About Us
Infogroup Interactive is a new digital solutions & services company for marketers. The power behind the Infogroup Interactive brand includes Infogroup sister divisions, Yesmail and Walter Karl, in addition to a key digital partnership with a leading interactive firm. Infogroup Interactive is the newest division of Infogroup that brings marketers a comprehensive, cross channel, digital marketing solution to build and execute powerful marketing campaigns.
Leadership Team
Mike Hilts, President, Infogroup Interactive
As President of Infogroup Interactive, Mike is charged with blending the individual strengths of Yesmail and Walter Karl Interactive together to create a full suite of interactive solutions and services for their clients. Mike served as President and General Manager of Yesmail from 2005 to 2010. Under his leadership, Yesmail was transformed into an emarketing solutions powerhouse, consistently earning a "leader" designation in the annual Forrester Wave report for Email Marketing Service Providers. Prior to Yesmail's acquisition of @Once Corp. in 2005, Mike served in various executive roles at @Once, including Vice President, Client Services, and Vice President, Finance and CFO. He previously provided contract CFO, and operational and financial advisory services to companies in various industries, and served in various positions at Evergreen International Aviation, Inc. Mike holds a BA in Finance and Accounting from Washington State University and an MBA from Portland State University.
John Harrison, President and General Manager of Platform Solutions, Infogroup Interactive
John is responsible for the P&L of Yesmail, and oversees Yesmail's Client Services, Professional Services and Client Services Engineering divisions. Over the last five years, John has taken on the responsibility of building out Yesmail's operations in 10 offices around the world. He manages a team of more than 135 employees who serve more than 250 clients in London, New York, Toronto, Atlanta, Chicago, Omaha, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Singapore, and Portland, Ore. Prior to Yesmail's acquisition of @Once Corp. in 2005, John served in various executive roles at @Once. He also held senior positions at GeoTrust Inc. and the Symantec Corporation.
Tim Price, Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Infogroup Interactive
Tim is responsible for building, growing and managing Infogroup Interactive's sales and marketing initiatives. A pioneer in the email marketing space, Tim played a major role in the evolution of @Once into Yesmail and now Infogroup Interactive. In his time at @Once Corp. and Yesmail, Tim has watched email evolve from a novel form of communication into an everyday ingredient in a marketer's toolkit. Before Yesmail's acquisition of @Once in 2005, Tim served as SVP of Sales and Marketing for @Once and was one of the company founders. He previously served as Senior Account Executive for Nextlink Interactive, a provider of telecommunications technology systems.
Grant Roholt, Senior Vice President Technology and Chief Technology Officer, Infogroup Interactive
Grant sets and leads Infogroup Interactive's technology initiatives, as well as all product development, research and operations. Under Grant's guidance, Yesmail has taken technology innovation to a new level with the advent of Enterprise 7, a cross-channel marketing command center that enables marketers to efficiently execute campaigns across a host of channels: email, web, mobile, SMS, social and direct mail. Before joining Yesmail in 2006, Grant served as Co-Founder and Senior Vice President of Business Development and Technology for Swan Island Networks, Inc. In that role, he was awarded U.S. Patent #7,337,146, the basis for highly secure collaboration in social networks. Grant has previously served in leadership positions at Qsent Corporation, Supertracks and Gemstone Systems.
Lori Colantuono, General Manager of Product and Marketing, Infogroup Interactive
Ms. Colantuono joined Walter Karl in 1994 as a brokerage assistant. In 1999, Lori was promoted to manage the Compiled Division including selling, marketing and promoting all of the properties owned by infoUSA. These products include the proprietary Business and Consumer Databases, Data Processing, Enhancement Services, Modeling, Profiling as well as our On-Line Self Reported surveys. Additionally, Ms. Colantuono is involved with building new products to bring to market. In 2007, she was promoted to SVP of Proprietary and Email List Management Services. In her current role she is responsible for all sales within our Proprietary data as well as our Email List Management Division. Lori was graduated from the State University of New York, Plattsburgh and began her career in the direct mail industry shortly thereafter. In June 2010 she was promoted to co-lead the organization and is currently responsible for product development and management, operations and marketing.
