MICHAEL CARUSO LLC
ORLANDO, FLORIDA

Michael Caruso is a digital media professional with more than 20 years experience in startups, business management, plus sales and marketing. As an online advertising pioneer, Michael used his knowledge and industry insights to found the first online advertising security firm, ClickFacts. ClickFacts secured two patents and was the winner of Silicon Valley Bank’s Entrepreneur Showcase and STIRR’s Most Innovative Company Pitch. Under Michael’s guidance, ClickFacts developed industry standards for malware-safe content. He landed such key clients and partnerships as NewsCorp, Bank of America, Lending Tree, Microsoft and AOL/Platform-A, and created alliances with the IAB (Internet Advertising Bureau), Online Trust Alliance, National Cyber-Forensics & Training Alliance (NCFTA) and Net Nanny/ContentWatch. Michael is a recognized expert in digital media and an industry pioneer, having held senior sales and business development positions at leading internet companies including: Internet Movie Database (now part of Amazon.com), theglobe.com, Hollywood Stock Exchange (Cantor Index Holdings subsidiary) and FortuneCity.com. AsFortuneCity VP of sales and business development, he led the company to an IPO and a private-label service sale to Warner Bros. Business Office