MK

Michael Katz

Mentor at Techstars

New York, New York

Overview

Work Experience

  • CEO | Co-founder

    2013 - Current

    Customer data platform for multi channel consumer brands. Helping the worlds best brands do more with more of their data #cdp

  • Mentor

    2015

  • Board of Directors Member

    2014 - 2019

  • Board of Directors Member

    2013 - 2017

  • VP, Optimization & Analytics

    2011 - 2012

    At Yahoo by way of acquisition when they bought interclick for $270M in 2011. Oversaw Product, Sales Engineering, & Operations teams within Yahoo's Genome division during integration and under 4 CEOs while successfully growing head count by more than 50% and revenue grew from $150M to $300M.

  • CEO

    2011 - 2011

    Director & Officer of a publicly traded company (NASD: ICLK). Took over as CEO after 4 years of running the business as President. Responsible for conducting quarterly earnings call, maintaining analyst, investor, and auditor relationships. Organically grew revenue to over $140M in 5 years, while expanding gross margin % and EBITDA to over $20M by 2011. Revenue/FTE >$1M Beat Wall St expectations in all 17 consecutive quarters of being a public company. Raised nearly $20M in equity financing and increased credit facility with Silicon Valley Bank to $15M Interclick was named the #5 best company to work for in New York by Crains in 2011 across all industries. Sold to Yahoo for $270M in December 2011 which represented a 50% premium over our existing share price.

  • President & Founder

    2005 - 2011

    President

  • EVP, Media Strategy

    2004 - 2007

    Responsible for customer acquisition, media strategy, and overall marketing strategy for mobile content company. Sold the company in 2007

  • Analyst

    2001 - 2003

    Analyst on various tech implementation engagements including EMC, McDonalds, among others.

  • Analyst

    2000 - 2000

Education

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