CEO
Linkable Networks
Tom Burgess is a seasoned executive with deep interactive and mobile advertising experience. He has successfully pioneered an array of innovative advertising solutions and holds numerous direct response and mobile technology patents. Burgess is a frequent speaker at global marketing conferences and has been quoted or featured in Forbes, the New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Boston Globe, and CNBC. In 2001, Burgess founded Third Screen Media, the world’s first mobile advertising network. Third Screen Media set the standard globally for wireless advertising and was acquired by AOL 2007, delivering a 10x return for investors. Prior to his tenure at Third Screen Media, Burgess served as President of internet portal CollegeLink.com where he guided the company to a successful public offering and later orchestrated sale of the company to Monster.com. He also served as founder and CEO of 9th Square Inc. (later rebranded as Bluestreak.com, Inc.), an e-commerce and advertising software and services company and Echomedia, Inc., one of the first internet advertising companies. Burgess has consistently provided excellent returns for investors and was recently inducted into the Entrepreneur Hall of Fame for superior performance by Blue Chip Ventures. Burgess earned a Bachelor of Arts from Providence College and currently resides in Rhode Island with his wife and two children.