FLO {thinkery}
Mark Montgomery is a pioneer in the e-commerce and business to consumer marketing space. Over the past 15 years, he has worked with hundreds of entertainment and corporate clients, including names like Sony, Kanye West, Keith Urban, RIM/Blackberry, Bon Jovi, Pearl Jam, Best Buy, Gnarls Barkley, Rascal Flatts, and General Motors to name a few.
Mark has been working in the web space since the early 90's, launching his first B2C ecommerce play in early 1996. In 1999, he co-founded echo, a company focused on building communities around entertainment brands. He was the co-creator of the patented platform echotools™, a direct to consumer delivery and data management system which ultimately grew to serve millions of users and distribute hundreds of millions of pages, data feeds, and e-commerce transactions. In 2007, the company was acquired by Barry Diller’s IAC/Ticketmaster for eight figures.
A winner of multiple "Best in Business" awards, as well as "Entrepreneur of the Year”, Mark is a frequent keynote speaker and panelist in the US and Europe for corporate functions as well as conferences on a variety of topics.
He recently founded FLO {thinkery}, works on his early stage investment portfolio, and maintains the EIR role for Claritas Capital, headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee. He also holds several board seats in the profit and not for profit space. In addition, he maintains a small list of consulting clients focused on overall strategy, business development, branding, and technology initiatives.
More info at www.hellomarko.com and www.findyouFLO.com