Chad started building and optimizing websites in 1996. In 2000, he co-founded trafficstrategies.com, and later became the founder and CEO of crowdsavings.com. He also worked at nCrowd, where he was CTO and sat on their Board of Directors. Chad was a finalist for Tampa Bay Business CEO of the Year in 2012 in Biz Tech, and was also listed in the Tampa Bay Business Journal Fast 50 in 2006.

Chad leads the strategy and growth of the company’s Paid Search channel. He and his team are always developing new strategies aimed at driving innovation and growth for Rakuten Marketing and its clients.