Startup Grind Atlanta Hosts Jeff Hilimire (Dragon Army; Prev. President Engauge)

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Jeff Hilimire, Dragon Army; Prev. President Engauge

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Jeff Hilimire is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte with a B.S. in computer science. His most recent endeavor is as co-founder and CEO of Dragon Army, located in the Atlanta Tech Village, it's one of Atlanta’s first and only mobile game development studios. Jeff co-founded Spunlogic in 1998 with a friend in his dorm room at UNC-Charlotte, eventually moving the company to his mother's basement in Atlanta. That company, Spunlogic, grew to 75 people over the next ten years and was acquired by Halyard Capital in 2008, forming Engauge. Jeff stayed on as President and Chief Digital Officer and helped Engauge build a robust business until five years later they sold to Publicis Groupe (for a reported $65 million deal) and were merged with Moxie. Jeff serves as advisor on board for numerous companies including AMA, The Metro Atlanta Chamber, the Zoo Atlanta, The Children’s Museum of Atlanta, Leadership Atlanta, and Junior Achievement.

Jeff has over 15 years experience in starting and running a digital marketing agency! If you have any interest in digital marketing and want to know the ins, outs, and pitfalls to being the boss then don't miss Jeff speak, this is going to be one for the books!

Agenda

6:00 Networking and Food
7:00 Fireside Chat
8:00 Networking

Hosted By Christopher Richards, Atlanta Chapter Director

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Chris Richards is a recent graduate of the University of Oregon with a Bachelor of Science in psychology and business. He's currently the Director of Marketing for CheckAction, a B2B cloud based software startup, located at the Atlanta Tech Village. He also volunteers as the social media manager for ChooseATL, a campaign from the city and Nebo Agency to represent Atlanta as a creative and digital epicenter, and Atlanta Untold, a movement from the local agencies to share the untold stories of the people the make Atlanta great. When not finding new clients for a growing digital agency he has a passion for snowboarding, technology, and connecting the Atlanta startup community.
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