Stephen T. Bradley
"Fundamentally, I am a creator with a passion for launching and
growing businesses in emerging and transforming markets."
-- Stephen Bradley
Mr. Bradley is an entrepreneur with a unique track record of innovation, growth & market leadership primarily focusing on digital media & information businesses. His recent clients have included virtually all major US record labels, movie studios, video games publishers, retailers, digital aggregators and other leading entertainment and media companies. As Managing Partner of Farmingville Capital, he works with businesses of all sizes to drive growth and innovation by identifying and assisting with strategic business development, partnership and investment opportunities.
Most recently Mr. Bradley has served as Officer and President, Entertainment with the NPD Group, a global leader in syndicated consumer and retail market research and analysis, leading the firm's business and strategy in the Entertainment industry.
Mr. Bradley has been a corporate officer and served on and with the boards of several media and technology companies, including Pandora, Gartner, SkillSoft, Ontos, KnowledgeSoft, Quantrad, and XYEnterprise (now SDL). He is a member of the (Grammy) Recording Academy.
Highlights In Innovation & Market Leadership:
- Pandora,
Skillsoft – Board of Directors & Investor
Led first institutional funding of highly successful industry game-changers
- Gartner
– Corp Officer, EVP Marketing & E-Commerce
Created historic return-on-equity and growth while leading multiple business & research lines with the dominant market leader in IT market research
- NPD
Group – Corp Officer, President Entertainment
Grew market-leading consumer & media market research
- Revonet
– President &
CEO, CMO
Led innovator in data-driven B2B marketing information
- Vennworks
/ Incuvest –
Managing Director
Built companies through unique incubator partnership with corporate tech labs
- Gartner
Learning – President, COO
Developed first web-based B2B education & training
- MicroConversions
Brought to market first memory expansion products for the original Apple Mac
- New
England Tech Group
Authored first interactive video systems; coded first commercial anti-aliased fonts
Summary of Prior Experience:
- Officer & President, Entertainment, NPD
Group
- Global leader in syndicated market research and insights
- Officer, EVP Marketing and Corporate
Planning, Gartner
- World's leading authority on information technology
- Chief Executive Officer, President &
CMO, Revonet
- Leader in data-driven B2B direct marketing
- Principal, Key Principal
Partners
- Venture capital fund investing in market leading technology and business models
- Managing Director, VennWorks
- Innovator in technology commercialization in partnership with British Telecom and other corporate and university labs
- President, GartnerLearning
- Innovator in online education and distance learning
- Chief Operating Officer, Relational
Courseware
- Computer-based IT training publisher
- Vice President & Research Center
Director, Gartner
- Leading Gartner's research business in the software development market
- Vice President & Co-Founder, Nutmeg
Systems
- Apple Computer value-added reseller
- Director of Sales, Micro Conversions
- Third-party hardware provider for the Apple Macintosh
- Systems Engineer, New England
Technology Group
- Leading-edge technology spin-out of the MIT Media Lab
Domain Expertise:
- Digital Media & Entertainment
- Market Research, Information, Analysis & Advisory Services
- Online Education
- Traditional & Digital Entertainment Retail
- Database-driven Marketing
- App Development
- Process Design & Reengineering
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