Ford Blakely

SVP & GM at Medallia

Functional Area

  • Marketing
  • Customer Success

Superpower

  • Hospitality Tech

Detailed info

Ford is the former founder and CEO of Zingle (acq Medallia), a software platform that enabled mobile text communication between businesses and their customers. Ford founded the company in 2009 by inventing the first device to receive, print and process text messages to help customers communicate faster and more efficiently with businesses. He currently serves as an operating advisor at Ankona Capital, a b2b software focused growth equity firm.