2024 Inductees
Greg Mesaros, MBA
Chief Executive Officer and Chair
Triadex
45 U.S. Patents
Greg Mesaros is the Chief Executive Officer and Chair of Triadex, an award-winning, data-driven marketing firm he founded over 20 years ago that leverages proprietary data analytics and AI-ML to unlock key growth drivers for businesses. He owns additional companies in the marketing and data sectors, with several listed on Inc. Magazine’s 500/5000 Fastest Growing Private Companies List.
Mr. Mesaros founded his first technology company in 1999 and just one year later was successful in commercializing the first seller-initiated social buying platform. In that same year, he filed his initial patent application that has yielded 45 patents across 10 patent families in such diverse categories as e-commerce, dynamic pricing, mobile devices, predictive analytics, social networks, and location-based marketing. His patents have been cited in numerous patent applications by such companies as Amazon, Google, Microsoft, American Express, eBay, IBM, among others, and he has licensed his inventions to companies across diverse industries.
Mr. Mesaros has served on the board of several non-profits and was a member of the External Advisory Corporate Board for the University of South Florida’s Office of Corporate Partnerships. In 2007, he and his wife, Sonia, founded their family charitable trust supporting local and international charities. His company started the industry’s first Environmental Offset Program that provides funding for the National Forestry Foundation and the Gold Standard Foundation. The program champions equitable, science-based policies that remove carbon directly from the environment through moonshot technologies. His company awards annual scholarships for first generation college students working towards degrees in STEM, entrepreneurship, and business. As a thought leader, Mr. Mesaros frequently shares his insights as a guest speaker at universities. His interactions with students aim to inspire a future generation of inventors and entrepreneurs.
Mr. Mesaros has been recognized for his significant contributions to advancing new technology, including awards ranging from the TechKnow and Manny Awards, to being selected by the State of Ohio, where his company was originally founded, for the E-Commerce Pioneer Award. Mr. Mesaros was named a Top 50 Tampa Business Leader and Purchasing Magazine named him one of the top 40 e-procurement visionaries in the country. Mr. Mesaros earned a B.S. in Business Administration from Bowling Green State University. He went on to graduate Beta Gamma Sigma with an MBA from Loyola Marymount University.