Over the course of his 40+ years career, Mike Valant has proven that operating with an intense focus on understanding and meeting client needs results in high levels of customer satisfaction and company performance. From his early days leading large enterprise advertising accounts to high-level sales and operational and consulting leadership roles with marketing services and data products firms, Mike has a consistent track record of leading teams to help companies drive growth and profitability across a wide range of industries.

In his previous role as vice president at Venture Development Center, he helped conceptualize and operationalize a data storefront marketplace for a leading global professional services organization, sourced multiple data assets to support analytics projects and prospecting campaigns for two global marketing communications agencies, and monetized data assets for a range of data providers across multiple vertical markets and data categories. He has a unique ability to develop and implement solutions to complex business problems.