Corporate - Management
- Jay Gould
Chief Executive - Caitlin Bracken
VP - Sales Operation - Syed Siraj
Chief Technology Officer
Jay Gould
Jay Gould is the founder and CEO of Create Reach, a content-specific advertising network.
Prior to Create Reach, Gould was an early pioneer in social media, having founded and managed one of the first social networks, RateOrDate (acquired by MatchNet Plc. in 2003), as well as the first viral video website, Music Video Codes, and the first online video sharing website, Yashi (both acquired by Bolt Media in 2005). Music Video Codes was ranked the 7th most visited music website by Nielsen Net|Ratings at the time the company was acquired by Bolt Media. Gould later became the President of Bolt Media, leading their growth from 500,000 to over 7 million within the U.S. and 20 million monthly unique visitors globally. In 2007 Bolt Media signed a definitive agreement to be acquired for $30 million.
Mr. Gould is a 2010 NJBIZ forty under 40 award recipient and holds a B.A. in Law & Justice from Rowan University where he currently serves as a board of advisor to the Rowan University Entrepreneurship Program Advisor Council (ENTAC).
Caitlin Bracken
Caitlin Bracken is the Vice President of Sales at Create Reach. Prior to Create Reach, Bracken was the leading sales person at Bolt Media. Mrs. Bracken holds a B.A. in English from Boston College
Syed Siraj
Syed Siraj oversees the architecture and development for Create Reach, Inc. With over a decade of experience in enterprise level software design and end-user web based systems, he brings a strong technical foundation to the Create Reach team.
Syed was initially employed with Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) in India and then he moved over to the US in the Investment Banking Division (IBD) of Citigroup in 1999. Until June 2007, he was employed with Citi in IBD as the Vice President/Project Manager in the IT group managing applications such as Client Relationship Management, Mergers and Acquisitions, etc. He continues to play a consulting role at Citi in their Shared Technology Environment (STE) division of Citi Architecture and Technology Engineering (CATE) group.
Syed has been very active in the online industry and stays up to date with the latest in technology. He has played a key role in the development and design of a handful of Alexa 5000 ranking websites. He continues to play an active role as Technical Advisor in a few online projects that he strongly believes in.
Syed has a Bachelors degree in Computer Science from Madras University and also a Masters Degree in Computer Applications from Anna University in India. He is based out of New Jersey with his wife, Radhika, and their son
Sachin.
When time permits he loves to play cricket and badminton.