Tad Martin (entrepreneur)

Russell "Tad" Martin

Russell "Tad" Martin
Born (1971-05-20) May 20, 1971
Concord, New Hampshire
Nationality American
Alma mater University of Utah
Occupation Co-founder, CEO, Collective[i]
COO, Overstock
Website collectivei.com/about

Russell "Tad" Martin (born May 20, 1971) is an American Internet entrepreneur and investor.[1][2][3] He is currently the CEO of Collective[i]. Prior to Collective[i], he was an early employee at Gear.com and a post-acquisition part of the management of Overstock.com.[4][5][6]

Early life and education

Martin was born in Concord, New Hampshire. His father was an officer in the Navy, and his mother was a homemaker. His family later moved to New Jersey where he attended Glen Rock High School.[7] Martin earned a Bachelor of Arts in English from the University of Utah in 1993.[8][9]

Career

Pepsi-Cola and the Olympic Winter Games

While finishing his degree at the University of Utah, Martin worked for Pepsi-Cola leading the execution of local promotions for their advertising agency, DDB Needham.[10] He helped promote Diet Pepsi with blind taste tests and a national karaoke competition featuring Ray Charles with the "You've Got the Right One Baby" campaign.[11][12] Following graduation Martin served as a volunteer for the United States Olympic Committee during the 1994 Olympic Winter Games where he was stationed in Lillehammer.[10]

In 1994, immediately following the Lillehammer 1994 Olympic Winter Games, Martin joined the Salt Lake City Olympic Bid Committee to help support in its successful effort to secure the 2002 Olympic Winter Games.[13][14]

Gear.com and Overstock.com

In 1999, Martin saw the rise of the Internet and joined as an early employee at Gear.com, a rapidly growing startup backed by Amazon.com and one of the first online sporting goods retailers. At Gear.com Martin led the outdoor merchandising team responsible for all purchasing and pricing decisions.

In 2000, through its acquisition of Gear.com, Martin joined Overstock.com as one of its first employees. From 2000-2006, Martin reported to Patrick Byrne, Overstock's CEO, and was part of the executive team in charge of managing the company, responsible specifically for all aspects of warehouse operations, customer care, fraud protection, product purchasing, and capital management.[5][15] During Martin's tenure with Overstock.com he helped the company grow revenue to over $800m. Overstock.com also moved from a privately funded startup to a publicly traded company on the NASDAQ.[16]

Collective[i]

In 2008, Martin co-founded Cross Commerce Media with Heidi Messer and Stephen Messer.[17][18] Martin and his co-founders collaborated with leading data scientists and PhD-level technology developers in building Collective[i].[19]

In 2014, Martin was awarded three patents in conjunction with Collective[i]'s data analytics network. He is noted as a co-inventor for patent #8,713,076[20] and patent #8,825,716,[21] "Providing a Multi-Tenant Knowledge Network", as well as patent #8,825,618,[22] "Methods and Systems for Enhanced Data Unification, Access, and Analysis".

Martin has been acting CEO of Collective[i] since the company's founding.[6][23]

Angel investing, board affiliations and community involvement

Martin served on the board of Send the Trend that was acquired by QVC in 2012.[24] He is currently an advisor to Coupang, a Korean-based eCommerce company,[25][26] and is an investor in several startups including LifeBooker and Spire.com.[27][28]

Since 2013, Martin has been a part of the New York City Economic Development Corporation fellowship program as a mentor.[29][30] He has also served as Treasurer of Avenues, the World School Parent Association since 2012.[31]

Speaking engagements and press

Martin is a frequent speaker at conferences around the world on the subjects of entrepreneurship, investing, business management, sales, and big data.[32][33] He has presented at technology industry events, including the Bloomberg Big Data Conference,[33][34][35] Data Driven NYC,[36] FinovateSpring,[37] Angel Capital Association Summit,[38] NY Entrepreneur Week,[39] BootStrappers Breakfast,[40] NJ Tech Meetup,[41][42] New Jersey Innovates Conference,[3] Hoboken Tech Meetup,[43] Digital Media Summit,[44] Brand Innovators,[45] and the Next Web USA Conference.[32][46]

