Management Team
Mike Ford, CEO and Founder
Mike started TownConnect to help better organize and connect families and friends in his town. After coaching his kids sports teams and volunteering at their school, Mike realized every local group faced the same problems organizing, communicating and scheduling their members and activities.
Previously, Mike was Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing, for Did-it Search Marketing, a leading interactive agency focused on auction based media. Ford led Did-it’s business development, sales and marketing functions for advertisers that included E*TRADE, Cingular Wireless, Match.com, and Register.com.
Prior to Did-it, Mike led vertical business development for Quigo Technologies in NYC (acquired by AOL) where he developed key publisher partnerships with PGATour.com, Golf Digest, Robb Report, IDG and Boston.com. Mike was President and founder of Computer.com, a computer portal site that launched during the Super Bowl 2000.
He has been a guest speaker for Inc. Magazine CEO Conference, Webmaster World, Boston College and has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Boston Globe, NY Times, Ad Week, Ad Age, San Jose Mercury News, Boston Business Journal, Mass High Tech, The Today Show and Good Morning America. Mike’s education and social networking prowess was developed at the University of Albany undergrad and Boston College business school. 