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My Current Companies & Roles:

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Co-founder & Chairman

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Board of Director

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Board of Director

My first job was at Apple, the company that supplied me with the Mac SE in high school. It changed everything. Three months into Apple, our small division spun out into a startup (User Group Connection). At 23 years old I became the VP of Marketing. I started the race for my capabilities to catch up to my responsibilities.

From there, I led marketing, product, and sales for several silicon valley startups, including a word of mouth marketing consultancy, a community + content online startup (ThirdAge.com), and a web-based telecommunications company (Telepost). All three startups, like many, were 10 years ahead of the market. But, lessons were learned.

In 1999, Dell recruited me to run Dell.com in Austin. I led operations, content, design, analytics, three redesigns and formed Dell’s global online strategy. We grew consumer online revenue to over $3.5 billion. In my 5th year I launched Dell's Consumer CRM group. We developed new markets, a retail marketing strategy, database marketing programs, Hispanic marketing, our three-year plan, customer-centricity strategy, and change leadership program. 

In 2005 I went back to my startup roots to become founding CMO for Bazaarvoice Inc. For our first 5 years I led product, marketing and business development. My team built 7 products (and 7 patents). After 5 years we had grown to 500 people and $50 million revenue, before it went public in 2012.

In 2010 I became founder and CEO of Mass Relevance, a SaaS platform for curating real-time content for social TV and brands. We negotiated exclusive partnerships of Twitter and Facebook and worked with every league, major broadcast networks, and many brands. Within 3 years Mass Relevance won a technical Emmy and grew to 150 people globally serving 300 clients prior to merging with Spredfast in April, 2014. (video) (now Khorus).

During the same time, in 2012, I co-founded and was Chairman of Clearhead,  the leading agency in data-driven experience optimization. In 5 years we grew the company to 100 people, and it was acquired by Accenture in July, 2017.

I am currently co-founder and Chairman of Fair Worlds, an immersive reality agency/consultancy, co-owner of Texas Drift Academy, and on the boards of Interplay Learning and Axial Shift.


And...

  • Co-founder of Capital Factory (2009)

  • Author of "301 Do-it-Yourself Marketing Ideas" and "How to Market With Computer User Groups".

  • EY Entrepreneur of the Year finalist in 2015.

  • 15 years as an active investor / advisor to startups

  • Past board member of Web Analytics Association, Word of Mouth Marketing Association, Texchange, Austin Film Society, Monetate, Needle, Clarify, Spredfast, and others. 

  • Inventor of 3 patent on creation and display of user generated content

I continue my journey to be the best husband, father and friend I can be. I find myself studying the brain, mindfulness, and the journeys of growth. I'm interested in meeting anyone focused and passionate about the same.

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