Chase Norlin

Chase Norlin is the CEO of Transmosis, an organization founded by Silicon Valley Technology Entrepreneurs dedicated to the research and application of technology to strengthen the American workforce.

Norlin was previously the founder and CEO of Emerge Digital Group (EDG), named the 8th fastest growing company in America and the #1 fastest growing company in Silicon Valley by Inc. Magazine based on revenue growth. EDG was a holding company for a portfolio of digital marketing businesses that Norlin founded and grew to $50mm in revenue in three years. EDG was one of the first advertising technology companies to execute a broad and aggressive roll-up strategy resulting in domestic and international acquisitions. These assets have been divested, spun-out, or acquired and span across programmatic ad exchanges, online video distribution, search and display advertising, content production, and IPTV.

Previously Norlin was CEO of Pixsy, a pioneer in video search funded by TVGuide-Gemstar (now Rovi), and served as senior executive at ValueClick (now Alliance Data) where he managed publisher development for the display advertising network, paid search, and comparison shopping divisions. Prior to ValueClick Norlin held the position of Senior Consultant to InfoSpace (now Blucora).

A veteran of the Internet industry, Norlin developed Sony's first online photo sharing venture, founded the first online video sharing company, and served as new venture consultant in launching Boeing's online media licensing division. Norlin is a noted speaker on digital advertising, entrepreneurship, and employment. Recent engagements include the Goldman Sachs Global Media Conference, Bloomberg Media Summit, and the Monaco Media Forum.

Awards: Inc 500, #1 Fastest Growing Company in Silicon Valley Inc 500, #2 Fastest Growing Company in California Inc 500, #2 Fastest Growing Company in Advertising/Marketing Inc 500, #8 Fastest Growing Company in America SF Business Times, #3 Fastest Growing Company in Silicon Valley Time Magazine's Top 50 Companies AlwaysOn Top 100