2. Management Team

    The Avenue100 technology team is unparalleled in the industry for academic achievement and innovation. The management team boasts over 25 patents ranging from innovations in speech technology, internet search and virtual reality to communications and video processing architecture. Proprietary technology and complex scientific methods are employed to analyze existing data and identify the key demographic and behavioral traits of ideal prospects. The result is a highly optimized and customized process that delivers the highest return on your marketing dollars.

    Brian Eberman, Chief Executive Officer

    Brian Eberman joined the company in 2006 as Vice President of Engineering and Operations for CourseAdvisor.com (and Avenue100 subsidiary). He was appointed to CEO of Avenue100 in 2008.

    Brian has more than 15 years of experience in engineering and product management. Previously, he led product management at Nuance Communication, where he was responsible for driving strategy and product development for its $100M+ speech division. During his time at Nuance, Brian co-authored a now widely used IETF specification for the control of speech systems (MRCP) and led the development of the first open source VoiceXML interpreter. Prior to Nuance, Brian led advanced development for a multimedia content indexing solution at Digital Equipment and development of force feedback devices at Exos, Inc.

    Brian holds thirteen patents in speech technology, internet search and virtual reality, along with Ph.D., S.M. and B.S. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from MIT.

    Greg Titus, Co-founder & Chairman

    With more than 20 years of experience in the education, finance and advertising worlds, Greg Titus founded CourseAdvisor in 2004 and co-founded Avenue100 Media Solutions in 2008.

    Greg was formerly President/CEO of Acadient, a leading developer of online education services and the parent company of The Boston Institute of Finance, The Willet Institute and Boston Test Prep. Prior to founding Acadient, Greg was Senior Vice President of e-Commerce at Scudder Kemper Investments.

    Greg has an extensive agency background. He helped found and served as Vice President/Director of Arnold Interactive, the interactive media division of Arnold Worldwide, and has held positions at Young & Rubicam/New York, Saatchi and Saatchi/DFS and RSC/Boston.

    Greg serves as a director for several technology start-ups and non-profit organizations. He is also a past member of the board of directors of the Massachusetts Innovation and Technology Exchange (www.mitx.org). He holds a bachelor’s degree in marketing and art from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst and attended the McCallum Graduate School of Business at Bentley University.

    Rob Carbonaro, Senior Vice President of Sales and Business Development

    Rob Carbonaro brings over 20 years of sales and general management experience to his position. Previously, he served as Vice President of Sales and Client Services at Experience, Inc. which pioneered the first Web-based college recruiting platform. At Experience, Rob was a principal member of the founding executive team and involved in all aspects of the business. Rob led the company’s market strategy achieving the #1 share position within 4 years of initial product launch.

    Prior to joining Experience, Rob held sales leadership and general management positions at Hewlett-Packard during a period of unprecedented growth in the Computer Products Division. During this time revenue grew from $300 million to more than $8 billion. Previously, Rob held sales leadership positions at NEECO Inc., growing revenue from under $10 million to more than $250 million over five years and completing a successful IPO.

    Rob holds a B.S. in Business and Economics from Plymouth State University and a Master’s of Business Administration from Babson College.

    Todd Rodgers, Vice President of Engineering

    As VP of Engineering, Todd Rodgers is responsible for the design, development, testing, and delivery of Avenue100’s advanced lead processing platform. He joined the company in December 2008 with over 25 years of technology experience.

    Prior to joining Avenue100, Todd led technology development and delivery at cMarket.com, providing online auctions for non-profits. Previously, he led Pearson Education’s online technology efforts and was in charge of multimedia delivery at Peregrine Publishers’ Biology.com site for high school and college students.

    Todd began his career focusing on high-end 3D computer graphics, and developed flight simulation image generation for the F/A-18 aircraft, a paper-like computer interface for novels and rendering systems during a 5-year tenure at IBM’s TJ Watson Research Center, and synthetic image generation activities for the intelligence community.

    Todd holds two patents, several patent applications and has numerous publications in the area of biomedical engineering, computer graphics and remote sensing applications. He has a BA in physics from Johns Hopkins University and a MS in computer science from the Polytechnic Institute of NYU.

    Brian Carr, Chief Marketing Officer

    In his role at Avenue100, Brian Carr oversees the company’s extensive marketing programs, including all online advertising campaigns, branding strategies, search engine optimization as well as a growing number of market-specific website launches.

    For the past 10 years, he has helped pioneer interactive marketing strategies at organizations such as Lycos. Most recently Carr was Senior Vice President at NameMedia where he oversaw media operations. Prior to joining NameMedia, he was General Manager of Business Operations at the Terra Lycos network, overseeing partner services, reporting, customer service, advertising operations and the daily site experience for the network’s 38 million monthly unique visitors. Carr has also held production and editorial roles at Altavista.com, CBS SportsLine.com and the Syracuse (NY) Herald-Journal.

  3. Management-Team
    • Avenue100 Media Solutions
      is managed by an experienced
      team of professionals with
      extensive background in
      marketing, lead generation,
      search, analytics and education.