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Name
Michael Tavani
Title
Founder + CEO, Switchyards
Bio
Michael leads Switchyards, a citywide club in Atlanta that creates places and experiences for working on something, connecting with others, unplugging, and diving into the culture of the city.
He previously co-founded Scoutmob, a venture-backed & nationally recognized ecommerce & local mobile company that was named one of the top apps in all categories by Wired and Mashable and one of the country's most promising companies by Forbes. It was also ranked by the Museum of Design in Atlanta (MODA) as one of the city's top 25 designs of the last 25 years along with the 1996 Olympics branding, The High Museum & the BeltLine.
Michael was named one of 20 People to Watch in 2014 in Atlanta by Creative Loafing, has been awarded Top Up-and-Coming Entrepreneur at TiECON Southeast 2013 and 2010 Mobile Marketer of the Year by the Tech Marketing Awards and is a frequent speaker on startups. He has been quoted in/on Wired, CNN, Businessweek, Forbes, The New York Times, NPR, CBS, and Fast Company, among others.
Prior to Scoutmob, Michael co-founded SkyBlox, a local Wi-Fi marketing company that became the first company to ever raise financing via Twitter. SkyBlox was named to Network World's list of 2009 mobile/wireless companies to watch. He previously worked in professional sports marketing for Major League Soccer (MLS), the Atlanta Hawks and Women’s United Soccer Association (WUSA). In 2002, he started Tavani Soccer, with his father and brother, a successful youth soccer camp company that has hosted thousands of campers and still runs today.
He previously co-founded Scoutmob, a venture-backed & nationally recognized ecommerce & local mobile company that was named one of the top apps in all categories by Wired and Mashable and one of the country's most promising companies by Forbes. It was also ranked by the Museum of Design in Atlanta (MODA) as one of the city's top 25 designs of the last 25 years along with the 1996 Olympics branding, The High Museum & the BeltLine.
Michael was named one of 20 People to Watch in 2014 in Atlanta by Creative Loafing, has been awarded Top Up-and-Coming Entrepreneur at TiECON Southeast 2013 and 2010 Mobile Marketer of the Year by the Tech Marketing Awards and is a frequent speaker on startups. He has been quoted in/on Wired, CNN, Businessweek, Forbes, The New York Times, NPR, CBS, and Fast Company, among others.
Prior to Scoutmob, Michael co-founded SkyBlox, a local Wi-Fi marketing company that became the first company to ever raise financing via Twitter. SkyBlox was named to Network World's list of 2009 mobile/wireless companies to watch. He previously worked in professional sports marketing for Major League Soccer (MLS), the Atlanta Hawks and Women’s United Soccer Association (WUSA). In 2002, he started Tavani Soccer, with his father and brother, a successful youth soccer camp company that has hosted thousands of campers and still runs today.
