As founder of Revonet, Scott Howard serves as President and CEO. Mr. Howard has had several successful entrepreneurial ventures in his career, which are a credit to his deep rooted understanding of the skills and dedication necessary to successfully grow a business.
For the past twenty years, Mr. Howard has worked in the direct marketing industry. He was founder and president of American Data Consultants (ADC), where he propelled the company from a small start-up to a leading direct marketing firm. When R.L. Polk acquired ADC in 1997, Mr. Howard accepted a role as executive vice president of the newly formed Polk ADC Group, where he created CRM software solutions to produce more effective ways to distribute Polk’s data to its customers.
When Mr. Howard formed Revonet in 1999, his goal was to allow business to business IT companies to better target their customers. The company rapidly grew to over 100 employees within four years and was the seventh fastest growing company in Connecticut in 2004, according to Deloitte and Touche.
Mr. Howard has been recognized for many accomplishments during his career. Under his leadership, Revonet won the Microsoft Best Practices Award for Sales Outsourcing in 2001, the Bloomberg Business Award for the "Most Innovative Company to be Successful in 2003" and was nominated for "Entrepreneur of the Year" by Ernst & Young LLP in 2001, 2003 and 2004.
Mr. Howard attended SUNY Brockport and Leeds University in England.
As CFO, Alan Hurwitz is responsible for managing all financial and legal affairs of the company, as well as administrative and operational functions including accounting, financial planning and investor relations.
Prior to joining Revonet, Mr. Hurwitz was CFO of HMonline, a revenue cycle application service provider in the healthcare industry. He was also co-founder, CFO and corporate secretary of PowerSmart, Inc., a spin-off from Duracell, where he was responsible for all accounting, finance, legal, HR, risk management and IT functions.
Mr. Hurwitz played an integral role in the successful sale and integration of PowerSmart into Microchip Technologies during 2002, at a valuation of nearly 40x trailing revenues. Prior to the spin-off, he was responsible for the finances of Duracell’s New Products and Technology division, and managed the company’s global internal audit function.
Before joining Duracell, Mr. Hurwitz was an audit manager in PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Middle Market group, serving public and private enterprises.
Mr. Hurwitz graduated from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst with a BBA degree. He is also a Certified Public Accountant and is an active member of AICPA.