CrowdGather, Inc. (CRWG)

 

 

About CrowdGather

Founded in 2008, CrowdGather ($CRWG) is a public, social-media company with a focus on growing strong, vibrant forum communities that truly connect people in meaningful conversation. With over 170-180 million monthly page views and 14-18 million monthly unique visitors, we are improving the world of online communities for end-users, forum owners, and advertisers. Active as a forum member since 1998, founder and CEO Sanjay Sabnani recognized a unique opportunity to enrich the forum member's experience as well as effectively monetize a network of sites. Beginning in 2002, he began steadily acquiring some of the world's busiest online communities and aggregating them into key verticals. CrowdGather is now a thriving forum-advertising network offering product reviews, unparalleled conversations, and unique communities. Our social-media network is made up of thousands of online communities for technology professionals, gamers, and lifestyle enthusiasts.

 

CRWG CEO Video Interview:    

 

 

  

CRWG Links

Click here to receive updates on CrowdGather  http://www.tdmfinancial.com/emailassets/crwg/crwg_landing.php

CRWG Presentation: http://www.crowdgather.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/CrowdGatherPresentationJanuary2014.pdf

CRWG Could Help Diversify Tech Portfolios: http://www.baystreet.ca/viewarticle.aspx?id=411586

CRWG Profile (Investor Fact Sheet): http://www.crowdgather.com/pdfs/crwg_profile.pdf

CRWG insider buying:  http://www.secform4.com/insider-trading/1328670.htm

 

 

Company Highlights

FY 2013 Revenues of $1.9M, gross profit margin over 95%

$14M in net equity, book value of $0.22 per share

Launching Ad Server Technology; enables additional revenues

Network serves over 12 million monthly unique visitors

Completed $1 Million Series B Preferred Financing and
Settlement of Outstanding Litigation in 2013






 

CrowdGather, Inc. Announces Launch of CrowdReport: A Real-Time, Network Brand Safety Monitoring Tool

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/dolby-shareholders-elect-micheline-chau-to-board-of-directors-2013-02-11?reflink=MW_news_stmp



Management

Sanjay Sabnani
Chairman & CEO

Sanjay Sabnani is a serial entrepreneur and business strategist with a long-standing passion for the internet and technology industries and online network community-building. Sabnani has been an active proponent of message boards since 2002, when he acquired General Mayhem (www.genmay.com), his first message-board community. Sabnani has occupied senior executive positions in several publicly held companies: EVP of Strategic Development at Hythiam, Inc. (HYTM); Director of Business Development and Strategy at OSI Systems, Inc. (OSIS); and President and Director at Venture Catalyst, Inc. (VCAT). Sabnani achieved recognition as an expert at each company and its respective industry space, assisting in raising over $200 million in public equity financing for these companies. In addition, Sabnani has served as Chairman of the Board for two distinguished non-profits, Artwallah (arts festival) and TiE SoCAl (venture capital networking), and is also the founder of a California-based charity EndDependence, which grants scholarships for addiction treatment. Sanjay Sabnani is married with three daughters, all currently residing in Porter Ranch, California. Sabnani received his BA in English Literature from UCLA.

Jonathan Weiss
Chief Financial Officer

Mr. Weiss, a CPA with a BBA in Accounting from Emory University, has approximately twenty years of related finance and accounting experience, and most recently headed up finance and business operations for San Francisco Bay Area internet startup, Xtranormal. Prior to that, Mr. Weiss was CFO of Sandbox Industries, based in Chicago, where he helped provide strategic financial management for a hybrid venture capital firm engaged in healthcare fund management, new business incubation, and new business accelerators. Mr. Weiss was also a regional CFO for a Goldman Sachs Partners Company, USI Holdings, and began his career as an auditor with Arthur Andersen LLP.


Richard Izzo
Vice President of Operations

Rich has over fifteen years of experience in various operations, finance, strategic planning, and corporate development positions across multiple industries. Most recently, Rich was VP of Operations for a publicly traded healthcare services company, and was primarily responsible for managing the delivery and operations of the company's product for health plan clients throughout the US. Rich has also recently consulted for and provided financial expertise to technology clients. Rich is a CPA, and started his career with Ernst & Young in assurance services, working in both the New York and San Francisco offices specializing on banking and technology clients. Rich earned BS in Accounting from NYU and an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Arizona. He enjoys reading, lap swimming, and spending time with his family.

Taher Scherzay
Vice President of Technology

Taher Scherzay has extensive experience as an entrepreneur, CTO, and systems architect. Prior to joining CrowdGather, Taher was co-founder and CTO of Elexity Systems, LLC, where he created the DentalSenders.com patient communication system that was acquired by Futuredontics, Inc. (1-800-Dentist). Taher has held positions as a software architect at Microsoft where he was instrumental in developing the Live.com, Click-to-Call VOIP service. He has also held software development and management positions at Alcatel-Lucent, Clarent, and Spirent Communications. Taher has also developed and launched MLSListingsOnline.com and ClientMinder.net as CTO.

Aaron Beck
Vice President of Advertising

Aaron Beck is a leading expert in the digital marketing space and has enjoyed a long and successful career in online advertising. Beck occupied a key role at Move.com, one of the world's largest real estate portals, where he was responsible for increasing ad revenue for the company.

Following Move.com, Beck served as Director of Online Sales at branded entertainment studio Madison Road Entertainment where he helped launch the company's social platform, If.Net. At Madison, Beck was responsible for leading the sales team, developing and implementing marketing strategies and organizing product offerings. Most recently, Beck served in advertising sales at Internet Brands, a leading online publishing network.