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The worst executive hiding in plain sight.
Talks about executive team transformation, hiring mistakes and toxic executives
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Michael Katz
Mentor at Techstars
New York, New York
Overview
Michael Katz is the CEO and Co-founder of mParticle, a company focused on making business personal. With a background in marketing strategy and digital media, he has held leadership roles at companies like Yahoo! and interclick, and has invested in various startups, including HeadSpin and Causemo.
Katz has successfully led mParticle to become a prominent player in the marketing technology sector and has made strategic investments in companies across different stages, showcasing his expertise in entrepreneurship and strategic planning.
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
A real-time, end-to-end customer data platform that turns customer data into customer joy.
Raised $272,030,000.00 from Permira, Jake Bailey and Mark Gretton.
Mentor
2015
Techstars is an accelerator that provides pre-seed investment and mentoring for various early stage startups.
Raised $108,919,999.00 from SVB Financial Group and Foundry Group.
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
interclick is a technology company that provides data-driven advertising solutions and analytics.
Raised $18,100,000.00.
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.
Accenture Ventures is a venture capital firm arm of Accenture, delivers innovative solutions with strategic partnerships and investments.
Analyst
2000 - 2000
Education
BS
1996 - 2000
Investments
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