Hal Espo

President, Contextual Connections, LLC,

a Greenhouse Associates Affiliate

Conversation Topic: “Business Strategy—Following the Eyeballs”

BIOGRAPHY

Hal Espo is President of Contextual Connections, LLC, a NYC-based consultancy which focuses exclusively in the digital services arena, including digital content, distribution, and applications. In so doing, it assists content and related technology companies develop products, enter markets, identify and secure distribution partners.

Hal has more than 25 years experience as an operating executive as well as a business and product development professional in the electronic information industry. He served as Chief Operating Officer of Index Stock Imagery, Inc., a web-based commercial stock photography and illustration vendor, and previously was the Chief Operating Officer at CORSEARCH, Inc., a trademark research firm serving Fortune 500 companies and law firms. Earlier, he served as a strategist at Insurance Services Office, Inc., a major information supplier to the property & casualty insurance industry, and for more than 10 years worked in strategy and planning, alliance development, direct and reseller channel sales, marketing and product development at LexisNexis and Knight-Ridder Information/Dialog Information Services, Inc.

Hal holds a B.A. from Earlham College, an M.L.S. from Indiana University, and an M.B.A. from San Diego State University.

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