Bio

Marc has a proven track record of starting, building and selling direct-marketing and customer acquisition businesses. He has raised $15 million of equity which has been converted into exit values of over $425 million. Marc has over 20 years of strategic and tactical experience in building companies that leverage his skills in brand extensions, data aggregation, direct marketing, packaging and promotion, lead generation, enabling technologies and customer acquisition processes. Marc is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Trivergance. Marc is also the Founder & Chairman of Tranzact, a Founding Principal in Oursurance and a Founding Principal in AP Capital Holdings, a leading Minority Business Enterprise private equity firm. In 2008, Marc was CEO of Polaris Acquisition Corp., a Special Purpose Acquisition Company, which raised $150 million in the public markets and merged Hughes Telematics. Marc became a board member of Hughes Telematics until its sale to Verizon Communications for $737 million. In 2003, Marc co-founded and became Chairman of Tranzact, a business purchased out of bankruptcy for $10 million in partnership with Halyard Capital. In 1997, Marc started and built Paradigm Direct, which is considered one of the first pay-for-performance, multi-channel marketing companies. Paradigm was sold to The Mosaic Group in 2000 for $241 million. In 2001, Marc was asked by the board to become its CEO as the previous management team pursued a roll-up strategy and saddled the company with substantial debt. Marc served in that role from 2001-2003 and ultimately oversaw a multi-country bankruptcy process. In 1989-1996, Marc served as President of National Market Share, a call center company that he grew meaningfully from its start-up phase. Marc attended Emory University, obtaining a B.A. in Economics in 1985.