Ari has started, acquired and exited multiple tech companies. He drove IssuerDirect [NYSE:ISDR] to IPO and acquired four additional companies. He led interactive ad firm ThinkAcquisition to exit. Ari engineered the PE-backed management buy-out of Placeable and later sold the company to Ignite Technologies. Ari grew revenue to $250M at LookSmart [NYSE: LOOK] and automated local search management at InfoNow. Ari was a founder of Zacks.com.

Restaurant and food industry thought leader and speaker, food futurist, hospitality product/program architect and culinary expert with a proven track record of building, launching and strengthening restaurant, hotel, CPG and other hospitality brands

Entrepreneurial technical leader with a proven track record building and scaling AI & machine learning solutions that revolutionize markets culminating in a successful acquisition by private equity firm, K1 Investment Management