Sean Ammirati

Current

Co-Founder & CEO at mSpoke
Business Advisor at ImpactGames
Contributor at Read/WriteWeb

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Past

Vice President, Business Development & Product Management at mSpoke
Director, Business Development at Peak Strategy

Education

Carnegie Mellon University
Grove City College

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Sean Ammirati’s Summary

I began my professional career at age 14 doing Y2K conversions in Fox Pro 2.6 for local companies in the Akron, Ohio area. When I couldn't get a ride from my parents, clients would literally send a driver to pick me up from school. I would joke that it was always better than working at the local pizza parlor.

After graduating from high school, I decided to attend Grove City College as a Computer Information Systems major. I also spent the summers working with Andersen New Venture Services a practice targeted at helping emerging enterprises leverage the talent that a top-tier consulting company could bring. It was a small group and this allowed me to grow in ways most interns never could based on my experiences.

After graduation, I decided to attend Carnegie Mellon University as a research fellow at the Sloan Software Industry Center. My research focused on methodologies & processes that could aide in increasing productivity of software developers. In addition to my research, I was a regular columnist at Information Week Magazine and did some very interesting consulting with a firm I co-founded Catalytix.

For the past 4 years, I have worked in Business Development at Peak Strategy. A firm focused on commercializing modular replacement a disruptive innovation in the field of statistical learning and artificial intelligence. A year ago, I was promoted to Vice President of Business Development. At the same time, we re-focused the company's target market to online media and re-launched the company as mSpoke.

At mSpoke, I have the privilege of working with some of the smartest people I have ever met. I'm very excited to see what the future holds for our unique technology.

Sean Ammirati’s Experience

Co-Founder & CEO

mSpoke

(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

July 2008 — Present (1 year 5 months)
Business Advisor

ImpactGames

(Privately Held; Online Media industry)

July 2007 — Present (2 years 5 months)

Informally provided advice to the Impact Games founders around their business model and relevant contacts. Helped develop and refine short-term financial model to think through strategic opportunities.
Contributor

Read/WriteWeb

(Online Media industry)

March 2007 — Present (2 years 9 months)

Contributed posts for the Read/WriteWeb network of blogs.
Vice President, Business Development & Product Management

mSpoke

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

July 2005 — July 2008 (3 years 1 month)
Director, Business Development

Peak Strategy

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Capital Markets industry)

2003 — May 2005 (2 years )

Sean Ammirati’s Education

Carnegie Mellon University

Research Fellow , Computer Science & Organizational Behavior , 2002 — 2004

Worked with a group of researchers, examining the role of creativity in the software development process by performing exploratory research at a number of leading-edge technology organizations.
Grove City College

BS , Computer Information Systems , 1999 — 2002

Activities and Societies:

Executive President - Student Government Association, Omicron Delta Kappa, American Marketing Association

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Sean Ammirati’s Interests:

online media, technology, software, software as a service, web 2.0, online advertising, venture capital, entrepreneurship

Sean Ammirati’s Groups:

Executive Committee - Church.Disurbed: A Call to Transformation North Way Christian Community, Alumni Council Grove City College, Founding Member - Entrepreneurship Advisory Board Grove City College, Leadership Committee - Citizens for Democratic Reform