What Happened?
Chicago, IL-based Geofeedia Appointed Phil Harris as Chief Executive Officer
About the Company
Geofeedia is the market leader in location-based social media monitoring, intelligence and analysis for corporate security, public safety, media/journalism and marketing teams. Geofeedia`s patented platform enables organizations to derive social intelligence from specific geographic locations to understand, in real-time, what`s happening within the areas most important to them. Headquartered in Chicago`s River North neighborhood, Geofeedia was founded in 2011 and has grown to include offices in Naples, Florida and Indianapolis, Indiana.
About the Person
Phil has a long history of operating high-growth businesses. From 1994 to 1996, Phil worked with one of the largest cable operators, Continental Cablevision (now Time Warner), to develop their Internet broadband strategy. From 1996 to 1998, Phil served on the senior management teams of such ventures as Move.com and Match.com. From 1998 to 2000, Phil was the SVP of Corporate Development at priceline.com (NYSE: PCLN) where he led a variety of strategic initiatives prior to its IPO. From 2000 to 2004, Phil was founder and Managing Partner of Alterity Partners, which was acquired by First Horizon (NYSE: FHN). From 2004 onward, Phil has invested in many growth ventures and sits on the Boards of Social Growth Technologies and Vertical Health. Phil graduated from Ohio State University in 1991 and received his MBA from Harvard University in 1996.
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