Co-founder and CEO of Leadferno. Helping create delightful conversations at speed for businesses using messaging to close more leads faster. Leadferno converts website traffic to leads with a web-to-text widget and universal calls-to action. 2-way SMS, Facebook Messenger and Google Business Messages in one shared inbox. Powerful features to work faster as a team via a desktop or mobile app.As Past CEO of GatherUp I led:+ Acquisition by Alpine Software Group in November 2019+ 5X growth in 4 years+ Appearance on the INC 5000 list for 2019 (#2240)+ Launch of industry leading features TextBack and Insights powered by IBM Watson+ Sales growth with multi-location brands and franchises+ Building high performing teamsI have co-founded and been in executive roles in digital marketing agencies and SaaS companies. GatherUp serves over 20,000 businesses globally, helping them manage and market their customer experience including Net Promotor Score, customer feedback and reviews. I served as the Vice President and then COO of Spyder Trap, a digital marketing agency in Minneapolis, helping grow the business over 400% and scale from 6 employees to 45. I co-founded and served as Vice President of Five Technology working with hundreds of small businesses on their website platforms and online marketing.With nearly 25 years of experience in the field of web design, development, mobile, search engine marketing (SEO, Local), online reputation, social media and other online marketing strategies I speak internationally on many digital marketing topics. I value quality, brand, vision, process, problem solving, team building and storytelling to grow a company.I was a founding board member of the Minnesota Search Marketing Association (MnSearch) and served on the board as Events Director and Vice President. I was a partner in Local University (Acquired 2019) executing digital marketing events and co-host a podcast on running a SaaS company called TheSaaSVenture.com.