Gary Ritkes

Gary Ritkes is Founding Partner and Chief Revenue Officer at SproutLoud. He previously served as President of SproutLoud, overseeing partnerships, client services, and marketing. He has been a pioneer in the software vertical of Distributed Marketing, a.k.a. Through Channel Marketing Automation. Prior to joining SproutLoud, Gary was vice president of marketing for Rex Three, Inc., SproutLoud’s first and largest vendor among its network of over 100 best-in-class marketing service providers. Gary has worked with hundreds of Fortune 1000 companies and worldwide advertising agencies in providing marketing technology implementation and optimization. He was an original founder of U.S.-based Earth Color Group and a co-founder of Advanced Digital Services (ADS), which was sold in 1996 to publicly traded Katz Digital Technologies. Gary has served as a board member for the local chapter of the American Advertising Federation, and for other national industry associations, including the DMA and AGA.