Ari Kaufman is an accomplished start-up, turn-around and early-stage growth company leader. As a founder of Zacks.com he pioneered the online advertising industry with the explosive growth of the first fully ad-supported web site in 1996. In 2000 he drove World Investor Link to IPO on the London Stock Exchange as Chief Strategy Officer. He later founded interactive lead-gen advertising firm ThinkAcquisition and sold it in 2003. In 2005 he joined forces with the new founders of the restart of MatchLogic and introduced first-party display ad-serving to the industry. Following MatchLogic he served as General Manager for LookSmart where he managed the CPC text ad network and platform that processed over $250M in revenue including ASK.com and other major ad networks. As the President of LocationInsight, Ari is now driving the vision for leveraging technology to optimize locations and capture local search market share for many of the world's most recognized brands.  LocationInsight applies technology and process automation to local search marketing for advertisers and agencies with many physical locations.  His focus and leadership is committed to the growing the company and emerging as the source of location-based solutions that drive local online organic search traffic and expand web site and mobile usage for online advertisers with many physical locations.