Eyal Danon

As founder of Ignite Advisory Group, Eyal Danon is responsible for the company's unique and effective approach to customer advisory boards. A former Chief Marketing Officer for privately held and publicly traded software companies, Eyal has worked with software companies that experienced dramatic growth amid changing business environments. During his tenure with NICE Systems (NASDAQ: NICE) the company went from $100M in sales to over $500M in five years, generating an incremental $1.3B of shareholder value.

Before launching Ignite AG, Eyal developed and operated highly influential User Group and Customer Advisory Boards that involved thousands of users as well as key executives from Fortune 500 companies. He has worked directly with FedEx, CitiBank, American Express, GE, JP Morgan Chase, Direct TV, Continental Airlines, Time Warner and Home Depot.

Eyal has appeared on CNN Headline News, NBC, ABC, Forbes, Fortune, BBC News, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, Boston Globe, San Francisco Chronicle and Business Week. Having worked as a leadership expert for InterContinental Hotels & Resorts in Europe, Eyal has excellent group facilitation skills and years of learning and development experience.

In addition to managing Ignite AG, Eyal speaks widely before industry groups, and consults directly with entrepreneurs and executives on marketing and leadership development. Eyal holds an MBA from Boston University and is a graduate of Columbia University's Business School Executive Leadership Program.

He is the author of "Cracking the C-Suite, a practical guide to creating a shared future with your executive customers," and a contributor to the book "Project 100 - Marketing in the Social Media Era."