Tad Martin

Professional:

I am an entrepreneur seasoned executive experienced in managing the growth of internet companies from startup to mature organizations. Currently I am the co-founder and CEO of Collective[i] and AI focused network harnessing the power of data to help revenue organizations transform how the sell to better predict, manage and grow their sales.

I began my career in the technology world in 1999 as one of the earliest employees of Gear.com, a sporting goods company internet retailer backed by Amazon.com. Through an acquisition, I joined Overstock.com as one of its first 30 employees. For the next six years, I reported to Patrick Byrne, Overstock's CEO, and was part of the executive team in charge of managing the company, responsible specifically for all aspects of warehouse operations, customer care and product purchasing. During my tenure with Overstock, the company grew from roughly $70m in revenues to over $800m, and went from a private funded startup to a publicly traded company on the NASDAQ. I often speak, and have been cited for my experience by many publications including /The Wall Street Journal/,/ Internet Retailer/, /CRM/ and /CMO/ magazine. Tad was also a member of the nine person committee responsible for the successful bid to host the Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City, Utah in 2002. Tad earned is Bachelor of Arts in English from the University of Utah.

Specialties: Former Section 16 Officer, Six Sigma Black Belt, Santa Clara Retail Management Executive Training, MIT Sloan School of Management course - IT for the non-IT Executive, artificial intelligence, purchasing, contract negotiations, customer satisfaction and retention, sales and sales management, project management.

Personal:

I am a father, husband, son, friend and colleague. I have a passion for all of them and do the best I can to balance the people in my life with my other interest which include; cycling, skiing, reading, traveling and adventures in general.

Interesting facts:

Countries visited: 31

Adventure races run: 3

Marathons run; 1

Tour de France’s attended: 4

Super Bowls attended: 5

World Series attended: 2

NBA Championships attended: 1