Paul Hirner
Founding Partner
Paul Hirner has 18 years experience first as a medical professional and then as a founder and leader of computer technology companies including one of the most successful web sites in America. A native of South Africa, Paul's drive to succeed was on display as early as 1983 and 1984 when he attained his Springbok colors on the South African National Karate team. In 1987, Paul graduated with a bachelor's degree in Dental Science from the University of Witwatersrand. He then owned and managed dental clinics in the United Kingdom from 1990 through 1997. Paul founded the file storage and sharing site MySpace.com in 1999, growing it to a user base of 8 million members. He founded ThinkSmart LLC in San Francisco in 2001 in an effort to provide Business Intelligence and online application solutions to fortune 500 companies. Paul is also a founder of Quanis. |
Michael Concannon
Founding Partner
Michael has more than 15 years of leadership experience building global IT solutions guiding top-tier companies in Europe and the US. An accomplished corporate IT strategist and entrepreneur, his vision and expertise in IT and business performance have driven notable enterprise successes in the financial services, insurance and manufacturing sectors. Offering a rare blend of technology and business strengths, Michael has successfully applied leading edge technical solutions to difficult business problems, and both his strategic and tactical approach to building a business is reflected in his work as co-founder of ThinkSmart. Michael holds an undergraduate degree in Psychology from the National University of Ireland (NUI), and an MA also from the NUI. |
Stacy Denney
Managing Director
Stacy grew up a in Austin, Texas and brings that hip, low-stress, music-loving attitude wherever she goes. After graduating from Florida State University with a degree in Advertising, she entered the agency world at Rapp Collins Worldwide in Dallas. While at Rapp, Stacy successfully managed the launch of Mexicana Airline’s frequent flyer program, becoming hooked on the transcendent allure of data. After 3 years Stacy left Dallas for Cohn & Wells advertising in San Francisco and the opportunity to run their database marketing department – including list strategy, data processing, data warehousing and response analysis.
Stacy eventually left the client side to open her own consulting service where she launched successful campaigns and websites for companies as diverse as Palm, SunPower Solar, Room to Read and Blue Shield Insurance. Her success as a consultant and the experiences of her own pregnancies provided the foundation for Stacy’s greatest venture… motherhood and the founding of her own company, Barefoot and Pregnant, focused on maternity wellness. Stacy has built Barefoot and Pregnant into a successful spa program managing multiple license locations, authoring two books and making appearances on the Today Show and Access Hollywood.
Proud to call herself a former client, Stacy joined ThinkSmart as the Managing Director in March of 2010, bringing on 5 new clients and increasing revenues by 30% within her first year. Stacy’s diverse background enables her to advise, plan, implement and analyze both online and offline direct and interactive marketing campaigns. Her breadth of experience includes high-tech, financial, insurance, retail, travel, health and non-profit verticals. |
Pat Moran
Director Sales and Marketing
Pat Moran is customer-focused and highly skilled management professional with 25 years of extensive experience in B2B and B2C Direct and Interactive marketing, sales and operations management, and relationship management. Pat is adept at identifying and capturing market opportunities to accelerate expansion, increase revenue, improve profitability and has proven instrumental in establishing integral partnerships to achieve and enhance overall quality, productivity and bottom-line performance. |
Clem Lau
Director of Data Services
Clem is the manager of ThinkSmart's data services which include merge purge, business intelligence and data warehousing. He graduated from the University of Waterloo in Canada with a Bachelor of Math in 1998. He began his career working as a data warehouse consultant and gained several more years of experience in database marketing, CRM, business intelligence and sql programming and before joining ThinkSmart in 2003. |
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Robert Martinez
Director of Production Operations
Robert brings over 15 years management experience in the direct mail, data management and advertising industry. Robert joins us from the Mercury News where he spent 5 years. As National Sales Manager, he was responsible for revenue of over $30 million dollars fueling key segments of newspaper’s P&L. He formerly held a role managing data management and direct mail efforts as a Target Delivery Manager.
Previously, Robert was the Operations Manager at Data Marketing where he spend 6 years leading the company’s growth of cutting edge research analysis, direct mail production and data management. Prior to Data Marketing, Robert spent 10 years working for the City of San Jose's Parks and Recreation Department.
As a San Jose native and fan of baseball, Robert is a Board Member of the Central Collegiate Baseball Umpires Association where he oversees officiating for NCAA Divisions I, II, III and Junior Colleges throughout the Bay Area. Also, an avid golfer, Robert enjoys the game despite its occasional frustrations.
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