Michael Terpin

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Mr. Michael Terpin is a Co-Founder & serves as Chairman at Aspire (Financial Software). Mr. Terpin is the Founder and serves as Chief Executive Officer of SocialRadius. He owned the company and served as Chief Executive Officer of Terpin Communications. He is also the Founder and serves as Chief Executive Officer at Transform Ventures. He served as Special Advisor at Alphabit. He began SocialRadius in 2007, the latest chapter in a 25-year career in public relations, Internet marketing, and digital innovation. A serial entrepreneur, he has been frequently written about as a pioneer in online PR and marketing, newswire distribution, and social media/Web 2.0 marketing. His most recent venture is SocialRadius, a full-service social media marketing firm. He has been a frequent speaker at leading technology and marketing conferences, including Ad: Tech, CES, E3, European Technology Roundtable (ETRE), Frost & Sullivan Sales & Marketing Conference, NAB, Public Relations Society of America (PRSA), Red Herring, Southern California Software Council, and VNU Digital Media. He has been profiled in PRWeek and O'Dwyer's PR Report and has been a guest columnist for O'Dwyer's PR Daily. Originally known as Internet Wire, Marketwire was acquired in April 2006 by Toronto-based media company CCN Matthews and is now owned by OMERS Capital Partners, the private equity arm of a $41 billion pension fund. Marketwire employs more than 200 people and has annual revenues of more than $70 million, with offices in 12 cities. Marketwire serves more than 6,000 clients, including Bayer, HP, IBM, Merck, Symantec, and Wal-Mart. He holds an MFA in Creative Writing from SUNY at Buffalo and a dual bachelor's degree in Newspaper Journalism and English Literature from Syracuse University. He serves as an advisor to SU's Newhouse School of Public Communications, where he was inducted into its prestigious "Wall of Fame" in October 2000. He is also a private investor and/or board member for several privately held technology start-up companies and trade associations. He has established several industry-related blogs, including Social Media World and CES Party List and he has published analyses, essays, and reports on a variety of social media topics, including two case studies for Global PR Blog Week. He served as an Advisor at Guardian Circle. He served as a Board Member at Blockchain Moon Acquisition. He served as an Advisor at Permission. He serves as an Advisor at Walls 360. He serves as an Advisor at Store and B21. He serves as an Advisor at Upland. He serves as an Advisor at Rair. He is the Founder and serves as Chairman at BitAngels. He also serves as Advisor at Alpha Transform Holdings. He serves as a General Partner & Strategic Advisor at Tradecraft Capital. SocialRadius, one of the nation's first social media marketing firms, was recently named to the Inc. 5000. Current and historic clients include AT&T, Hyatt, Geekdom, Property Brothers; Live Earth, Participant Media, NBC, Philips, and Will.i.am. SocialRadius is headquartered in Las Vegas, with offices in Los Angeles, New York, and San Francisco. Terpin also runs Startup Debut, a media showcase series, and he founded Marketwire, one of the world's largest company newswires. He holds an MFA from SUNY/Buffalo and a bachelor's degree from Syracuse University, where he serves on the Newhouse School advisory board. He served as an Advisor at Sheesha Finance. He serves as an Advisor at RRB Lab. He serves as an Advisor at Store.