Board of Advisors
Our wonderful group of advisors provide expert advice and have helped us succeed.
Meet our advisors
In late 2006, while working for an interactive advertising agency, Justin Graves, now Infegy's CEO, had a vision to develop a system which could collect as much social content as possible and analyze it on-demand to garner a wealth of insight in to consumer thought and opinion. Justin left the agency to begin development work on this concept, and shortly after he partnered with Adam Coomes, Infegy's President, for his expertise in Web and business development. Infegy, a combination of the words Information and Strategy, was officially founded and work on the project now known as Social Radar was well under way to becoming the powerful yet elegant solution it is today.
Social Radar has continued to evolve at a rapid pace, chasing the original vision of automated generation of as much insight as possible from its enormous and ever-growing collection of content. This philosophy has allowed Social Radar to revolutionize the way companies listen to their consumers, greatly surpassing beliefs about what can be done, and yet this is only the beginning.
Justin Graves, CEO
Justin has a strong development background originally in the gaming industry, having founded a company in the space which developed a state-of-the-art high-efficency 3D game platform. Soon after, Justin joined an advertising agency to aid development of a system which would monitor what a small group of sites were saying about certain brands online. The highlight of this tool was an intelligent 3D data analysis application which a small team, led by Justin, developed.
While working at the agency, Justin envisioned developing a system which could collect mass amounts of conversation from the Web and analyze it on request for insight, giving a voice to millions of consumers. The agency Justin was with at the time could not budget developing this project themselves, so Justin left the agency to begin development, partnering shortly after with Adam Coomes. That idea has become Social Radar as it is today, and that agency became Infegy's first client.
Adam Coomes, President
Adam Coomes is an entrepreneur who has a passion for technology and a drive for innovation. Over the years, Adam spent much of his time studying web development and building experimental social websites. He understands the world of social media and enjoys being a part of it.
Prior to Infegy, Adam worked as the VP of Business Development for an e-commerce company which focused a lot of their efforts online and he worked to nearly double their revenue. Adam gained lots of experience working with several companies managing different aspects of business ranging from sales and support to coding and development. Because of this, Adam identifies with the world of development, but can bridge other aspects of business together to produce a great environment and a great team.
Brooks Morgan, VP Business Development
Before joining Infegy, Brooks began his career with the Provco Group in Villanova, PA working with famed entrepreneur Richard Caruso managing venture investments for a $500mm private equity & venture capital portfolio. While working for the Provco Group, Brooks vetted new venture opportunities and participated in managing the direction of portfolio companies.
After leaving the Provco Group, Brooks joined the startup team of the Angel Investment Card to launch a novel investment fund which was funded by the proceeds of credit card purchases by networks of angel investors. He then joined Infegy in the Spring of 2009 to develop growth strategies for what is now the world's most advanced social media analytics platform. Brooks received a BS in finance and entrepreneurship from the University of Kansas.
Gray Dudek, European Managing Director
Gray is a very experienced digital marketing type who has over 10 years experience has been gained working for global blue chip company Mars Incorporated, UK FTSE 100 company Capita Group, award winning UK advertising agency RBH among many others.
Prior to joining Infegy, to help launch the business across Europe, Gray was Digital Director for an agency who's clients included Land Rover, Hyundai, Aston Martin to name a few. In the past Gray has built Chinese outsourcing teams for 24/7 technology development, created white-label agency networks to support global advertising agencies and managed marketing and development budgets well in excess of €10,000,000 for FTSE 100 companies in the UK.
Nigel Bromley, European Sales & Marketing Director
Nigel began his career in sales & marketing over twenty years ago with the famous US company 3M covering markets in Europe and the UK. Stints in product management and sales led to marketing roles with Hanson and McKechnie plc companies. This led to the switch from client side to agency side working for RBH across clients as diverse as Aston Martin to TNT and from ITNET to Warwick Castle. Whilst Nigel managed the client services the agency won Client Service Agency of the Year, The Marketing Society Excellence Award for Effectiveness and over 50 creative awards.
Throughout his career Nigel has seen the communications landscape and consumer behavior continually evolve and finds the challenges this sets businesses fascinating believing that even when the methods of persuasion may change, the skills required to persuade remain the same.