References

  1. ↑ Colao, J. J. (December 5, 2012). "More Than a Marriage: Forbes Talks Business Partnerships". Forbes. Forbes. Retrieved January 15, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Multigenerational". New York Social Diary. David Patrick Columbia & Jeffrey Hirsch/NewYorkSocialDiary.com. May 31, 2013. Retrieved January 15, 2015.
  3. 1 2 "A Gathering of NJ Angel Investors". Techoverse. TvB. March 14, 2011. Retrieved January 15, 2015.
  4. ↑ Drell, Laure (July 28, 2011). "Tad Martin, Cross Commerce Media: 27 Million and Counting". Huffington Post. TheHuffingtonPost.com, Inc. Retrieved January 16, 2015.
  5. 1 2 Paul, Lauren Gibbons (April 2005). "CMO, Hub of Activity" (PDF). CMO Magazine. Retrieved January 16, 2015.
  6. 1 2 Maltby, Emily (February 3, 2011). "First Stop: London. Next Stop: The World.". The Wall Street Journal. Dow Jones & Company, Inc. Retrieved January 15, 2015.
  7. ↑ Ross, Peter. "Glen Rock, NJ High School Alphabetical, Listing I-M, indexed by year". GRHS Alumni. www.grhsalumni.com. Retrieved January 16, 2015.
  8. ↑ "AiHit Company Database, Cross Commerce Media Bio Listing". aihitdata.com. aiHit Ltd. Retrieved January 16, 2015.
  9. ↑ "about.me Bio Listing for Tad Martin". about.me. about.me. Retrieved January 16, 2015.
  10. 1 2 Roche, Lisa Riley (October 30, 1995). "College Student from East Came to Utah to Ski, Slid Right into 'Dream Job'". Deseret News. Deseret News. Retrieved January 16, 2015.
  11. ↑ Lazarus, George (April 23, 1991). "Michelob Might Be Saying Night, Night to Needham". Chicago Tribune. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved January 16, 2015.
  12. ↑ Kanner, Bernice (October 14, 1991). "BBDO-Uh-Huh!". New York Magazine. Retrieved January 18, 2015.
  13. ↑ AP (June 17, 1995). "Utah Gets Jump on Fun and Games -- Salt Lake Thrilled to Land Olympics". The Seattle Times. Seattle Times Company. Retrieved January 16, 2015.
  14. ↑ Zizzo, David (January 2, 1996). "Atlanta Going for the Gold Olympic Marketeers Set Record in Stuff". NewsOK. NewsOK.com. Retrieved January 16, 2015.
  15. ↑ "Overstock.com Announces New Members of Its Senior Management Team". Overstock.com. COMTEX. February 19, 2004. Retrieved January 16, 2015.
  16. ↑ "AngelList Bio for Tad Martin". angel.co. AngelList. Retrieved January 16, 2015.
  17. ↑ Utz, Jennifer (January 8, 2013). "Finding the Right Business Partner: It's All About Trust". Forbes. Forbes. Retrieved January 16, 2015.
  18. ↑ "10 NYC Families Where Tech Is in the Blood". Alley Watch. AlleyWatch. November 18, 2014. Retrieved January 16, 2015.
  19. ↑ "The Stevie Awards for Sales and Customer Service Nomination Company Listing for Collective[i]". www.stevieawards.com. Stevie Awards, Inc. Retrieved January 16, 2015.
  20. ↑ "United States Patent, 8,713,076, Providing a multi-tenant knowledge network". US Patent & Trademark Office, Patent Full Text and Image Database. US Patent & Trademark Office, Patent Full Text and Image Database. April 29, 2014. Retrieved January 16, 2015.
  21. ↑ "United States Patent, 8,825,716, Providing a multi-tenant knowledge network". US Patent & Trademark Office, Patent Full Text and Image Database. US Patent & Trademark Office, Patent Full Text and Image Database. September 2, 2014. Retrieved January 16, 2015.
  22. ↑ "United States Patent, 8,825,618, Methods and systems for enhanced data unification, access and analysis". US Patent & Trademark Office, Patent Full Text and Image Database. US Patent & Trademark Office, Patent Full Text and Image Database. September 2, 2014. Retrieved January 16, 2015.
