Matt Blumberg Email & Phone Number

New York, Ny, Us

New York, Ny, Us

Along with seven of my colleagues from Return Path, I started Bolster as a next-generation AI-driven platform to disrupt the executive search market:- Raised $25mm in venture capital from top-tier investors including Union Square Ventures, Foundry, Costanoa Venture Capital, High Alpha, and SVB- Pivoted from initial marketplace model to AI-copilot model for recruiters- Innovated pricing and service models- Have placed 400+ senior executives in full-time, part-time, and board roles

New York, Ny, Us

Boston, Massachusetts, Us

Understanding the disruptive power of email technology along with a number of its limitations from my work at MovieFone, I founded Return Path in 1999 and scaled the business as CEO for 20 years to over $100mm in revenue, profitable, with 500 employees in 12 locations across 7 countries.- Ran business through the ups and downs of the dot-com bubble and collapse, 9/11, 2008 global financial crisis; sold company for $250mm in 2019- Created groundbreaking email SaaS products with numerous patents based on a proprietary data moat with millions of nodes reporting email metrics from across the internet. Products included change of address, filter monitoring, certification, anti-phishing, and consumer insights- Raised over $100mm in venture capital from top-tier investors including Flatiron Partners/Union Square Ventures, Softbank VC/Foundry, Sutter Hill Ventures/Costanoa Venture Capital, Sapphire, Vista- Scaled and led complex organization across multiple business units and geographies; created and drove extensive management and leadership training programs; won numerous employer-of-choice awards; 12+ former employees have gone on to become CEOs- Acquired a dozen companies over the years, from competitive consolidation to technology tuck-in; completed four spin-outs/divestitures of non-core assets in a rapidly evolving space, including one business unit still intact today within Proofpoint that has scaled to almost $500mm in revenue

Seattle, Wa, Us

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MovieFone was a $30mm small cap public company with 175 employees, pioneering interactive movie guides and ticketing services through local phone numbers (e.g. 777-FILM) and on the Internet at moviefone.com. I was hired to put the company’s services on the Internet. By 1999, at least 150 million consumers used our services.- Built and led MovieFone’s Internet business from concept, through five product cycles, as a top-25 property at the dawn of the commercial Internet- Introduced disruptive new products and developed new revenue streams including voice recognition, reserved seating, market research, and email- Had P&L responsibility at division level; managed staff of 30; also had company-wide functional leadership roles running Marketing and Product- Reported to CEO; on deal team which sold company to AOL for $585 mm

New York, Ny, Us

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High School