Participating Company Profiles - Day Two
Signpost’s powerful CRM and marketing automation technology is the first in the industry to guarantee outcomes for local businesses. Powered by automated data collection and email remarketing, Signpost drives 5 star reviews, referrals and positive feedback. Signpost also operates a cloud-based digital and mobile marketing platform for small and medium busi- nesses (SMBs). The company was founded in 2009 and is based in New York, New York with additional offices in Austin, Texas; and Denver, Colorado.
127 W. 26th Street New York , NY 10001
Company Representative: Stuart Wall, Chief Executive Officer
As the CEO and founder of Signpost, Stuart oversees strategy, product development, sales and marketing. Stuart launched Signpost in 2010 and has since led the company through initial funding from Google Ventures and Spark Capital to the large, growing business Signpost is today. As an expert in all things digital marketing, Stuart's writing has been featured in The Huffington Post, Business In- sider, Entrepreneur, Venturebeat and Pando Daily. Prior to Signpost, Stuart worked at Bain & Company, where he provided strategic advice to Fortune 500 companies and private equity firms. He graduated summa cum laude from Miami University with a degree in Finance and a double minor in French and Entrepreneurship. Stuart received an MBA from the Harvard Business School.
Skillz is the worldwide leader in mobile eSports, having hosted more than 70 million tourna- ments for players in over 180 countries. Skillz allows game developers to seamlessly inte- grate eSports competitions into any mobile game, making eSports accessible to the world's 2.1 billion mobile gamers. As the eSports provider for over 1,600 game studios, Skillz ac- counted for more than 20% of all eSports prizes awarded in 2015. Founded in 2012, Skillz has offices in San Francisco and Boston and has raised over $28 million in funding from in- vestors including the owners of the New England Patriots, Milwaukee Bucks and New York Mets.
1061 Market St., 6th Floor San Francisco , CA 94103
Company Representative: Andrew Paradise, Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Andrew Paradise is the CEO and founder of Skillz, the worldwide leader in mobile eSports. Andrew is a serial entrepreneur with a successful track record. Prior to Skillz, Andrew founded AisleBuyer, which was sold to Intuit (NASDAQ: INTU) in April 2012 as well as Photrade, which was sold in 2009 to MPA Inc. He has also worked in venture capital and private equity investing for Fort Washington Capital Partners and The Watermill Group. Andrew learned to program at age seven by hacking a video game with a hex editor and later wrote his first game in Pascal. Andrew founded Skillz because he believes in making mobile games more fun for players while making game creation more lucrative for developers.
SmartZip Analytics is a national leader in predictive marketing solutions for real estate, lend- ing and related industries. Using patent-pending home intelligence, predictive analytics and automated marketing campaigns, SmartZip's SmartTargeting platform offers an integrated solution that can identify top home seller prospects accurately, engage them through target- ed online and offline marketing campaigns, and help close more business with smart nurtur- ing and prospecting tools.
4450 Rosewood Drive, Suite 300 Pleasanton , CA 94588
Company Representative: Avi Gupta, Chief Executive Officer
Avi Gupta is the President and Chief Executive Officer of SmartZip Analytics, a predictive marketing platform that helps enterprises and professionals target their marketing efforts on the most likely-to-buy homeowners. Avi has worked with SmartZip since 2008. Pri- or to joining SmartZip, he served as the Director of WorldWide Marketing at Mentor Graphics from 2003 to 2007. Avi began his career as a Staff Design Leader at Intel. Avi holds a B.S. in Computer Science and Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kha- ragpur, MS in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from University of California, Berkeley, and a PhD in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of Michigan.
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