Investor Relations

Mitch Thrower is the CEO, Chairman, and Founder of Events.com, an AI and machine learning-powered platform that helps passionate individuals create, promote, discover, and enjoy events. Under his leadership, Events.com has become a comprehensive solution for event organizers, streamlining every step of the event life cycle, from management software and digital marketing to sponsorship tools and on-site sales. For event goers, Events.com ensures seamless discovery and participation, harnessing the power of AI and machine learning. With a successful track record as a serial entrepreneur, Mitch co-founded Active.com (the Active Network) and was also the CEO and Founder of Active Europe. Active went public on the NYSE and then sold to Vista for $1.05 billion. Vista later sold two divisions of Active to Global Payments for $1.2 billion. He was also the head of digital technologies for the Competitor Group, which sold to Calera Capital for $220M. Mitch is Chairman of The La Jolla Foundation, supporting initiatives like Project Active, which provides sports equipment to children in conflict zones. Mitch loves events, co-owned Triathlete Magazine, produced TEDx events, chairs The La Jolla Foundation, and is a 22-time Ironman triathlete. continue

Doug Harrison serves on the board of Events.com, the AI and data-driven platform for the global experience economy. Built on a category-defining domain and more than a decade of acquisitions, Events.com applies machine intelligence across event discovery, personalization, promotion and operations, drawing on billions of data points from more than 200 million experiences. Harrison brings three decades of consumer research and segmentation discipline to a company building the structured knowledge graph of the world's events, working with the board and management on positioning, audience definition and go-to-market strategy as Events.com prepares to enter the public markets. That perspective was built over a career spent measuring what people actually buy and why. In 1996 he founded Harrison Group, a strategic research and consulting firm working from five U.S. offices, with practices in concept evaluation, volumetric forecasting, segmentation, brand architecture and market modeling across technology, wireless, retail, packaged goods, gaming and interactive entertainment, and the wealth market. He recruited a senior bench to build it, drawing former chief executives and chief marketing officers of major research firms and consumer companies into a practice serving some of the best-known brands in the world. Its concept-screening and volumetric methods were used by interactive entertainment publishers to evaluate titles before greenlight. Coca-Cola named the firm Vendor of the Year, and Microsoft named it a Vendor of the Year finalist. Harrison Group's best-known work was the Survey of Affluence and Wealth in America, produced with American Express Publishing. The survey was the basis of the Luxury Market Insights partnership and became a standing reference for how the top 10 percent of U.S. households spend, save and behave, a group accounting for more than half of U.S. retail sales, and was cited by CBS News, Newsweek, CNBC, USA Today and ABC News through the financial crisis and the recovery that followed. The firm also launched the American Pantry Study on consumer response to the recession. Harrison co-authored The New Elite, published by AMACOM in 2008. YouGov acquired Harrison Group in 2010, doubling the size of its U.S. operations and adding both syndicated studies to its product suite. He had built the firm from a startup into a strategic exit to a publicly traded research group, with syndicated products durable enough to be absorbed into the acquirer's suite. Harrison continued as chief executive of the business under YouGov ownership through the earn-out period, then served as president of YouGov's U.S. operations. The foundation of Harrison Group came earlier at Yankelovich Partners, one of the defining names in American consumer research, where he ran the strategic research and volumetric forecasting practice and directed brand positioning and go-to-market work for large national brands. Today he is CEO of The Rise Club and its Keep Rising program. Additionally, he is author of The Rise Framework, which enables founders, executives and investors to own how and why they distinctly matter to the market. He is a graduate of Cornell University. continue

Cheryl K. Goodman is chief strategy officer at Events.com, the AI and data-driven platform for the global experience economy. Built on a category-defining domain and more than a decade of acquisitions, Events.com applies machine intelligence across event discovery, personalization, promotion and operations, drawing on billions of data points from more than 200 million experiences in 128 countries. Goodman leads corporate strategy and market positioning as the company prepares to enter the public markets, working alongside the CEO, CTO, general counsel and board to craft the product definition and grow the platform investors have seen in the company's public materials, including the audience-intelligence technology built in partnership with IBM Watson and acquired through Evensi. She brings more than 25 years of experience introducing intelligent technology—from semiconductors to software—to mainstream audiences in a go-to-market capacity that encompasses product-market fit, product launch and multi-channel narratives. At Sony Electronics, she led U.S. communications for the reintroduction of aibo, the company's consumer robotics platform. She became the company's public voice on how companion robotics handles privacy, data and everyday utility, including addressing policymakers at CES on the Hill. At Qualcomm, where she spent a decade across Qualcomm Labs and Qualcomm MEMS Technologies, she served as spokesperson and led marketing communications for mirasol display technology, and established publisher relations programs for content producers. She began in broadcast journalism at San Diego's KGTV and KFMB before joining MP3.com as an early employee and then moving to Linspire, a linux based distribution that challenged the desktop OS market. Beyond Events.com, Goodman is founder and CEO of FindGood.tech, the AI strategy and training firm she established in 2021, and creator of the AI Actualized methodology for putting AI to work inside organizations. She hosts the Mind the Machine podcast and is the author of "How to Win Friends and Influence Robots." The San Diego Business Journal named her a Business Woman of the Year in 2020. Her throughline is constant: translating complex technology into practical, easily accessible strategy that moves markets. continue

Bob Bellack is a seasoned executive with a proven track record in scaling digital and e-commerce businesses. He co-founded Apartments.com and Cars.com, which were acquired for $585 million and $1.8 billion, respectively. As a Partner at Dragon Global, Bob has played a key role in driving strategic investments. His leadership extends to his tenure as President of Digital Media at the Los Angeles Times, CEO of Newegg.com, COO of Tillster, Inc., and CFO of OnPoint, showcasing his extensive experience in revenue growth and operational excellence.

Jeff Cameron is a technology leader with extensive experience in building and scaling enterprise SaaS solutions. As CTO at Verint Systems, a company with a $2.2 billion market cap, he led the technology strategy that fueled the company's growth. Previously, he was the CTO at Kiran Analytics, where he was instrumental in the company's development leading to its acquisition by Verint. Jeff also served as one of the Founders and CTO at Exametric, another startup that he led to a successful exit. His deep expertise in technology innovation and strategic leadership has consistently delivered outstanding results across multiple organizations.

Paul Brown is a seasoned M&A executive with over two decades of experience leading complex sales and acquisitions across various industries. He has been an integral part of management teams for three companies that achieved over 200% annual growth, with revenues reaching hundreds of millions. Paul implemented the first Program-Related Investment (PRI) for a privately held Foundation, developing an alternative investment plan that yielded stock market-like returns. His financial expertise and strategic insight have been pivotal in driving significant business transformations.