serving auto dealers.
Josh Dorward
CEO and Co-Founder of Indivio
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About Indivio: Indivio enables brands, and retailers of all sizes to create, test, and optimize Facebook ads using video.
Kenji Hashimoto
CTO and Co-Founder of Indivio
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About Indivio: Indivio enables brands, and retailers of all sizes to create, test, and optimize Facebook ads using video.
Tom Pachys
CEO and Co-Founder of EX.CO
Tom Pachys is co-founder and CEO of EX.CO. Tom’s entrepreneurial spirit started early in life when he began coding at an early age. He eventually joined the elite technology intelligence unit followed. He then join Sundaysky as one of the first team members following by his own tech startup.
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About EX.CO: EX.CO is a technology company used by brands & publishers to turn content into engaging and interactive experiences driving results.
Ruben Vardanyan
Founder & CEO of Joomag, Inc.
Dr Ruben Vardanyan is an innovative and result-driven leader with more than a decade of experience in building hi-tech companies. He is a founder and Chief Executive Officer of Joomag, a US based SaaS company that provides integrated solution for creating interactive digital publications. Under Vardanyan’s guidance the company developed a series of revolutionary products and became an industry leader. He has extensive experience working with SMBs as well as large enterprises including Fortune 500 companies. He is an angel investor, advisor and serves as a board member for various tech startups. Prior to his Joomag experience, he was the founding CEO of mobile app development company Magy. The company produced several best-seller and award winning apps. In addition to being a master strategist, Vardanyan is an aficionado of all aspects of computer programming, security, databases, software, protocols and web servers. In fact, he co-authored “Principles of C++” and authored “Programming in Macromedia Flash Action Script.” Along with his Executive Education from Harvard, Vardanyan holds a PhD in Computer Science and maintains active involvement in workshops, trainings and is a guest speaker at several international conferences.
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About Joomag, Inc.: Joomag is the all-in-one platform empowering businesses large and small to create, distribute, track, and monetize their interactive content
David Aslanyan
Chief Customer Officer & Co-Founder of Joomag, Inc.
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About Joomag, Inc.: Joomag is the all-in-one platform empowering businesses large and small to create, distribute, track, and monetize their interactive content
Andy Monfried
Founder & CEO of Lotame
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About Lotame: Lotame is the leading provider of data enrichment solutions for global enterprises.
Gavin Weigh
Co-Founder & COO of Revieve
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About LandInChicago, Revieve, ULLAC: Market-leading beauty customer-experience personalization solution for beauty brands and retailers
Steffen Horst
CEO & Co-Founder of Symphonic Digital
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About Symphonic Digital, Symphonic Digital: Symphonic Digital helps SMBs to maximize their ROI from digital advertising, through data-driven, tailored campaigns.
John Hendricks
CEO & Founder of ERGO
John is the founder and CEO of ERGO Interactive, a company that specializes in designing and delivering Smart Content for email and web journeys. John holds degrees in electrical engineering and marketing and has spent his career developing award winning data-drive marketing programs for Blue Chip clients including American Express, Honda, Hyundai, Disney, Ameriprise, TIAA, BlackRock, JPMorgan Chase, H&R Block, Discover and CapitalOne. He was also a cofounder of BoldFish, sold to Siebel in 2003, and Bigfoot Interactive, sold to Epsilon / Alliance Data in 2005.
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About ERGO: ERGO is a marketing automation solution provider that creates intelligent customer experiences inside each email using Smart Content.
Antti Uusiheimala
Co-Founder, Business Development of Cocoon
Antti’ is the backbone of company development and strategic business development at Cocoon. His background is in patient monitoring and he traveled at an early age to set up the US operations of a startup called CRF-health. He has Masters degree in both Finance and Law, which have been the foundation for his track record of building funds such as Vision Capital. He has additionally worked in private investment and at Goldman Sachs. Antti is driven by strategic excellence and want’s to make big dreams come true. He is a logical thinker and excels at building companies and learning new things. Antti loves quantum physics, hot yoga and pho.
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About Cocoon: Fueling insights for the female economy.
