ABOUT US

Management Team:

Mike Lewis, CEO, Co-Founder
Twitter: @bostonmike
Facebook: http://profile.to/michaellewis/
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/lewismich
Email: Michael.lewis@stimulatesolutions.com

Mike is an experienced marketing and sales executive with 15 years of experience in the Internet and software industries. He has held senior management positions at 5 Internet software start-ups.

Most recently, Mike was as the Vice President of Marketing at PlatformQ, a digital media start-up focused on developing virtual events in a variety of vertical industries. His responsibilities included corporate communication and demand generation activities as well as generating awareness for multiple brands. During his tenure, Mike launched social programs using YouTube, Facebook, and other social networks that generated a 120% increase in demand.

Prior to joining PlatformQ, Michael was Vice President of Marketing at Salesnet where he spearheaded all marketing activities, including demand generation, branding and awareness, as well as corporate communications. His work at Salesnet culminated with the company's acquisition in May of 2006 by RightNow Technologies (NASDAQ: RNOW) where Michael was placed in charge of managing marketing relationships with key partners including IBM, Genesys, XO Interactive, and Lithium.

Early in his career, Michael directed marketing activities at several early stage technology firms, helping them mature into highly successful organizations. At StreamServe, Inc., Michael led marketing during a time of rapid growth when the company saw an increase in U.S. license revenue of 166 percent and a 50 percent increase in overall revenue. Prior to StreamServe, Michael oversaw sales and marketing at interlinkONE, a privately held OnDemand Marketing Automation provider.

Michael has been the President of the Business Marketing Association Boston since January of 2005. In the last two years, Michael oversaw all BMA activities and implemented innovative programs designed to deliver an outstanding and consistent member experience. The programs implemented by Michael drove a 200% increase in demand and a 120% increase in non-dues revenue. In addition, his efforts increased awareness globally by driving increasing participation by non-local marketers by 65%. For his efforts, Michael achieved awards from the National BMA for "Chapter of the Year" as well as "Most Innovative Programs". In addition to his work with the BMA, Michael donates his time by serving as the Chairman of Marketing and Communication in the Bentley College graduate alumni association.

Michael earned a BA in Organizational Psychology from Stonehill College and an MBA in eBusiness Management from Bentley College.

Neil Costa, COO, Co-Founder
Neil has over 15 years of experience working to build leading edge technology companies as a key member of several fast-growing sales and marketing teams.

Most recently, Neil was the VP of Business Development for PlatformQ, the producer of CollegeWeekLive – an online college fair. He was charged with hiring and developing the sales and business development team responsible for implementing sales tools and processes, building the initial client list, driving revenue and developing strategic partners for this new digital media property.

Neil was the Director of Strategic Alliances for Monster.com, responsible for developing strategic marketing relationships and overseeing an annual interactive marketing budget of $15-20 million dollars. He negotiated long-term digital media marketing contracts with major Internet and media companies such as Comcast, Fox, CBS, MLB.com, eBay and United Online. He led the marketing team responsible for leveraging these relationships and maximizing ROI-based campaigns to reach sales and customer acquisition goals. He also developed strategic marketing partnerships with major non-profit associations such as the US Chamber of Commerce, the National Associations of Manufacturers and many others.

Prior to Monster.com, Neil played key sales and marketing roles in several early stage companies as they launched and grew into multi-million dollar businesses. Neil led the commercial sales team for Segway, developer of the Segway Human Transporter (HT). He developed a multi-million dollar direct sales team and established several national resellers. He introduced this new technology into various Fortune 500 clients as an innovative, "green" alternative transportation solution. Prior to Segway, Neil played key roles in business development, marketing and finance at Open Market, an early developer of Internet software. He negotiated strategic marketing partnerships, OEM agreements and structured several partner programs.

Neil graduated from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst with a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting and started his career with PriceWaterhouseCoopers. He is also currently on the Advisory Board of the Parents for Ethical Marketing.

Ray Eifler, CTO, Co-Founder
Ray served as the VP of Global Information Systems for Altiris inc. when it was acquired by Symantec in April of 2007. In his role at Altiris, he build the Information Technology department into a global infrastructure capable of supporting a business boasting a high growth rate, demanding customers, and innovative software development teams. "We transformed IT from a cost-center to a value-add service department".

Raymond's background includes all facets of Information Technology work, as he has climbed the corporate ladder of success. He has held a majority of IT positions along the way, including ones in software design, software development, relationship management, project management, technical support, database architecture, data management, hardware and data center operations, and senior management. "To be successful, you need to satisfy your customers. And everyone is your customer, no matter what your role."

Raymond began his career in telecommunications and during his 15 years in that industry, garnered both start-up and global operations experience. This included a pivotal year serving as an IT liaison in a customer facing call center. It was here that Raymond began to develop his own "service strategy" for IT management.

After leaving telecommunications in early 2002, he moved into the software industry, where he scaled the infrastructure at Wise Solutions for high growth. He was serving in the Senior Information Technology Infrastructure role at Wise Solutions, when it was acquired by Altiris in December 2003. Raymond had automated a majority of Quote-to-Cash functions at Wise and immediately saw an opportunity to help Altiris do the same and hit the ground running on day 1.

Raymond has an undergraduate degree in Computer Science, and a Masters of Information Technology Management from Lawrence Technological University in Michigan. He is also an avid game strategist, who writes game strategy articles and has a published board game.