Frank S. Foster
# Business Development
# P.E. / V. C.
# Product Strategy
# Sales
# Startups
# Strategy
# Turnaround
Carlyle Partners: Executive Vice President & Principal, Global Media Practice - Worked closely with growth companies to leverage technology in the media and entertainment space.
TiVo Research: Senior Vice President & General Manager - Developed a big data approach to advertising effectiveness and helped increase the value of TiVo before selling to Rovi for $1.1B.
*AT&T AdWorks (now Xandr): Co-founder - Tech-focused advertising efforts. (See Abstract)
erinMedia: Co-founder - Big data company to challenge Nielsen Media Research; sued Nielsen in federal court for anti-trust in 2004, Nielsen settled the lawsuit two days before the trial in 2008.
Education: Iowa State University - B.S., Mathematics, Physics, English.
# Advertising
# Analytics
# Blockchain
# Digital Media
# AdTech / MarTech
# Entertainment
# SaaS Development
# Social Media
# Big Data
# Telecom
Named Co-Inventor of 7 U.S. Patents in the areas of:
- Big Data
- Error Correction
- Artificial Intelligence
- Pattern Recognition
US Patents: 7383243, 7302419, 7236941, 7197472, 7194421, 7146329, 7139723
- Member: AAAA (4A's)
- Member: Association of National Advertisers
- Member: World Federation of Advertisers
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