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    Ed Messman

    GM, Interactive, KBM Group

    Denver

    A proven executive leader with strong business development, operational, and financial management. Over the last eight years Ed has led three startups in the digital marketing sector through multiple institutional financings while leading and orchestrating multiple buy and sell side acquisitions. Ed has a deep background in finance with 13 years of venture and private equity finance working with hundreds of early and later stage technology companies from startup, growth to exit.

    Ed is currently GM of Interactive at KBM Group where he will lead the global growth of its DMP, Zipline. Prior to KBM, Ed was SVP Corporate Development at SpotRight, a venture backed social data and analytics company he co-founded.

    Over the last five years he has led the company through initial go to market, helped launch a patented cloud based big data and analytics platform, and has established key partnerships with the largest digital marketing companies and agencies in the world.

    Ed is an advisor to several startups in Boulder, CO and works with organizations including Blackstone Entrepreneurs Network to provide advice on operational startup topics including capitalization and organizational growth.

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