Don Mathis

CEO & Co-Founder, Information Technology and Services

Don Mathis: Kinetic Social CEO. Cybersecurity Specialist. Naval Officer.

Don Mathis's Bio:

Don Mathis's Experience:

• CEO & Co-Founder at Kinetic Social

  May 2010 - Present | New York, NY

  Don Mathis is the CEO and Co-Founder of Kinetic Social. Kinetic Social integrates social media, delivering marketing solutions via comprehensive product offerings and cross-platform capabilities at scale across every major social media venue and beyond. Kinetic Social layers a holistic marketing-solutions approach and bleeding edge subject matter expertise on top of an intelligent analytics, measurement and media optimization platform. Kinetic Social serves a world class / Fortune 500 client roster. * Don Mathis has sought to build Kinetic Social's core technology focus around a nexus of "Big Data" and social media. Kinetic Social's machine learning platform is architected to integrate social, trend and other proprietary data to achieve cross-platform effectiveness. Kinetic Social deploys a patent-pending statistical optimizer, anchored by advanced predictive modeling algorithms. Kinetic Social provides an unparalleled ability to help its client's fine tune their digital media mix, integrating at the data-stream level to reach client target audiences across social media platforms and throughout the digital spectrum. * Kinetic Social was conceived in mid-2010 and launched as an independent company on October 1, 2011.

• Expeditionary Combat Logistics & Anti-Terrorism Officer at US Navy

  1993 - Present | New York, NY

  Don Mathis serves as a Naval Officer on both active and reserve duty. He has had reserve tours as Commanding Officer and Executive Officer of highly deployable, selectively staffed, joint-service DLA combat logistics units in support of forward deployed war-fighters, and service with the Navy Expeditionary Combat Command. Don was mobilized immediately after 9/11 for active duty at Ground Zero on a Search & Recovery team, and as the Executive Officer of an anti-terrorism joint task force in the New York City area (Operation Noble Eagle). He was also deployed for Operation Enduring Freedom to the Middle East as Deputy Group Commander for three Navy expeditionary combat air logistics units mobilized to Central Command. Don was deployed again to stand-up a Forward Logistics Site in theater during the opening phases of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Don Mathis was began his Navy career as a P-3 anti-submarine patrol squadron Flight Communications Officer. He served with the United Nations in Cambodia and in Bosnia. Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmentalized Information [TS/SCI] security clearance held.

• President & CEO at EpicAds

  November 2007 - April 2010 | New York, NY

  Don Mathis was CEO of digital ad network EpicAds, which he grew from $65 million run rate to $200 million in annual revenue in 2009. Company merged into Connexus Corporation (Oak Capital Partners; Insight Partners; Idealab) in Q2 2010. * Under Don Mathis' leadership through the company's change of ownership structure & management with the Connexus deal, EpicAds was the leading performance-based ad network. EpicAds enabled brands and direct marketers to build online communities on a performance business model, allowing its clients to engage users and develop comprehensive customer acquisition solutions through emerging forms of online media.

• Chief Operating Officer at EpicAds

  September 2005 - November 2007 | Toronto, Canada

  Don Mathis was hired as SVP of Technology & Operations, promoted to COO in four months, of this online ad network backed by TA Associates & Stripes Group. Appointed CEO in January, 2008.

• Vice President at AlixPartners, LLC

  August 2003 - August 2005 | New York, NY

  Don Mathis was a Vice President of AlixPartners. AlixPartners is a global firm of senior business and consulting professionals that specializes in improving corporate financial and operational performance, executing corporate turnarounds and providing litigation consulting and forensic accounting services

• Vice President at JPMorgan Partners at JPMorgan Chase

  August 2001 - July 2003 | New York, NY

  Don Mathis served as a Vice President at JPMorgan Partners (JPMP). JPMP was formerly known as Chase Capital Partners, was the private equity division of JPMorgan Chase and invested over $15 billion worldwide in consumer, media, energy, industrial, financial services, healthcare and technology companies since its inception in 1984. In 2006, the unit was spun out as two independent firms: CCMP Capital Advisors, and Panorama Capital.

• Chief Operating Officer at Small World Sports

  June 1999 - July 2001 | New York, NY

  Don Mathis served as the COO of the Online Fantasy Sports Company Small World Sports, which was sold to The Sporting News (Vulcan Ventures). Don Mathis joined Small World as employee number 11 and was its first executive hire. Small World Sports was founded in 1994, and created the first online rotisserie baseball and fantasy sports leagues.Small World Sports developed into one of the three largest fantasy businesses on the web, and its sites scaled to the upper echelon of all web properties. In addition to creating its own online games, it built games for Yahoo!, AltaVista, Lycos, CNN/SI, fastball.com, Fox Sports, and The Sporting News, among others.

• Senior Associate at McKinsey & Company

  June 1997 - June 1999 | New York, NY and Boston, MA

  Don Mathis was an Associate with McKinsey & Company, a global management consulting firm, serving leading businesses, governments, and institutions around the world. * Don Mathis started with McKinsey as a Summer Associate in business school, worked with the firm during his second year at Harvard, and joined full time after graduation.

Don Mathis's Education:

• Harvard Business School

  1996 – 1998
  MBA
  Concentration: General Management
  Activities: Don Mathis received an MBA from Harvard Business School with Honors.

• Vassar College

  1986 – 1990
  BA
  Concentration: Asian Studies
  Activities: Don Mathis receive a BA from Vassar College with Honors, and majored in Asian Studies with a concentration in Economics.

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