ACUITY SALES DECISION SCIENCE - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- CTO
- Founder
- Member of the Leadership Team
Adam leads product architecture, process management technology, data and predictive model integration, and software development at Acuity. He has extensive experience building analytical and scientific modeling applications for mid-market and Fortune 1000 clients in diverse industries such as financial services, travel, high tech and consumer services.
As the former Principal Software Architect for Opera Solutions, he led development for Opera's Signal Hub technologies for advanced predictive modeling and statistical analysis of Big Data. Working in conjunction with the U.S. Government, Adam also designed Star Wars missile defense simulation technologies at MIT Lincoln Lab.
He holds BS and MS degrees in Computer Science from Worcester Polytechnic Institute and Tufts University
Adam leads product architecture, data and predictive model integration, and software development at Acuity. He has extensive experience building analytical… Read More>>
Job Titles:
- Advisor
- Member of the Leadership Team
Ed Funaro has led and grown successful technology services firms for more than 30 years, working with global clients to formulate strategies and implement large, complex, business-critical systems.
He is currently a Managing Partner at Revenue Architects, where he helps mid-market companies achieve their growth goals. He is also an investor, board member and advisor to start-ups.
Previously, Ed was President of Computer Enterprises Inc (CEI), a $140M management consulting firm where he worked with the Board of Directors to implement growth and profitability strategies. He joined CEI from Global Systems Integrators (GSI) where he was an SVP and grew revenues 30% while positioning the firm to be acquired.
Prior to GSI, Ed was Principal Director, North America, for Accenture's $1.2B Cloud First Practice. He joined Accenture when Cloud Sherpas, a venture-backed cloud applications consultancy and Salesforce Global Strategic Partner, was acquired. Ed served as Chief Revenue Officer at Cloud Sherpas, having grown the firm from a start-up to 1,300 employees and $175M in revenues.
Previously, Ed held leadership and partner roles at Cap Gemini, CSC Consulting, Greenwich Technology Partners, Ernst & Young and Accenture, where he led teams to drive growth and deliver strategic value for clients.
Throughout his career, Ed has been responsible for more than $5B in consulting services revenues. His client-first listening approach, results-driven focus and participatory management style have been instrumental building successful teams and business solutions.
Ed is a graduate of Connecticut College and received an MBA from MIT's Sloan School of Business. He lives in Guilford, CT with his wife of 37 years and has 3 grown children.
Ed Funaro has led and grown successful technology services firms for more than 30 years, working with global clients to formulate strategies and implement large, complex, business-critical systems… Read More>>
Harry leads analytics, statistical modeling and related product strategy at Acuity. He has 20 years of experience and advanced training in data analytics.
As the former Director of Sales Modeling for GE Equipment Finance and before that the Commercial Analytics Leader at GE Capital Americas, he applied deep technical and practical experience to build predictive models and decision support systems for pipeline conversion forecasting, account prioritization, territory planning, sales rep performance benchmarking, market demand forecasting and customer retention.
While at GE's Global Research Center he worked as the Statistical Leader in many high impact projects across different industries and disciplines ranging from building a world-class analytical tool that managed capital reserve allocation for GE Capital's $500B global credit portfolio to viral marketing for television shows and movies at NBC/Universal.
Harry leads analytics, statistical modeling and related product strategy at Acuity. He has 20 years of experience and advanced training in data analytics… Read More
Job Titles:
- Advisor
- Chairman
- Executive Advisor
- Member of the Board
- Board Member / Chair, Executive Advisor, and Investor
Henry Ancona serves as board member/chair, executive advisor, and investor.
Henry has served on the Board of Directors of both private and public technology companies, helping several to successful M&A transactions. He currently serves as Board Chairman at Medisafe, and Board member at BlueConic and at Verne Global. Past private boards include Signiant, Qumas (acquired), EZPrints (acquired), Active Endpoints (acquired), and Sentillion (acquired). Past publicly traded boards include Pegasystems, Computervision (acquired), and OneSource Information Services (acquired).
As Executive Advisor, Henry teams with CEOs and Boards on a broad range of issues to achieve growth and profitability. His clients include companies in health care, B-to-B software, software-enabled B-to-C businesses, and other businesses.
Henry brings strategic, operational and leadership development experience to his advisory and board service. He was President of Pegasystems (Nasdaq: Pega), a rules-based business process management software company, and Chairman and CEO of Evidian, a security software company which he founded. Earlier, Henry held senior management positions both in Europe and North America at Digital Equipment (HP).
Henry is an active investor with a portfolio in sectors including software-enabled businesses, software, and applications. He is a venture partner and past Board member at Converge Venture Partners, an early stage venture investment group.
Henry holds an MBA from Harvard Business School, and BS and MS degrees from MIT in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.
Henry Ancona serves as a board member/chair, executive advisor, and investor. Henry has served on the Board of Directors of both private and public technology companies… Read More
Job Titles:
- Advisor
- Member of the Leadership Team
- Data Marketing Executive
Manu Mathew is a serial entrepreneur and longtime data marketing executive. Most recently, Manu was the co-founder and CEO of Visual IQ, where he envisioned solutions for cross-channel marketing attribution and data analytics targeting Fortune 500 and Internet 1000 advertisers. Under his leadership, Visual IQ grew rapidly to 250 clients and 325 employees globally and won several prestigious awards for industry-leading solutions in marketing attribution. In October 2017, Visual IQ was acquired by Nielsen in Manu's second successful exit.
Previously, Manu was part of the operating team at Vizium, a database marketing company that was acquired by media agency Carat. He served as one of Carat's managing directors for several years before leaving to pursuing ideas that would become VisualIQ.
Manu Mathew is a serial entrepreneur and longtime data marketing executive. Most recently, Manu was the co-founder and CEO of Visual IQ, where he envisioned solutions… Read More>>
Job Titles:
- CEO
- Founder
- Member of the Leadership Team
Oliver sets the vision and strategy at Acuity. He has more than 20 years of experience leading teams to innovate, collaborate, execute and grow.
Before starting Acuity, he spent 10 years in front line sales and sales leadership roles at General Electric, coaching sales teams, building customer relationships and exceeding sales goals.
As Senior Vice President of Commercial Excellence, his team applied Six Sigma methodologies to sales, creating data-driven go-to-market strategies, statistical modeling capabilities and insights to drive sales growth for 1,000 salespeople across 10 divisions.
Before GE, he spent 5 years leading product marketing at Primix Solutions, the first ERP-to-Web application tools company, which had its IPO in 1996 and was later acquired by OpenText.
Oliver obtained a BA in History and Environmental Studies from Yale and an MBA in Marketing and Entrepreneurship from The Wharton School.
Oliver sets the vision and strategy at Acuity. He has more than 20 years of experience leading teams to innovate, collaborate, execute and grow… Read More>>