  23. ↑ "Collective[i] Company Leadership Bio Listing for Tad Martin Co-Founder & CEO". www.Collective[i].com. Collective[i]. Retrieved January 18, 2015.
  24. ↑ Laermer, Emily (February 23, 2012). "Siriano sells his Send the Trend to QVC". Crains New York. Crains New York. Retrieved January 18, 2015.
  25. ↑ Alden, William (December 10, 2014). "Coupang, a South Korean E-Commerce Site, Raises $300 Million". The New York Times. The New York Times Company. Retrieved January 18, 2015.
  26. ↑ Mac, Ryan (December 10, 2014). "Coupang Raises $300 Million to Fill Amazon-Sized Void in South Korea". Forbes. Forbes. Retrieved January 18, 2015.
  27. ↑ Griffith, Carson (April 30, 2014). "So Many, You Could Have a Beauty-Booking App a Day; A Glut of Beauty Booking Apps Like StyleSeat and Beautified Hit the Market". The New York Times. The New York Times Company. Retrieved January 18, 2015.
  28. ↑ Gage, Deborah (July 29, 2014). "Nanosatellite Company Spire Raises $25M, Rocket Lab Unveils New Rocket". Wall Street Journal. Dow Jones & Company, Inc. Retrieved January 18, 2015.
  29. ↑ "New York City Economic Development Corporation Announces Third Class of "NYC Venture Fellows"". NYCEDC. New York City Economic Development Corporation. January 31, 2013. Retrieved January 18, 2015.
  30. ↑ Taber, Linley (March 2, 2014). "Meet three techies shaking up the NYC digital world". New York Post. New York Post. Retrieved January 18, 2015.
  31. ↑ Anderson, Jenny (May 2, 2013). "Is This the Best Education Money Can Buy?". The New York Times Magazine. The New York Times. Retrieved January 18, 2015.
  32. 1 2 "TNW – Tad Martin & Tristan Louis - FinTech and the critical role of Big Data | The Next Web ". The Next Web. December 19, 2014. Retrieved January 18, 2015. delete character in |title= at position 1 (help)
  33. 1 2 "Bloomberg TV, Tad Martin on big-data storage, access and analysis". Collective[i]. May 9, 2013. Retrieved January 18, 2015.
  34. ↑ "Bloomberg Big Data Conference Photo including Tad Martin". Bloomberg L.P. March 13, 2013. Retrieved January 18, 2015.
  35. ↑ "Bloomberg TV, Carlson, Cayou, Martin on Data Storage Analysis". Bloomberg. Bloomberg L.P. March 13, 2013. Retrieved January 18, 2015.
  36. ↑ "Data Driven NYC Speaker List". Data Driven NYC. meetup.com. January 25, 2012. Retrieved January 18, 2015.
  37. ↑ "FinovateSpring 2010 Video Archives, Cross Commerce Media". FinovateSpring. FinovateSpring. Retrieved January 18, 2015.
  38. ↑ "2012 Angel Summit Event Listing". Angel Capital Association. Angel Capital Association. Retrieved January 18, 2015.
  39. ↑ "New York Entrepreneur Week; An Interview with Tad Martin, Founder Cross Commerce Media". New York Entrepreneur Week. September 27, 2010. Retrieved January 18, 2015.
  40. ↑ Murphy, SK (April 5, 2010). "New York Entrepreneurs Week Apr 12-16". Bootstrappers Breakfast. BootstrappersBreakfast.com. Retrieved January 18, 2015.
  41. ↑ Surden, Esther (April 19, 2012). "Three Impressive Healthcare Startups Pitch at April NJ Tech Meetup". New Jersey Tech Weekly. E. Surden Associates, LLC. Retrieved January 16, 2015.
  42. ↑ "NJ Tech Meetup, Speakers We've Hosted". NJ Tech Meetup. NJ Tech Meetup. Retrieved January 18, 2015.
  43. ↑ "Hoboken Tech Meetup, Feature Speaker: Tad Martin". Plancast. Plancast. Retrieved January 18, 2015.
  44. ↑ "Digital Media Summit Participant List to Date". Digital Media Summit. Digital Media Summit. Retrieved January 18, 2015.
  45. ↑ "Brand Innovators E-Commerce, Speakers New York 3-29-12". Brand Innovators. Brand Innovators. Retrieved January 18, 2015.
  46. ↑ "The Next Web, The Speakers". The Next Web. The Next Web. Retrieved January 18, 2015.
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