Sheldon Owen
Founder and CEO of Vana
Sheldon is a proven entrepreneur and senior business operator with over 20 years of experience developing emerging technology companies. Sheldon is the Founder of Digital Tower, Inc. (dba Muncheez) and the Co-Founder of Unified. Prior to starting Muncheez, Sheldon was the founding CEO of Unified for nearly five years. During his tenure as CEO, Unified successfully raised over $60 million in venture financing, grew to hundreds of customers and 150 employees, made two successful acquisitions, won countless awards, and became one of the industry’s most recognized marketing technology startups. Prior to co-founding Unified, Sheldon held many senior executive roles throughout his career including Vice President at CA Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: CA), EVP/General Manager at Connexus and Founder of tmpSocial, an early Facebook Marketing Partner. Sheldon is an active startup advisor, mentor, board member, speaker and angel investor. He is a member of the Young Presidents’ Organization (YPO), an advisor for Techweek, and an advisor to hedge funds and professional investment firms on industry trends in software, marketing technology, mobile, digital advertising, and social media.
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About Vana: Leading recommendation engine and compliant marketing platform for the legal cannabis and CBD industry
Luke Kervin
Co-CEO & Founder of PatientPop
Luke Kervin is the founder and Co-CEO at PatientPop.
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About PatientPop: PatientPop is the only complete practice growth solution that empowers healthcare providers to thrive in the digital age.
Saurabh Gupta
Founder & CEO of Intellemo
Saurabh is an IIT Delhi alumni (2012 batch B.Tech & M.Tech) and has managed the overall portfolio of Digital Marketing across a career of 7 years. His work included SEM, SEO, Display Ads, Mobile App Marketing & Google Analytics. He is an expert in digital marketing automation. He has contributed to the growth brands like Lenskart.com, Yatra.com and UrbanClap.com before starting his own digital marketing company Intellemo. He aspires to fill the gaps in the last mile delivery of creative ads that perform, by making them easily accessible and flexibly & affordably deliverable for impactful growth of a business.
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About Intellemo: Ready to launch Advertising Content for Instant Marketing
Arya Bina
Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Kobe Digital
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About Kobe Digital: Kobe Digital connects growth-focused brands with their target audiences through customized digital experiences and strategies.
Kaushik Bhatta (KB)
Founder, CEO of B3 Alliance, Inc.
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About B3 Alliance, Inc., Shiva & Company, Inc.: Comprehensive Business Consulting Firm
Michael Balyasny
Co-Founder & CEO of Attendify
Co-Founder of KitApps
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About Attendify: Attendify is a SaaS-based in-person virtual & hybrid event platform, dedicated bridging the gap between event marketing & digital marketing.
Shirley Chen
Founder & CEO of Narrativ
Shirley Chen is the Founder & CEO of Narrativ.
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About Narrativ: Narrativ is a subscription technology platform for brands to acquire new customers through trusted creators, not sponsored content or ads.
Amit Jain
Founder, CEO of Bridg
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About Bridg: Bridg is a customer data platform that empowers marketers to better understand and reach customers using SKU-level insights.
Anand Kishore
Founder / CEO of Aspire
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About Aspire: The influencer marketing platform empowering ecommerce brands to build and cultivate influential communities.
Suhaas Prasad
CTO / Founder of Aspire
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About Aspire: The influencer marketing platform empowering ecommerce brands to build and cultivate influential communities.
Roger Kjensrud
Chief Technology Officer & Co-Founder of impact.com
Roger is co-founder and CTO of Impact, where he is tasked with architecting and enhancing the world’s most scalable and complete marketing technology suite. As CTO, he leads our engineering and product departments. Roger is also a previous co-founder and technology leader of several internet technology companies, including Savings.com and Leadpoint. Previously, Roger was the Director of Engineering at Commission Junction, where he transitioned the company to a scalable Java-based technology infrastructure. This generated significant IT cost savings, while enabling improved development processes that enhanced speed and quality. Roger earned his Bachelor of Science and Master of Science in electrical engineering from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and also earned a Bachelor of Science in telecommunications from Gjøvik College of Engineering, Norway.
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About impact.com: impact.com, the leading global partnership management platform, has been transforming the way enterprises manage all types of partnerships.
