Bill Nussey

Bill Nussey has 30 years of experience running technology and Internet companies. As CEO of Silverpop, an IBM company, he has guided the company as it became a leading provider of digital marketing software that enables personalized experiences. During its lifetime, Silverpop has grown to serve more than 5,000 organizations across more than 40 countries. Prior to Silverpop, Nussey was the CEO of iXL, a 2,500 employee, publicly traded consulting firm that served clients including GE, Delta, and FedEx. Before that, he was an investor with venture capital firm, Greylock where he worked with some of the earliest internet companies like DoubleClick. Prior to that, Nussey was the co-founder and CEO of Da Vinci Systems, a provider of desktop software with over 3 million users, which he ultimately sold to publicly traded ON Technology. Nussey has been honored with numerous awards including Consulting Magazine’s Most Influential Consultant in the World, the Direct Marketing Association's Marketing Award of Excellence and the Technology Association of Georgia’s Lifetime Achievement Award. He is the author of A Quiet Revolution in Email Marketing and is a regular speaker at industry, business and academic events. Over the years, he has sat on more than two dozen business and non-profit boards including Venture Atlanta and Techbridge. He earned a degree in Electrical Engineering from North Carolina State University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.