John Ching, Vice President of Applied Research, Infogroup Interactive
John Ching is a high-tech industry veteran with more than 19 years of software engineering and technology management experience. He is a technical expert on artificial intelligence, data mining, analytical modeling and messaging systems. Mr. Ching joined Yesmail following Yesmail's acquisition of Digital Connexxions Corp., where he was the CTO and was responsible for defining the strategic directions of the Email Service Provider's overall technology, products and ASP services. Previously he was the CTO of ResponseLogic where he led the R&D efforts in creating a patented intelligent content personalization software product. Mr. Ching also served as CTO at Infotriever Inc. (a Brightspark company), and was instrumental in architecting the company's patent-pending eCRM technology for web-enabling and integrating personal organizers and palm devices. Prior to Infotriever, Mr. Ching served as the Director of Engineering at E-Certify Corporation responsible for developing an Enterprise PKI and Internet security product suite. Mr. Ching also held senior technical and management positions at Accenture, Peregrine Systems (now HP), and at Casebank Technologies where he co-authored an US patent on Case-based Reasoning.
Tim Christensen, Vice President of Software Engineering, Infogroup Interactive
As Vice President of Software Engineering, Tim brings over ten years of experience delivering and leading Enterprise software application efforts from varied industries including Financial, Environmental, Media, and Supply Chain Management. He is an avid learner, who enjoys searching for opportunities to build productive teams, and improve business processes, while fostering a collaborative, innovative work environment. His zeal for business combined with software development helps him stay focused on delivering quality solutions that customers love. Tim is responsible for the innovation and development of Yesmail's web and platform applications driving the business' core services. Tim holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer and Information Science from the University of Oregon.
Barry Berkowitz, Vice President, Digital Marketing Solutions, Infogroup Interactive
Barry has been gathering intelligence from audiences and driving them to action since the early days of the web. Originally an attorney in New York, Barry helped build online research firm IAG Nielsen to profitability; dramatically increased the scope of services and "A List" client roster for interactive promotions powerhouse ePrize; and helped IPG Agency Dailey in Los Angeles develop award winning mobile and socially integrated ad campaigns for top clients. Barry's experienced approach to today's mobile and social media landscape focuses on strategies and winning tactics that drive measurable results for client organizations of all types and sizes.
John Hollands, Vice President of Sales, Infogroup Interactive
John has been with Yesmail since January 2005 as a result of Yesmail's acquisition of @Once. Prior to Yesmail, John served as @Once Director of Business Development for 5 years. Before joining @Once, John led sales and marketing efforts for BCT, a trade printing company in Portland, OR. John attended Oregon State University.
Matt Hickman, Vice President of Sales, Major Accounts - West, Infogroup Interactive
Matt has been with Yesmail since January 2005 as a result of Yesmail's acquisition of @Once. Matt served as Senior Director of Business Development for @Once for 6 years, and prior to that, was Director of Business Development for Agency.com. Matt began his career working in sales and account management for MCI Communications after graduating from Oregon State University and spending a year working in Osaka, Japan, for Osaka Computer Corporation.
Sheehan Murphy, Vice President of Sales, Major Accounts - East, Infogroup Interactive
Sheehan has been with Yesmail since March 2003, responsible for developing Yesmail's client relationships in the Eastern Region with companies such as Kodak, Virgin Atlantic and Reader's Digest. Prior to Yesmail, Sheehan was an Account Executive at email service provider Xpedite Systems (now Premier Global). Prior to Xpedite, Sheehan was Sales Director at Vendio, a leading online commerce services provider, where he helped develop the display and email advertising products into a multi-million dollar annual revenue stream. Sheenan also worked at Boxlot.com (now InfoSpace), where he represented the sites display and email advertising inventory. Sheehan attended San Diego State University.
Catherine Needham, Vice President Marketing, Infogroup Interactive
Catherine has been marketing technology brands for nearly 15 years, and is passionate about creating recognizable and meaningful presence for each company she has the opportunity to market. Catherine has been with Yesmail for 3 years, helping launch and communicate the company's growth of expansive technology and services for marketing professionals. She has consulted in PR for the telecomm industry, and has had the pleasure of helping to power Portland's technology development hotbed with the Open Source movement and the promotion of the Linux brand. Before that, Catherine spent 8 years working with the international sales and marketing teams developing best-in-class marcom programs for InFocus, the market leader in display technology. Catherine holds a BS in Technical Journalism from Oregon State University and an MBA from Marylhurst University.
