The FactPoint Group staffs projects with a team of senior
level people with operational backgrounds that understand our customer’s
business issues. We use well developed methodologies that have been refined
over hundreds of engagements.
Dave Kaplow — Partner
dkaplow@factpoint.com
(650) 559-2112
Dave has 20 years' experience in senior
level management, marketing, product management, and sales positions. Dave
has spent the past six years at The FactPoint Group, Jupiter Media Metrix
and Internet Research Group assisting Global 2000 enterprise and technology
firms in developing business strategies and market-entry plans to accelerate
revenue growth and provide them with competitive advantage.
Dave has served many clients including
Adobe, Hewlett-Packard, Lotus, Microsoft, Sun Microsystems, Verizon, and
many start-ups. Dave was vice president of Internet Research Group and
helped to build it into an Inc. 500 firm. At National Semiconductor, Apple
Computer, Claris, and Borland, Dave brought 14 products to market
representing over $400 million in revenue. Dave has also launched five
startups including Claris (leading Macintosh software vendor), American
Information Exchange (first marketplace to conduct on-line commerce in
1989), CommerceTools (Internet commerce application development platform),
NetTools (first Web site creation and management product - QuickSite), and
Internet Research Group (leading Internet research and consulting firm,
acquired by Jupiter Media Metrix in March 2000). He holds a BS degree in
business from the State University of New York at Albany and an MBA from the
University of Colorado at Boulder.
Larry Gordon — Partner
gordon@factpoint.com
(650) 559-2105
Larry co-founded FactPoint (formerly
Internet Research Group) in 1992, and by 1999 helped build it into an Inc.
500 that served a world class list of clients. Today he assists Fortune 500
clients as well as start-ups with strategic market entry and new opportunity
identification. Until mid-2001, he was a Jupiter Research Fellow with the
Jupiter Media Metrix's Custom Research Division before re-establishing The
FactPoint Group as a separate entity dedicated to creating business
improvement for its clients. He directs consulting engagements and some
multi-vendor studies such as E-Business 2000, a landmark study that
segmented 12 industries for E-business. He has more than 16 years’
experience in marketing and new business development. Prior to his
consulting career, he spent 8 years with GTE Spacenet in management
positions in product marketing and network planning. He holds a BS degree
from the Syracuse University School of Management.
Tim Clark — Partner
tclark@factpoint.com
(650) 559-2110
Tim met the other FactPoint partners after
their respective companies were jointly acquired by Jupiter Media Metrix in
March 2000. Before The FactPoint Group acquisition, he had been vice
president at Net Market Makers, a Berkeley-based firm that did pioneering
B2B research and market development. Prior to that, Tim was a reporter and
editor for 24 years, working as senior editor and e-commerce columnist for
CNET's News.com, Interactive Week and Advertising Age. He also has been an
editor at San Jose Mercury News, San Francisco Business Times, and Palo Alto
Weekly. In addition to his role as a FactPoint partner, he is the author of
B2Bwatch, FactPoint's electronic newsletter of news and analysis of Internet
commerce. Tim’s background as a journalist and B2B commerce analyst has
earned him a respected byline in the industry. He holds a AB (with honors)
in history from Stanford University.
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