Dan is Networked Insights’ founder and CEO. With over 10 years of management, operational and entrepreneurial experience with technology, manufacturing and services companies, he has expertise in customer intelligence and experience with the challenges companies face in gathering relevant, real-time insights about their customers.
As a serial entrepreneur Dan has played key roles in 3 other companies. Dan is a regular on Fox News and has been featured in the New York Times, MediaWeek, AdAge and Wired.Before starting Networked Insights, Dan helped spin a technology out of Brightstar the British Telecom incubator called Vidus, the company was acquired after 16 months by @Road. Prior to that he was the Director of Strategy at Scient the fastest growing services company in history; Dan helped Scient growth to 2000 employees in 18 months and it had a successful IPO in 1999 and a market cap of $7 billion. Before Scient, he was part of the founding team at eSurance, the first online insurance company. He graduated from the University of Georgia.
Gerry Komlofske is Networked Insights’ COO. He has over 20 years of consulting experience, having led Booz, Allen & Hamilton’s Global Computer and Electronics Group, and he held several management positions at Scient, including chief strategy officer.
At Networked Insights, he is responsible for day-to-day operations of the company. He has a unique understanding of how to improve efficiency in businesses and drive new levels of value from their resources.Previously, Gerry was CEO and President of Royal Palm Insurance Company, a privately held company founded to meet the needs of Florida property owners caught in the gap as insurance carriers reduce the amount of business they write in the state. Prior to his current role, he was an executive with Ritchie Capital, a Chicago-based private equity firm and, before that, president and CEO of IPIQ. Gerry earned a B.S. degree in engineering from Stanford University and an M.M. degree in management from J.L. Kellogg Graduate School. He has co-authored several books and articles in Asia and been quoted extensively in global publications.
Dave Kruger is CEO and owner of The Fiore Companies of Madison, WI. He develops corporate policies and objectives regarding The Fiore Companies’ diversified portfolio of real estate, equity and venture capital investments.
He also is responsible for coordinating and directing all phases of the business, including real estate investment, management, and corporate affairs. Dave draws upon over 30 years of extensive experience in negotiating and implementing complex business arrangements and investments. A licensed attorney and real estate broker, Dave earned a B.B.A. degree in finance and a Doctor of Law degree from the University of Wisconsin – Madison. Prior to joining The Fiore Companies in 1984, he was a partner with the Madison, Wisconsin law firm of DeWitt, Ross & Stevens, S.C., where he specialized in real estate, tax and corporate law.
Gaurav Bhandari has served in various capacities at Goldman, Sachs & Co., a global investment banking and securities firm, since 1990, and is currently a Managing Director, where his responsibilities include the private investment portfolio of Goldman Sachs Investment Partners Master Fund, L.P., a multi-strategy investment fund within Goldman Sachs Asset Management.
Gaurav currently serves on the board of directors of Media Rights Capital II L.P., since 2006, Dale and Thomas Popcorn, LLC, since 2007, Tikona Digital Networks Private Limited, since 2008, and Franklin Holdings, since 2007. Gaurav previously served on the board of directors of iCrossing, Inc., from 2007 until it was sold in 2010, PetCareRx, Inc., from 2006 to 2009, and Lightfoot Capital Partners, LP, from 2007 to 2009. Gaurav holds a B.S. in Computer Science from Columbia University.
Paul Schaut brings more than 28 years of sales, marketing and executive management experience as well as a deep expertise in technology, digital and mobile marketing industries.
Paul’s portfolio of Board services help CEO’s and investors leverage his operational experience and network to assist in board and / or management alignment, business development expansion, M&A strategy and execution along with many other large and small challenges faced by CEO’s everyday. Current Boards include Zumobi, Pontiflex, Polar Wireless, Vivox, Networked Insights and Modiv Media.
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