Dave Reed, European Head of Consultancy
Dave is an experienced digital marketing expert who has over 10 years experience in creating, implementing and enhancing digital marketing strategies for a variety of businesses. His experience spans a number of sectors on both agency and client side including Accounting, Recruitment, Automotive, Retail and Education.
Prior to becoming Infegy EU's Head of Consultancy Dave worked at award winning UK Digital Agency RBH Engage, providing sound strategic advice delivered with honesty and passion to clients such as Land Rover, Jaguar, Westfield, Staffordshire University, Freya Lingerie and Aston Martin. With experience of client side and agency side marketing Dave appreciates the pressures of both environments and is therefore able to balance both to deliver effective solutions to any digital marketing problem.
Patricia Hume, SVP Global Channels and Alliances at SAP
Pat is an experienced and successful leader who has built and managed all aspects of business in the high technical industry for over 29 years. Proven track record including P+L responsibility, development, sales, marketing, finance, partner and channel strategy and development, and operational execution.
Her past work experience includes President and CEO of VeritcalNet, SVP of the Microsoft Strategic Alliance, World Wide Vice President of Partner Sales and Marketing for Lotus Development Corporation, Worldwide Channel Executive for EMC, Director of IBM Merger with Lotus, and Client/Server Product Development/Solution Manager of IBM.
Richard Caruso, PH.D, Founder and Chairman of Integra Life Sciences
Richard Caruso, PH.D. founded Integra Life Sciences (NASDAQ: IART) in 1989 and has served as the Integra's Chairman since March 1992. Dr. Caruso is currently a member of The Provco Group, an advisor and director of many companies such as Quaker BioVentures, Nitric Biotherapeutics, Inc, Diasome Pharmaceuticals, LLC, NewSpring Capital and ePlanet Ventures III. Dr. Caruso served as the Company's CEO from 1992 to 1997 and as the Company's President from 1995 to 1997.
In 2006, Dr. Caruso was named the Ernst and Young National Entrepreneur of the Year for the United States. Dr. Caruso is on the Board of Susquehanna University, The Baum School of Art and the Uncommon Individual Foundation (Founder). He received a B.S. degree from Susquehanna University, an M.S.B.A. degree from Bucknell University and a PH.D. degree from the London School of Economics, University of London.
Bo Fishback, VP of Entrepreneurship at Kauffman Foundation
Bo has vast experience with all aspects of business, as he has helped build many successful startups such as LightSpeed Genomics and Orbis Biosciences. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in biomedical engineering from Southern Methodist University and earned an MBA from the Harvard Business School.
Bo Fishback became a director in advancing innovation at the Kauffman Foundation, later obtaining the position of Vice President of Entrepreneurship, responsible for developing and advancing transformative programs that strengthen entrepreneurial engagement in the economy and help entrepreneurs succeed.
James Clarke, Director, Private Equity Investments
James brings a background in corporate finance, venture capital as well as start-up experience to Infegy. He is currently a senior portfolio manager with Fiduciary Research & Consulting, an institutional investment consulting firm. He earned a bachelor's degree from Washburn University where he currently chairs the board of the McAtee Scholarship Fund. He received an MBA with an emphasis in finance and investments from the University of Kansas and is a member of the CFA Institute.
James spent seven years managing a portfolio of domestic and international venture capital, buyout and real estate investments for the Kauffman Foundation. He began his career as an investment banker with Nations Media Partners advising telecom and media companies on mergers and acquisitions. During, James engaged his entrepreneurial side co-founding a start-up which sold to AT&T. Since then he has been a founding investor in Proteon Therapeutics, LightSpeed Genomics and Orbis Biosciences.
We believe in passion. Infegy is more than a company, it is a group of individuals who live their lives with passion. We believe that passion drives innovation, drives hard work, and creates a positive, fun, and exciting company to be a part of. When you build a team around passion, you no longer work. You create, you experiment, you encourage, and ultimately, you succeed.
We only hire the best. We don't hire staff strictly based on their credentials. If you are a master of your craft and think you have what it takes to be a part of the Infegy team, we want to hear from you!
Are you passionate? Are you skillful? Are you ready to have some fun?
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