CEO and Co-founder of Crowded.com - "The Marketplace for Independent Workers"
Howie Schwartz is a serial entrepreneur and an active Angel Investor and Venture Capital Fund investor in early stage technology companies, including founding investor Angel Round Capital (ARC I&II) (UpNext, Sidecar, Medivo), the Scout Ventures I&II (FlowSearch, MobiTeris, Portalarium, Signpost), FF Ventures Silver, Rose, Saphire (Klout, 500px, Gamesalad, Kohort, Indiegogo), Metamorphic Ventures II, Eniac Ventures II & III, Female Founders Fund, CoVentures I & II, 645 Ventures, Future Perfect Ventures. Angel Investments including OfferVault, Sols, Hatch.co, StatSocial, CareCloud, Funding Wonder, Abandon Interactive Entertainment (Freaky Creatures), Blue Pearl Software (exited), AppMobi (acquired), CIMA Systems, GiftWorks (acquired), Senscient, Sticky, Inc. (acquired), ZoomCar, Augmate, The Water Initiative, nToggle, and other early stage companies.
Previously, Howie founded and was the CEO of Human Demand (Mobile DSP / DMP) acquired by IgnitionOne in August 2014. Co-founded FundingPost and Offermobi (acquired by Moko Media), as well as product & marketing training companies with over 120,000 customers worldwide. In the 90's, Howie spent a decade in the video game industry with companies such as Acclaim, ASC Games, and Sega.
Howie is on the board of the "Friendship Circle" (Stamford, CT) which helps children with special needs and actively supports "Al's Angels" (CT) which helps children with rare blood diseases and was recognized as "Angel of the Year". Howie lives in CT with his wife and 2 awesome kids.
Howie MAKES STUFF and is fascinated by 3D Printing, laser cutters, CNC routers, sensors, and robotics.
Howie is addicted to ordering things on Kickstarter and Indiegogo, loves to ski, rock climb and wants to be able to surf . . .
CEO & Co-Founder @ Crowded.com is the Marketplace for On-Demand Workers
40% of Americans will be Independent Workers by 2020 led by Millennials and their mobile devices
Crowded.com is creating the Marketplace by recruiting Independent Workers at scale and aggregating Gigs from hundreds of On-Demand platforms. From September 2015 to Present (2 months) Greater New York City AreaAdvisory Board Member @ ** IGNITIONONE ACQUIRED HUMAN DEMAND IN AUGUST 2014 ***
* After completing a one year integration project post sale, Howie has transitioned to the Advisory Board of IgnitionOne.
IgnitionOne’s marketing cloud technology and expert services simplify the task of identifying and engaging specific consumers at key moments of influence across channels – and across desktop, mobile or however the consumer prefers to engage. IgnitionOne marketing solutions are proven to convert more visitors, improving return on ad spend and online revenue. Leveraging its proprietary engagement scoring engine and data management prowess, the system uniquely measures the historical and real-time behavior — what products and services are most relevant to them and when they’re most likely to convert. Armed with this insight, the platform can deliver relevant offers orchestrated across digital channels, personalize website content and more, to dramatically improve conversions. IgnitionOne’s flexible marketing hub technology includes advanced data management and analytics, turning big data into actionable campaigns within a few clicks. Integrate your existing channel solutions into the hub or use tools native to the system, including website personalization, email, search and display – for marketing automation based on a complete customer view.
IgnitionOne currently scores over 300 million users monthly in 55 countries and powers more than $30 billion in revenue each year for leading brands, including General Motors, CenturyLink, Bridgestone, La Quinta and Fiat, as well as advertising agencies such as 360i, GroupM and iProspect.
IgnitionOne has a global footprint with offices in New York, Atlanta, London, Brussels, Paris, Tokyo, Brazil and more. With a global footprint of over 450 employees in 17 offices across 10 countries, IgnitionOne is one of the largest independent marketing technology companies in the world. From August 2015 to Present (3 months) Greater New York City AreaFounding Investor @ ARC Angel Fund invests in seed and early-stage companies with high growth potential. We focus primarily on Software, IT, Internet, Tech-Enabled Services, Business Services, Digital Media, Mobile, Healthcare IT, among others. The Fund has a primary focus towards NYC and the surrounding North-East and Mid-Atlantic area companies. ARC Angel Fund invests in industries with which its members have experience, with investments averaging $50,000 to $250,000, each, over the life of the investment.
ARC Angel Fund is a member-led Angel Fund. An Angel Fund is, in essence, a hybrid model between an Angel Group and a Venture Fund. The members of ARC Angel Fund range from experienced Angel Investors and Partners in VC Funds, to executives of successful companies.
Our members bring their own expertise to the table and can actively participate as much as they like in the Fund's investment decisions. From January 2010 to Present (5 years 10 months) Greater New York City AreaDirector, Co-Founder @ The FundingPost.com mission is simple:
To introduce Entrepreneurs to interested VCs and Angel Investors.
For over Eight Years FundingPost has worked to bring entrepreneurs together with leading investors worldwide. We believe that it is important to reach investors in every medium possible - both online and offline.
