Channeltivity's Leadership Team

Our Leadership Team brings decades of experience and expertise to our web-based, SaaS, PRM application.

Jason Jacobs, CEO

Jason Jacobs is a serial entrepreneur, visionary leader and seasoned high growth startup CEO specializing in launching technology and technology enabled services companies.

Founder and President of The Verge Group, a consultancy that Identifies Potential and Accelerates Results in early stage companies, Jason focuses on Emergent Strategy and Agile Organization Practices for high growth and restarting growth. Jason has assembled a team of some of the best business minds in the world in areas of Strategy, Top Management Team Dynamics, Organizational Performance, Organization Network Analysis, Information Technology and Seed/Venture Finance.

Jason founded his first startup CORESense in 2001. Under his leadership CORESense became the leading Software as a Service solution for Multi-Channel retail and he was named Deloitte Rising Star in 2005.

Jason has an MBA from the Lally School of Management at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, he holds a bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering from The Ohio State University and served as an officer in the US Navy. Jason is an active board member of Entrepreneurs Organization, a global organization of over 7500 business owners representing the top 4% of businesses worldwide. www.eonetwork.org.

Zach Smith, Co-founder - CTO

Zach Smith brings over a decade of web technology, product management and usability expertise to Channeltivity. Zach's main responsibility is designing and directing development on the company's hosted PRM platform to facilitate easier channel management. Zach and his web development team work closely with Channeltivity's customers to make sure each system meets specific partner program needs.

As a successful entrepreneur, Zach is also the founder and former owner of Analog Method, a New York-based provider of custom web solutions for companies spanning corporate and consumer industries, including technology, entertainment, fashion, and healthcare.

Zach holds a bachelor degree in Computer Science from the University of Pennsylvania. In his spare time, Zach teaches entrepreneurship to underserved communities through WIBO and is an active member of Entrepreneurs' Organization's (EO) Accelerator program.