Bruce Carlisle
Bruce Carlisle
CEO, founder of Conference Hound, a start-up focused on disrupting the "Conference Discovery" space. Conference Hound, based San Francisco is establishing the first consumer brand in the $262 billion (U.S. per PWC 2011 report) conference and trade show industry.
Previously, founder & CEO of "SF Interactive", a first mover provider of digital marketing solutions from 1996-2003. Secured $10 million in private equity financing to fund growth from William E. Simon & Sons. Sold company to Butler, Shine & Stern. 30 years of of marketing communications experience in advertising, public relations, direct response, internet marketing and advertising agency leadership, business development and operations.
Before launching SFI, Bruce spent 18 years in Advertising and Marketing Communications at firms including Ogilvy & Mather, McCann-Erickson, Grey Advertising and Della Femina, McNamee in New York, Ogilvy PR in Washington, DC, and at Working Assets (now Credo Mobile) in San Francisco.
Bruce is a graduate of St. Lawrence University in Canton, NY