About Us

The iM@ Mobile Management Team

Kerry J. Cannon, Jr.
 CEO

Kerry J. Cannon, Jr.

Kerry is an entrepreneur, manager and strategist with 26 years of experience in media, publishing, ad sales and interactive marketing, 18 of which were in travel and tourism.

 

Before forming iM@, Cannon oversaw the leading travel trade publishing, internet and event management group for Questex Media Group, Inc. (formerly Advanstar Communications, Inc.). While at Questex, he launched several niche B2B magazines and a major tradeshow and conference. He developed the business plan and led the relaunch of the leading travel trade website and e-learning portal.

 

Prior to joining Questex, Cannon was Publisher of Stagebill and Avenue magazines in New York. Earlier, he was Vice President of Electronic Media for Cahners Travel Group, a division of Reed-Elsevier where he oversaw the integration of rich media (streaming video) with the world's leading online hotel database. He helped manage a joint venture ad sales and content sharing partnership with Expedia Travel. He joined Cahners upon the sale of his company, Destinations on Tape / Publisher’s Video Group, Inc., which was an advertising supported, online and catalog direct marketer of travel videos. He launched that company in 1990 and sold it to Cahners in 1999. Cannon has deep and longstanding relationships in the tourism business worldwide. He is a Cum Laude graduate in Economics from Boston College.


Tony Santoro
 President

Anthony J. Santoro

Tony is a seasoned team-builder and leader with a track record of creating new businesses. He has more than 25 years experience in sales and general management with leading companies in the media, software, technology and database marketing arenas.

 

Before launching iM@ Mobile, he was with Acxiom Corporation, a global marketing services, business intelligence and database management company. Tony spearheaded Acxiom, initial entry into the mid-market, creating creating a 15 million business in 24 months and led the data products business unit focused on the financial services sector. During his tenure at Acxiom, Tony earned a number of awards for sales achievement and leadership excellence.

 

Prior to joining Acxiom, Tony created a new business of incremental, high-margin, recurring revenue for a start-up company, PRO CD, Inc., the first publisher of electronic white and yellow page directories. His team launched several new products, established new markets, and delivered 4 million in the first year. That contributed to a successful sale of the company.

 

Tony has also held posts with Ziff Davis Interactive, Lotus Development Corp., and IBM. At Ziff Davis, he launched Interactive Publishing Services, a business focused on the development and marketing of custom electronic publications via online services and CD-ROM, co-branded and jointly marketed with leading technology providers.

 

Tony holds an MBA from Michigan State University and a BS in Marketing from The College of New Jersey.


Philip Ferri
 CFO

Philip Ferri

Philip is a senior financial executive with over twenty-five years international experience in private, publicly traded and venture-funded organizations. A majority of his background has centered around travel related businesses.

 

Philip’s expertise is in raising capital, structuring companies, financial oversight, merger and acquisitions and providing shareholders with exit strategies. Prior to joining iM@, Philip was Chief Financial Officer of the publicly traded Alshamel International, one of the largest travel management companies in the Middle East.

 

He has held position of CFO at OneTravel Inc., LBF Travel, Travelmation Corporation, and Direct Travel. He has also held senior finance positions American Express, Rosenbluth International and The Ladbroke Group. Until recently served on the Board of Directors of PhoCusWright Inc. and is currently on the Board of Tnooz.

 

Philip holds a B.Commerce from Liverpool University and is a Chartered Accountant (England and Wales).



Kevin Crowley, Board Member, Advisor
 Managing Director, Investments, Connecticut Innovations
Vice President, Connecticut Technology Development Corp.

Kevin Crowley

Kevin has 15 years experience in finance, investment and project management.  Working with early stage companies, at Connecticut Innovations, he has led investments in Cara Therapeutics, Oil Purifications Systems, Affinimark and RemoTV. Kevin serves on the boards of frevvo, Oil Purification Systems, RemoTV, and Standing Stone and is a board observer for Cara Therapeutics. Additionally, Kevin manages the $46 million Connecticut BioScience Facilities Fund, which invests in the build-out of laboratory space for science companies.

 

Prior to joining CI, Kevin was director of the Office of BioScience at the Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD), where he was responsible for business recruitment, client interaction, public policy strategy and day-to-day operations of the office.  He also previously served as director of business recruitment in DECD's Business Recruitment and Industry Clusters Division, negotiating relocation incentive packages for both large and small corporate development projects.

 

Kevin holds a Master of Business Administration degree from Quinnipiac University.


Paul Guerin, Board Member, Advisor
CEO, Rebit Inc.

Gene Quinn

Paul has more than 20 years of leadership experience with companies including IBM, Lotus, and GTSI Corporation. He has held senior executive positions at technology startups Beyond Incorporated, Torrent Systems, and Digital Archaeology. Most recently, he served as CEO of Jabber Inc., which was successfully sold to Cisco/Webex and is now CEO of Rebit Inc. in Longmont, Colorado.

 

Paul earned a Bachelor of Science in Biology and Philosophy from Sienna College and a Master of Science in Biochemistry from Saint John’s University.

 

 

 
Bob O'Brien, Advisor

Vice President, Crawford & Company

Bob O'Brien

Bob has over 30 years experience in sales, branding, event planning and technology. He has held sales leadership positions at HRH, Hobbs Group, ExecuTrain, Lotus Development and Tektronix.

 

His sales and advertising programs have helped companies triple new business sales through a disciplined and unified approach leveraging client relationships, sales successes, technology and associated trade-show and client event design and implementation.

 

Bob earned a BS in Marketing from Fairfield University and is a licensed insurance broker in the State of Georgia.

 

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