Management Team

Paul Matker — Chief Executive Officer

Paul has spent over 20 years in high tech selling and sales management, helping build revenue and market share for  companies like Click Commerce, United Messaging, PLATINUM technology, Inc., Computer Associates, and Sprint Paranet.  Paul’s efforts ultimately contributed to these companies being sought after and merged with larger conglomerates.  Paul worked his magic at Endeca Technologies, helping to build the foundation at Endeca in the early years and contributed to its growth of over $120 million in revenues by securing deals at marquee companies like Hallmark, Sigma Aldrich, Cabela's, and Walgreens.  This solid growth is what ultimately helped Endeca attract Oracle as a suitor, resulting in Oracle’s recent purchase of Endeca for $1.2 Billion dollars.  With Endeca’s blessing, Paul left in late 2005 to follow his entrepreneurial spirit and started Thanx Media (Endeca’s Number One Reseller and exclusive SaaS provider).  Thanx Media, in one of the toughest economies, has grown to over 200 customers and $25M in revenues in under 6 years.    Because of his passion to serve the customer and his belief that data is the key element to improve the shopping experience, Thanx Media is positioned to grow even faster over the next decade.

Favorite Quote: "It's the little things that matter."

Marcel Muñoz — Chief Technology Officer

Marcel leverages his 13 years of software engineering experience to lead the development of key technologies at Thanx Media. Prior to Thanx Media, Marcel served as a Senior Engineer at Endeca Technologies and helped close enterprise software deals with clients such as Ace Hardware, Kmart, Borders, and many more. Also, he led the development of core applications used for marketing and banking purposes at Bluestreak and Thomson Financial Media.

Marcel holds a BS in Management Information Systems and Business Administration from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

Favorite Quote: "One click and you're on your way."

Carl Eklof — Chief Data Scientist

Carl has been building "big data" and machine learning systems for over 18 years. While still in high-school Carl created a machine-learning base system for predicting equipment failure for the largest power supplier in the Washington D.C. area ("PEPCo"). He went on to graduate with honors in Computer Science from Virginia Tech with the help of a scholarship from Computer Associates.

Carl went on to help build the innovating search-engine company Endeca Technologies (sold to Oracle in 2011 for over $1B), where he built many key components of the Endeca product. Carl has enjoyed solving the toughest technical challenges for businesses including IBM, American Express and Home Depot. Blosm is the culmination of always-growing reading and experience in large-scale information management ("Big Data").

Favorite Quote: "Data is the foundation of all things that matter."

Debbie Matker — Chief Financial Officer

Debbie has played a key role in the financial operation and strategic direction of Thanx Media, while also overseeing the Human Resource and Marketing responsibilities for the company. Prior to joining Thanx Media, Debbie served as Finance Manager for multiple offices at Porter Novelli, a leading Global Public Relations Firm. She was responsible for the financial reporting and management of those offices, while also supporting the Human Resource function. Debbie began her accounting career at Triton College and later worked at Ancilla Systems, and Golin Harris.

Debbie is a graduate of Northern Illinois University with a BS in Accounting. Debbie holds the license of Certified Public Accountant.

Favorite Quote: "Put your heart in everything you do!"

Dan Bulauski — VP of Operations and Sales

Dan serves as VP of Operations and Sales for Thanx Media, Inc. where he brings over 23 years of retail experience to oversee SaaS operations, professional services, sales and customer care to ensure corporate goals and objectives are obtained. He has held various management roles throughout his career. Most recently, he was Vice President of Operations for Brookstone Inc., a multi channel brand retailer based out of Merrimack NH. where he oversaw 110 stores and over 1,000 employees. While at Brookstone, Dan lead, trained and developed store teams to perform at an optimum level, resulting in strong performance results year after year. Prior to Brookstone, he was the Senior Director of Operations for Murray's Discount Auto Stores; a Belleville MI based Automotive Retailer.

Favorite Quote: "Go above and beyond for your customers not to satisfy but to delight them!"