Patrick Baldasare

Mr. Baldasare has been in the information services, CRM and data mining field since 1980.
He recently sold RISK, Inc. a company that he founded in 1999.
Prior to this venture Mr. Baldasare was founder and CEO of The Response Center, one of the nation’s largest full service market research and consulting firms.
Mr. Baldasare founded TRC in 1987, leaving his position as president of Valley Forge Information Service.
In August of 1996, Mr. Baldasare participated in a roll-up IPO.
TRC was subsequently purchased by the NCO Group where Mr. Baldasare was made CEO of the Market Strategy and Consulting subsidiary.
Mr. Baldasare holds an MBA from the State University of New York at Albany and a Bachelor of Arts degree from the State University of New York at Binghamton.
He was named Entrepreneur of the Year by the PCDC and was a 1992 and 1993 Finalist in the Inc./Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award.
He has been widely covered in journals such as the Wall Street Journal, Philadelphia Business Journal, Information Week, Mutual Fund Market News and Fund Action.
He has been a guest speaker at the Wharton School of Business and at several national industry conferences including those of the Investment Company Institute, NICSA and the American Marketing Association.