Michael Weaver

Hipcricket Inc. is the one-stop mobile marketing and advertising company that empowers brands, agencies and media properties to engage customers, drive loyalty and increase sales. Hipcricket's customers connect with consumers across every mobile channel, including SMS, 2D/QR codes, mobile Web sites, advertising networks, social media and branded apps. Hipcricket's proven technology, strategic and marketing services and experienced account management teams have provided measurable successes through an industry-leading 90,000 campaigns for clients such as Macy's, MillerCoors, Nestle, KFC, and Clear Channel. The company has also created the first comprehensive permission-based mobile ad network that taps into the buying power of the mass market with industry-leading capabilities to target customers via location and highly-specific demographic information across SMS, display, rich media and video. Hipcricket is a privately held corporation based near Seattle, Washington, with operations in New York, Dallas, Chicago, Los Angeles and Mexico City.

Crisp Media, Inc. provides mobile advertising technology, media and services. It offers services to the brand advertisers, agencies and publishers. The firm mobile advertising platform, Crisp Engage, enables the development of engaging media creative units, serves campaigns across all devices and OS types and provides detailed analytics to inform campaign optimization and success. The company was founded by Xavier Facon in 2000 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Waterfall International, Inc. provides mobile and social marketing software platform for enterprises. Its products include channels, technology and services. The firm’s solutions include mobile marketing for retailers, mobile marketing for restaurants and mobile wallet marketing. The company was founded by Matthew T. Sechrest and Matthew Silk in 2005 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Ciaotech, Inc. provided marketing data solutions for interactive agencies and advertisers. It offered services to the private and corporate firms. The company was headquartered in Newport, RI.

Third Screen Media, Inc. developed mobile advertising software. The company enabled advertising on mobile phones and wireless devices by linking advertisers, publishers, and mobile phone carriers together on a common platform. It offered services to the marketers, advertising agencies, and media companies. The company was founded in 2004 and was headquartered in Boston, MA.