Todd Grossman is a highly accomplished media and technology industry leader with over 20 years of experience in building companies. He is widely recognized as a trusted advisor and connector in the industry, and is known for his expertise in sales, marketing, communications, change management, and consumer intelligence data analytics.
Todd is the founder and CEO of Placid Ventures, which is a strategic advisory firm that specializes in go-to-market and scaling for companies, and the Co-Founder of Fortel IQ, a media monitoring and analysis company.
Prior, Todd was the former CEO of Americas at Talkwalker, a leading consumer intelligence company, where he played a key role in the company's successful sale to Marlin Equity Partners and eventual sale to Hootsuite. He also served as Managing Director for Precise Media, a Phoenix Equity Partners company, which was acquired by WPP. Todd has held senior executive roles at PR Newswire (now Cision) and its broadcast and multimedia division, Multivu.
In addition to his professional accomplishments, Todd is an adjunct professor at the University of Connecticut Digital Media and Design Department, where he teaches creative leadership courses. He has also completed executive education programs at Cranfield University’s School of Management in the United Kingdom and holds a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Connecticut.