About us

Mr. Burgess is a seasoned executive in online and wireless interactive marketing and technology. He is a pioneer of innovative advertising solutions and holds a patent in wireless advertising. Mr. Burgess, a recognized authority in digital marketing, is a consistent speaker at global marketing conferences and has been quoted or featured in Forbes, NY Times, Wall Street Journal, Boston Globe, CNBC and many industry publications. Mr. Burgess founded Third Screen Media, a wireless advertising company, in March of 2001. Third Screen set the standard globally for wireless advertising and secured customers such as Sprint, Verizon Wireless, USA Today, Weather Channel, American Express and many more. Third Screen Media was purchased by AOL/TW in May of 2007 delivering a 8X return for investors in two years. From January 1999 to March 2000 he served as President of internet portal CollegeLink.com. During this period he successful guided the company from a shrink wrap software developer to a multifaceted online destination. CollegeLink was purchased by Monster.com early in 2001. From 1998 through January of 1999 he served as Founder and CEO of 9th Square Inc. (currently Bluestreak.com, Inc.) an Internet E-commerce and advertising software and services company that he angel financed and directed through successful initial product development and market launch. From 1994 until 1998, Mr. Burgess served as Founder and CEO of Echomedia, Inc., one of the first internet advertising marketing and technology businesses. In December of 1997, Burgess successfully merged Echomedia with Softbank Interactive Marketing. Throughout his career, Mr. 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. Mr. Burgess currently resides in Rhode Island with his wife and two children. Mr. Burgess has a BA from Providence College.