Keynote Speakers

Scott Cook
Founder & Chairman of the Executive Committee, Intuit Inc.

Scott Cook co-founded Intuit Inc. in 1983 and now serves as the chairman of the Executive Committee. Before founding Intuit, Scott managed consulting assignments in banking and technology for Bain & Company, a corporate strategy consulting firm. He previously worked for Procter & Gamble, the household products giant, in various marketing positions, including brand manager, for four years.

Scott is a member of the board of directors of eBay; Procter & Gamble; the Asia Foundation; the Harvard Business School Dean’s Advisory Board; the Center for Brand and Product Management at the University of Wisconsin; and the Intuit Scholarship Foundation. Scott earned an MBA from Harvard University and received a bachelor’s degree in economics and mathematics from the University of Southern California.


Brad Smith
President & Chief Executive Officer, Intuit Inc.

Brad Smith became Intuit’s president and chief executive officer in January 2008, culminating a five-year rise through the company in which he successfully led each of its major businesses. Upon assuming his new position, Brad outlined three priorities for Intuit’s continued growth: rigorous portfolio management, unleashing the power of Intuit’s ecosystem, and global expansion. In this vision, portfolio management includes continuing Intuit’s relentless pursuit of customer-driven innovation, expanding its array of small business products and services, and accelerating Intuit’s core growth engines. The power of Intuit’s ecosystem is built on its legacy of innovation that has produced large user bases. By unleashing the insights and contributions of millions of end users, Brad intends to drive innovation in all its forms - customer-driven, business model-driven, technology-driven and market-driven - to new levels. And finally, Brad is taking a global approach to marketing Intuit’s products and services.

Before being named CEO, Brad was senior vice president and general manager of Intuit's Small Business Division. Appointed to this position in May 2006, Brad was responsible for the company’s portfolio of QuickBooks, Quicken and Payroll products, serving 7 million small businesses and producing $1.1 billion in revenue. With more than 2,500 employees, the division is Intuit’s largest business unit. He previously ran the company’s QuickBooks Group from May 2005 to May 2006.

Gail Goodman
Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer, Constant Contact, Inc.

A small business expert and visionary, Gail has revolutionized the way that small businesses and organizations can effectively and affordably communicate with their customers, clients, and members. Since taking leadership of Constant Contact in April 1999, she has led the company to more than 185,000 customers worldwide and its initial public offering in October 2007, when common shares of Constant Contact began trading on the NASDAQ Global Market under the symbol “CTCT.” Gail was recently honored as the Best Entrepreneur in the 2007 Stevie Awards for Women in Business, while Constant Contact was named number 16 on Entrepreneur Magazine's "Top 50 fastest-growing women-led companies."

A frequent speaker at industry events, Gail develops and tracks best practices in small business success, email marketing, customer communications, and entrepreneurship. Gail is a member of the board of trustees and an executive officer of the Massachusetts Technology Leadership Council, a member of the Board of Directors of the ESPC (Email Sender and Provider Coalition), and Chairman of the Board at Constant Contact. She holds a BA degree from The University of Pennsylvania and a MBA degree from Amos Tuck School at Dartmouth.


Angus Thomson
Vice President & General Manager, Intuit's Mid Market Group

As the leader of the Enterprise Solutions team, Angus has a personal passion for helping businesses grow and succeed. In fact, he spent a year in India in 1995 growing a small business, using skills that he learned from watching his mother run two small businesses of her own as he grew up in San Francisco.

Angus is excited about bringing more solutions to Mid Market companies beyond our core offering of financial management, all delivering our values of ease and low cost. Before leading the Enterprise Solutions team, Angus served as Intuit’s Vice President of Corporate Strategy and as a Principal at the Boston Consulting Group. Angus holds a Doctorate in International Relations from Oxford University.