About
Chad is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Mindgruve (6 X INC 5000 Fastest Growing Company, 2X Financial Times Fastest Growing Company, 4X Adweek Fastest Growing Agency List). Since launching the agency in 2001, he has played a key strategic role in helping brands transform their business through marketing and technology. Over the past two decades, he has worked with top global consumer and B2B brands, such as Procter & Gamble, Colgate-Palmolive, Dupont, Budweiser, Sony, Wrangler, Oracle, Merck, and Qualcomm. Before Mindgruve, Chad spent over a decade building and scaling early-stage businesses as a startup entrepreneur. He is now an investor and advisor to fast-growth companies. Chad also serves on several consumer, technology, and B2B company and industry boards. Chad is a regular writer and public speaker on the Convergence of Technology and Marketing, Digital Business Transformation, and Customer Acquisition Strategies for Rapid Growth Companies. Expertise: ► Business Trans…
Experience
Managing Partner
Mindgruve Ventures · Greater San Diego Area
Present
A Private Equity Fund Investing in World-Class Founders Who Lead Fast Growth Companies.
Investor
Celebration.com · Greater San Diego Area
Present
Celebration.com helps people discover and crowdfund their favorite celebration experiences - safe and easy.
Investor
Bay City Brewing Co. · Greater San Diego Area
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A San Diego-based Craft Beer Company who was recently named one of the 50 Fastest-Growing Independent Craft Brewing Companies in U.S.
Investor
The Venue Report · Los Angeles Metropolitan Area
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Explore and book places to celebrate, get away and gather.
Investor
Indianapolis Scale Company · Camby, Indiana, United States
Present
Industrial Scale and Torque Experts Serving Indiana, Illinois, Ohio and Kentucky.
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
Mindgruve · Greater San Diego Area
Present
Driving Growth for the World’s Leading Brands. We are a modern media, commerce, and data technology company comprised of strategists, creatives, media and commerce experts, data scientists, and engineers driven by one common purpose — to accelerate business growth through data-driven marketing, creative, and commerce. With over 400 experts worldwide, our teams deliver full-funnel, predictive marketing solutions for global brands.
Education
Indiana University Bloomington
Business
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