Eric Brown

Senior Executive with extensive experience in building high-growth companies in media, internet technology, health care, and automotive verticals. Experience includes building from the ground up for angel backed start ups or re-engineering acquisitions of international Fortune 100 companies for optimum performance and revenue growth.Founded Dataium in 2009 which grew to become automotive industry's leader in behavioral data collection and analysis. Excited in 2015 with sale to publicly traded multinational, IHS, (NASDAQ: INFO).Has appeared as guest expert on Fox News, speaker at GLC Global Leadership Conference, NADA Leadership Summit, Automotive News Marketing Summit, JD Power Marketing Roundtable among many others. Contributor for publications such as Automotive News, Forbes, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today. Named Nashville "Innovator of the Year" in 2012.Demonstrated strong ability to create new products and business models to secure significant market share within a narrow timeline. Further, strong leadership skills in managing diverse work groups whether dozens or hundreds. Additional Professional Education and Training- Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, Executive Leadership program- Columbia University, New York, NY, E-Commerce, Creating Strategic Advantage- GE Strategic Acquisition Management - Gerson Lehrman Group (GLG) Automotive Counsel member- Gallup Customer Engagement Training- Currently learning Swift and R programming languages, along with foreign language trainingSpecialties:Managing large businesses to perform and compete like a Start UpManaging small businesses to compete and out perform resource rich larger competitorsAcquisition due diligenceCreating and executing high growth strategiesSales and marketing infrastructure developmentNew product and services developmentIndustries: Internet technology, Online media, Healthcare, Publishing, Newspaper, Niche media, Automotive