WebAward Judge Profile: Justin Talerico

Beacon9
CEO

Justin Talerico is a technology entrepreneur and the co-founder, former CEO and CMO of martech SaaS ion interactive, which was acquired in 2017.

Justin’s first company developed its first website for Samsung in 1994. By 1998 the company had evolved into a high-margin, tech-enabled services firm leveraging a proprietary web CMS platform for clients like Office Depot and Fujitsu.

Justin and his co-founders developed and launched a SaaS platform in 2007, rapidly scaling ion interactive to the Inc 500 with customers like Dell and DHL.

In 2015 ion productized data-driven interactive capabilities that now empower hundreds of enterprise brands and agencies to engage, qualify and profile more web traffic. Justin and his co-founders successfully exited in 2017.

Justin is passionate about using his knowledge, experience, and perspective to help tech companies accelerate and thrive.

He was born in New York, raised in Florida and now resides in Nashville, Tennessee with his wife and two children. Justin earned a Bachelor of Science in advertising from the University of Florida.

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