Ami Kassar

Current

• Chief Innovation Officer at Advanta

Past

• Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Shop2Give
• National Sales Manager at Cushion Cut

Education

• University of Southern California
• Brandeis University

Recommended

2 people have recommended Ami

Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Marketing and Advertising

Websites

• My Company
• My Company

Ami Kassar’s Summary

Business Development / Internet Executive with a proven track record of launching innovative new businesses, partnerships, products, and marketing channels.

Ami Kassar’s Specialties:

Entrepreneur, Innovation, Internet Marketing and Development, Emerging Trends and Technologies

Ami Kassar’s Experience

• Chief Innovation Officer

  Advanta

  (Public Company; 501-1000 employees; ADVNA; Financial Services industry)

  January 2001 — Present (8 years 11 months)

  I run the innovation team at Advanta. In our core business, we issue credit cards to small business owners and entrepreneurs. In our innovation team we are constantly looking for and developing new tools to help small businesses. Some of our flagship sites include www.ideablob.com and www.kivab4b.org. We're incubating www.bizequity.com.

• Founder and Chief Executive Officer

  Shop2Give

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

  September 1997 — September 2000 (3 years 1 month)

  Built a new business model, established a vision, raised the capital, built and led a team, launched and promoted the web site(s), and evolved and ran the business.

• National Sales Manager

  Cushion Cut

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Building Materials industry)

  June 1994 — June 1997 (3 years 1 month)

  Developed and implemented a unique marketing strategy that grew company sales by 25%, standardized products, and returned the factory to profitability.

Ami Kassar’s Education

• University of Southern California

  MBA , September 1993 — December 1995

• Brandeis University

  BA , American Studies , 1987 — 1991

Additional Information

Ami Kassar’s Websites:

• My Company
• My Company

Ami Kassar’s Interests:

digital photography

Ami Kassar’s Groups:

National Young Leadership Cabinet

•    The DEMO Conference
•    Credit Card Professionals
•    Advanta Bank current and former employees
•    Social Entrepreneurship and Education Consortium
•    Bloblive Philadelphia

Ami Kassar’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• new ventures
• job inquiries
• expertise requests
• business deals
• reference requests
• getting back in touch