1. In a nutshell, what is Contact Networks all about?
Contact Networks is the pioneer and industry leader in Enterprise Relationship Management software and best practices.  Our platform application, ContactNet, is a relationship discovery and search tool used by leading law firms, investment banks and consulting firms to unlock, for the first time, the enormous value of their complete corporate relationship network.  Sales, marketing and business development functions responsible for new revenue growth are using ContactNet daily to uncover relationships that colleagues have to target people, companies and industries.

2. How was Contact Networks founded and what inspired its creation?
Contact Networks was founded in 2002 by Geoffrey Hyatt.  Geoffrey was a manager at The Boston Consulting Group, and experienced the powerful relationship network that a large firm has.  Relationships are the number one driver of new business, and yet, the bigger the firm, the harder it is to find the colleague who has the best relationship to a target company.  His vision of a Google-like relationship discovery tool to passively build a huge database of the firm’s relationships, requiring zero user data input, is the core of the ContactNet platform.
 
3. What makes Contact Networks different than other companies in your marketplace?
Contact Networks has an 80% market share, and through this experience has learned how to implement an ERM system in a broad range of corporate cultures.  As the market continues to expand rapidly, Contact Networks grows its lead by maintaining the best-in-class technology and the richest feature set.

4. What was  Contact Networks greatest accomplishment in 2006?
Contact Networks revenue grew over 500% in 2006.  The company added a long list of recognized clients including the leading international law firms, investment banks, and consulting firms.

5. Why are you a MITX member?
Contact Networks has been a MITX member since 2002.  MITX offers unique access to potential customers, influencers, partners and thought leaders.