SUMOTEXT, Inc.
ABOUT THE COMPANY (Download PDF)
SUMOTEXT is short code application provider. Our clients
leverage
our
SMS
gateway and campaign
management tools
to
begin
engaging their most
valued customers
on their mobile
device via text messaging.
Though we occasionally develop and host custom short code programs for select
clients,
we
remain dedicated to
supporting and enhancing a
self-service platform
that
our
clients access online to control text message
marketing and alert
programs
over short codes.
OUR SERVICE
Our
online software service enables marketers to fully control keywords on
short codes and configure highly interactive campaigns and message
flows that identify, attract, profile, and reward their most valued
customers.
Not just for marketers, organizational leaders also recognize that no
other channel offers the immediate or ubiquitous reach of a text
message alert. Our powerful keyword and group management controls
streamline communications to increase attendance and participation
while keeping dispersed groups of employees, stakeholders and
volunteers organized, informed, and motivated.
OUR CLIENTS
Our
diverse roster of clients include the Pepsi Bottling Group, L'Oreal USA, Baylor University,
Valero Energy Corporation, Senator John McCain, New York Racing
Association, French Culinary Institute, Tanger Outlet Malls, Hard Rock
Orlando, Amateur Athletic Union, UFC Gyms, The E-Center, Maps.com,
Second Baptist Church of Houston, Malys, Thornton's Oil, Westside
Rentals, Pyramid Foods, Worldwide Golf, Mobile Press Wire, Simple
Simons Pizza, Locos Bar & Grill, FAMSA, and Andy's Burgers and
Fries.
SUMOTEXT does not list a national brand as a client
unless we represent the entire brand through an agreement with the
corporate office. However, our small business clients include hundreds
of independent operators and co-ops that represent many other brands and
organizations that include Applebee's, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Taco
Bell, The U.S. Naval Academy, GNC Nutrition, Subway, Smoothie King,
Jersey Mikes, Play-n-Trade Video, Tan Republic, Cici's Pizza, Rita's
Ice, Chick-Fil-A, Java Dave's, Coyote Ugly, Little Caesars, Melting
Pot, Hardees, Papa's Pizza, Hollywood Tan, Hungry Howies, Taco King,
Dairy Queen, Arby's, Jack in the Box, and many others.
Click Here to read what some of our clients have to say.
COMPANY LEADERSHIP
Timothy Miller, President and CEO (email: tim at sumotext.com)
Tim's career began with EDS Corporation where he completed the Systems Engineer
Development (SED) program and later transferred to the Electronic
Commerce Division in Plano, TX. With EDS, Tim led the implementation of
the industry's first electronic bill presentment and payment (EBPP)
solutions that included MCI/Worldcom. In 1999 Tim was hired by IBM to build an EBPP National
Practice in New York. Tim was on point as his teams successfully sold
and implemented over 60 complex EBPP projects around the globe to the
world's largest financial services, telecommunications, and public
utility companies that included Citibank, State Farm, Geico, and Optus; the second largest telecommunicatons provider in Australia. Tim Miller and Mason Woods began developing the SUMOTEXT SMS
gateway in 2006, incorporated SUMOTEXT in June of 2007, and
commercially launched services in January of 2008. Tim has a B.B.A. from
the University of Arkansas at Little Rock and lives in Little Rock with
his wife and three children.
Mason Woods, Chief Technical Officer (email: mase at sumotext.com)
Born and raised in New York City, Mason pursued his education out west
where he graduated from California State University with National
Honors and post-graduate scholarships. Mason attended graduate schools
in San Diego and returned to New York in 1989 and began his technical
career with Mitsubishi Bank. In 1995 Mason started his own boutique
software development firm and has since written dozens of mission
critical applications still in use to day at companies like McKinsey
& Co., Merrill Lynch, Bankers Trust, The EMMY Awards, PDM, Johnson
& Higgins, and Archery Capital. Mason co-founded SUMOTEXT with Tim
Miller in 2006 and is responsible for the company's technology and product architecture while leading the development of the company's
services platform.
Steve Bova, Advisor
Steve Bova provides strategy and operational consulting while providing oversight for the SUMOTEXT management team. Steve is a partner in Clark Bova Group, a management consulting firm he co-founded with General Wesley Clark (Ret.). From 2000 until 2008, Bova was CEO of Technisource, Inc. Prior to that he held other executive positions, including President of the Global Banking Division of EDS Corporation, President of both the Global Financial Division and Telecommunications Division of ALLTEL Information Services (now Fidelity Information Services), and Chief Information Officer for the Asia Division of Bank of America based in Hong Kong. Bova served fifteen years as an advisory board member at THUNDERBIRD Graduate School of International Business and the division he founded and managed for ALLTEL was named the 1992 recipient of the J. William Fulbright Award for International Trade Development. In 2007, he was inducted into the Arkansas Academy of Computing.
Dathan Gaskill, Advisor
Dathan Gaskill provides SUMOTEXT corporate governance reviews and outsourced corporate finance services as he develops and tracks operational and performance metrics.
Dathan's 30 year career includes over 10 years with Acxiom Corporation, a $1.4 billion public company where he was the Treasurer and Head of Corporate Finance.
At Acxiom, Dathan was responsible for M&A, investor relations, and investment banking
which included nine commercial transactions, a $700 million stock buy-back, and the closing of seven
acquisitions.
Prior to Acxiom, Dathan spent 12 years with Stephens, Inc where he was the senior analyst responsible for the information technology, telecommunications, and software industries.
Dathan has a B.S. Computer Science and an M.B.A.
in Finance from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock and has served on the boards of Sterne, Agee & Leach, Inc., Bigfoot International, and USADATA, Inc.