As vice president of product strategy, Brown is responsible for defining the company vision as well as the strategy and market opportunity for the Silverpop product portfolio. Previously Brown was Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder of Vtrenz (acquired by Silverpop in 2007), a pioneer in the marketing automation space and inventor of multi-track, multi-step campaign automation and the visual lead scoring model. Brown has 15 years of experience leading companies and teams in creating and bringing to market cloud based software with extensive experience in marketing automation. He is a sought-after marketing and technology thought leader, having helped hundreds of businesses adapt and thrive in the ever-changing digital age of marketing. Brown graduated with a Bachelors of Science in business information systems from the University of Utah and is a self-taught computer programmer.