Heidi S. Messer

Co-founder, Chairman, Collective[i]
Co-founder, CEO, World Evolved
Co-founder, former President/COO, LinkShare Corporation

Ms. Heidi Messer has been an active entrepreneur and investor in the digital economy since the commercialization of the Internet.  She currently serves as Co-founder and Chairman of Collective[i]™.  Collective[i]™ is a cloud-based business intelligence platform designed to transform  the enormous inflow of structured and unstructured data into a business and marketing asset producing analytical insights that are accessible enterprise wide.  Specifically, Collective[i]™ integrates disparate data sources for analysis of all available data in one place and in real time.  Ms. Messer is also Co-founder and CEO of World Evolved, a platform for global investment and expansion.  In addition, she has invested in and advises numerous startups. 

Prior to Collective[i]™and World Evolved, Ms. Messer and her brother, Mr. Stephen Messer, co-founded LinkShare Corporation, which is host to one of the world’s largest online affiliate networks. With Ms. Messer as President and COO, LinkShare was recognized by Deloitte and Touche for two consecutive years as the fastest growing technology company in the New York Region.  Ms. Messer and her brother managed LinkShare until its sale to Rakuten (4755:JASDAQ) for $425 million in 2005.

Ms. Messer is a frequent speaker at industry-wide conferences and universities on entrepreneurship, Internet marketing and the future of Internet services and has been cited in various publications including, Inc. Magazine, The New York Times, The Nikkei, Women’s Wear Daily, Internet Retailer Magazine and Chief Executive Magazine.  Ms. Messer has also appeared on national television and radio programs including Business Talk Radio, Fox News, CBS Morning News and the Fox Morning Show. 

Ms. Messer received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Brown University, graduating Phi Beta Kappa and magna cum laude. She received her juris doctorate from Harvard Law School graduating cum laude.