Ronald is a senior operating executive with deep experience in the digital marketing services space - particularly within the performance marketing sector. Ronald was previously retained by owner groups to successfully restructure and build two interactive agencies (serving as President and COO of e-Storm, and CEO of Clear Ink) – both focused on customer acquisition and conversion. As its President (and General Manager of the parent company’s lead generation business), Ronald had full P&L responsibility for PartnerWeekly, a lead generation company in the financial services space which Ronald grew to over $140MM in annual revenues, through the parent company’s majority-share sale to a private equity firm in 2008. Early in his career, Ronald founded one of the nation's first pure interactive agencies, Ironlight Digital, which he sold to Publicis (NYSE:PUB).
Ronald is a recognized thought leader in the online marketing services space, and has presented at the E3, LeadsCon, OMMA Global and Internet World conferences around topics including general digital marketing services and performance marketing. He has also been featured in news articles relating to the Internet and technology in several publications, including USA Today and Wired.
Ronald received his B.A. from Lewis & Clark College and his M.B.A. from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business.
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