Through our successful Venture Capital Events, Venture Guide Publications and magazine, and our online Venture Exchange, FundingPost has had the opportunity to work with thousands of Angel and Venture Capital investors representing over $104 Billion. We make an introduction from an Investor to an entrepreneur through our online exchange on average of over One Every Single day! Thats over 400 matches every year!
We've seen Millions and Millions of Dollars raised as a direct result of our Online Exchange, our Magazine, and our Events.
We are the single largest venture exchange in the country. We work with more Real Accredited Angel Investors, VC Firms and entrepreneurs than anyone else. From January 2001 to Present (14 years 10 months) Greater New York City AreaSVP Mobile Ad Technology @ ** IGNITIONONE ACQUIRED HUMAN DEMAND IN AUGUST 2014 ***
IgnitionOne’s marketing cloud technology and expert services simplify the task of identifying and engaging specific consumers at key moments of influence across channels – and across desktop, mobile or however the consumer prefers to engage. IgnitionOne marketing solutions are proven to convert more visitors, improving return on ad spend and online revenue. Leveraging its proprietary engagement scoring engine and data management prowess, the system uniquely measures the historical and real-time behavior — what products and services are most relevant to them and when they’re most likely to convert. Armed with this insight, the platform can deliver relevant offers orchestrated across digital channels, personalize website content and more, to dramatically improve conversions. IgnitionOne’s flexible marketing hub technology includes advanced data management and analytics, turning big data into actionable campaigns within a few clicks. Integrate your existing channel solutions into the hub or use tools native to the system, including website personalization, email, search and display – for marketing automation based on a complete customer view.
IgnitionOne currently scores over 300 million users monthly in 55 countries and powers more than $30 billion in revenue each year for leading brands, including General Motors, CenturyLink, Bridgestone, La Quinta and Fiat, as well as advertising agencies such as 360i, GroupM and iProspect.
IgnitionOne has a global footprint with offices in New York, Atlanta, London, Brussels, Paris, Tokyo, Brazil and more. With a global footprint of over 450 employees in 17 offices across 10 countries, IgnitionOne is one of the largest independent marketing technology companies in the world. From August 2014 to August 2015 (1 year 1 month) Greater New York City AreaCEO, Founder @ *** ACQUIRED BY IGNITIONONE IN AUGUST 2014 ***
Funded by ARC Angel Fund, DEV Ventures, leading New York angel investors, and Howie Schwartz.
Human Demand (HD) is the leading independent mobile Demand Side (DSP) & Data Management Platform (DMP) company providing mobile audience solutions to advertisers.
Human Demand provides brands and agencies with a fully transparent, highly scalable and efficient mobile media solution. HD utilizes real-time bidding (RTB) programmatic exchange buying, and layers in unique data targeting sets including hyper local geo-targeting. We execute rich media and video mobile ad campaigns, in addition to standard mobile display banners.
As a DSP, Human Demand offers agencies and trading desks the industry’s most robust RTB self-serve platform for mobile ads. The Company leverages its proprietary technology platform to bid on and serve advertisements across all Mobile Ad Exchanges.
As a DMP, the Company enriches the typically undifferentiated mobile display and video inventory in real time and makes it intensely more valuable. The Company delivers targeted mobile audiences at scale through its proprietary "AppAudience" data, superior location insights, campaign optimization, and visual analytics.
*** ACQUIRED BY IGNITIONONE IN AUGUST 2014 *** From February 2012 to August 2014 (2 years 7 months) New yorkChairman of the Board, Co-Founder @ *** ACQUIRED BY MOKO MEDIA **
Funded by ARC Angel Fund and leading New York Angel Investors, and Howie Schwartz
OfferMobi is a leading Mobile Performance Advertising Network and a member of the MOKO Social Media family. Offermobi is a boutique network that focuses on providing Advertisers with risk-free performance high quality based advertising campaigns and Publishers with monetization opportunities with great payouts. We know the reality of transparency in traffic sources is not always real. With a publisher parent company in MOKO Social Media, Offermobi is bringing the highest quality traffic, fully transparent to its partners. Our CPA model allows every type of action: CPS, CPL and CPI. We focus on delivering vertically focused campaigns on all operating systems and mobile devices. Our commitment to providing premium services in total transparency and openness to our partners is a fundamental base of success. From September 2009 to February 2012 (2 years 6 months) Greater New York City AreaDirector Product Development @ Video game industry - Executive Producer and Director of Product Development From February 1996 to February 1999 (3 years 1 month) ConnecticutSenior Director Digital Productions @ Video Game Industry, 3d animation, Motion Capture From February 1995 to February 1996 (1 year 1 month) Greater New York City AreaAssociate Producer @ Video Game Industry From January 1994 to January 1995 (1 year 1 month) Greater Chicago Area
Howie Schwartz is skilled in: Social Media Marketing, Social Media, Marketing, Advertising, Mobile Devices, Venture Capital, Angel Investing, Video Games, Start-ups, Digital Strategy, Mobile Marketing, Digital Marketing, Entrepreneurship, Online Advertising, Online Marketing, Digital Media, Strategic Partnerships, Marketing Strategy, Business Development, Strategy, Data Analysis, Mobile Media, Mentoring, Mobile Technology