Tanya Hyde, Vice President Client Services, Infogroup Interactive
Tanya Hyde has more than 6 years of strategic email marketing experience and is passionate about helping clients optimize multichannel marketing program performance. She is member of the Email Experience Council, and has spoken at events such as the Email Evolution Conference and the Online Marketing Summit. Tanya has been with Yesmail since 2003. She manages the Professional Services team, a consulting organization with expertise in cross-channel marketing strategy and creative services. Professional Services partners with Yesmail clients to provide best practices guidance, insight into industry trends and to help them identify ways they can grow their marketing programs and accomplish their goals. Prior to Yesmail, Tanya spent 12 years in the financial service industry. Tanya graduated from Portland State University with a BA in Business Administration.
Tarik Hart, Vice President Client Services, Global Offices, Infogroup Interactive
Tarik's role as the Vice President of Client Services for Yesmail's global offices has him overseeing teams in the Atlanta, Chicago, London, Omaha, New York and Singapore. He first got started in online marketing in 2000, working at Netcentives, the parent company of Post Communications, which later became Yesmail. Through the years, his focus has been on helping clients to develop and grow cutting-edge email marketing programs. Tarik holds degrees in Conservation Resource Studies and Business Administration from the University of California at Berkeley.
Adam Strong, Vice President Client Services Engineering, Infogroup Interactive
Adam has been with Yesmail since 2004, overseeing the health of Yesmail's technical programs. Staffing each regional office globally with engineering resources enables our Services teams to build solid relationships and deliver high value to our client base. He brings a broad service-based perspective rooted in understanding how technology solutions enable intelligent business strategy. Before joining Yesmail, Adam worked for Cap Gemini Ernst & Young, where he spent his tenure focusing on business process design, organizational planning and technology services for their CRM practice. He holds a degree in Mathematics with a specialization in computing from University of California, Los Angeles.
Infogroup Interactive is a division of Infogroup.
Other Infogroup websites include:
- Yesmail.com: Industry-leading online marketing solutions. Built on a solid core of innovative technology and strategic services, the Yesmail product line boasts innovative digital marketing solutions and tools, including email marketing, direct marketing applications, social marketing tools, data management, data intelligence, lead generation, email lists, and best practices consulting.
- Walter Karl.com: One of the industry's leading direct marketing media and services companies. Walter Karl offers unique services and capabilities far beyond any other company in this space. We pride ourselves in being able to provide "big company services" with "boutique company" attention and commitment.
- Direct Media Millard: Providing targeted prospecting media to both B2B and B2C markets, as well as alternative media, and international media services.
- Edith Roman: Enables complete end-to-end multichannel marketing solutions for B2B marketers including list brokerage and management, database marketing, email marketing and lead generation.
- Infogroup Interactive: Bringing marketers comprehensive, digital marketing technology and services to build and execute powerful cross-channel marketing campaigns.
- Infogroup Nonprofit: Delivering a full range of postal and digital direct marketing services to nonprofit clients.
- ORC International: Delivers fact-based, action oriented insight into an array of issues impacting customers, markets, brands, products and service offerings, and employees.
- Credit.net: Providing credit and business information on 15.5 million U.S. & Canadian businesses.
- InfoCanada: Specializing in business and consumer data for Canadian Businesses.
- InfoUSA.com: Offering growing companies total solutions to improve every aspect of their marketing campaigns.
- Infogroup Licensing: Providing local business listings and points of interest (POI) data for search, navigation, telematics and location-based search (LBS) applications.
- Salesgenie.com: Offering targeted online access to the highest-quality business and consumer leads available.
- OneSource: Delivers business information and sales intelligence on millions of companies and executives worldwide – delivering targeted sales leads, sales triggers, actionable company reports, and company research.
- Infogroup Reference: The leading provider in business and consumer research for institutions such as public libraries, academic facilities and government agencies.
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