
CEO, VerticalResponse
San Francisco Bay Area

CEO, VerticalResponse
San Francisco Bay Area
As CEO and founder, Janine has grown VerticalResponse to be the success it is today. Profitable and 55,000 small businesses strong, VerticalResponse is a leading self-service direct marketing provider to small businesses worldwide.
Technology for email marketing and direct mail postcard marketing, surveys, general marketing for B2B and B2C, PR, branding, product marketing, general management.
(Privately Held; Internet industry)
February 2001 — Present (8 years 6 months)
As CEO and founder, Janine has grown VerticalResponse to be the success it is today. Profitable and 55,000 small businesses strong, VerticalResponse is a leading self-service direct marketing provider to businesses of any size.
Direct marketing, email marketing, technology, running, waverunning, mountain biking, traveling, anything Lake Tahoe.
ESPC, SF Chamber of Commerce
* Finalist - Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year of Northern California 2007 & 2008
* Finalist - 2008 CODiE Awards for Best Communication Solution & Best Corporate Blog
* Winner - 2008 SmallBusinessComputing.com Excellence in Technology Award - Online Marketing
* Ranked #32 on the 2008 San Francisco Biz Times List of "Top 100 Fastest Growing Private Companies in the Bay Area" - 4th year on the list
* Ranked #4 on the 2007 San Francisco Biz Times' list of Best Places to Work in the Bay Area
* Won Stevie® Award for Fastest Growing Company of the Year in the 4th Annual Stevie Awards for Women in Business & Named as Finalist in Four Other Categories
* Finalist - 2007 ClickZ Marketing Excellence Awards for Innovation in Email for the past decade
* Won Stevie® for Best Overall Company and nominated as finalist in five other categories
* Ranked Fastest Growing Company in North America on Deloitte’s 2007 Technology Fast 500 and on the Silicon Valley Technology Fast 50 2007 & 2008