Matchpoint is lead by a seasoned management team with extensive marketing and technology experience.
Peter Adams, President
Peter Adams is responsible for setting strategic direction and overseeing day-to-day operations. Widely recognized as a leading authority on Internet marketing, Peter speaks regularly at industry trade conferences and has contributed articles to publications such as Adotas, DM News, Businessweek.com, Forbes, and ADWEEK. He maintains an active weblog.
Prior to Matchpoint, Peter was CTO of Connexus, where he was in charge of product development, engineering and operations for all lines of business. He spent several years as chief technology and product officer for LookSmart, Ltd. Peter founded a web analytics company, Primary Knowledge, and music recommendations site Upto11.net. He started his career at Internet ad agency Poppe Tyson.
Peter holds a BA in Political Science from Trinity College.Matt Grosso, Chief Technology Officer
Leveraging 13 years of experience building software and Internet businesses, Matt Grosso serves as Matchpoint's Chief Technology Officer and oversees technology operations and software engineering.
Matt joined the company from Connexus Corporation, where he served as CTO and led technology operations and product development. Previously Matt was vice president of technology, business intelligence for LookSmart, Ltd. where he was responsible for the implementation of a cluster-based business intelligence system serving thousands of search advertisers. His entrepreneurial career includes co-founding Upto11.net, where he built technology that crawls peer-to-peer networks to make music recommendations based on collaborative filtering. Matt's early roles included CTO of Primary Knowledge, and as a software engineer with Poppe Tyson and Database America.
Matt holds a BA from the University of Chicago, where he majored in international relations.David Sabel, VP of Product Management
With more than 20 years in product management, sales and service for both on and offline advertising and marketing services companies, David Sabel brings a variety of experience and expertise to his position at Matchpoint where he manages the product development.
Before joining Matchpoint, David served in various senior product and general management positions at Connexus, LookSmart, and Modem Media. He co-founded two start-ups: Upto11.net and Primary Knowledge. Prior to developing Internet marketing platforms, David was with Information Resources, the nation's largest consumer marketing information company. He served in senior vice president positions in Client Services, Analytic Consulting/ Testing and Software Product Management.
David holds a BA in International Relations from Brown University.