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Mark Josephson is an American entrepreneur and executive coach.[1] He is a former CEO of Bitly.[2]
Born and raised in Rhode Island, Josephson graduated from Skidmore College in 1994.[3]
Josephson began his career at Cone Communications in 1994 as an intern, becoming an account manager at the firm.[4] In 1999, he worked in many roles with About.com, ending as the General Manager and EVP before it was sold to Primedia in 2000.[1]
In 2003, Josephson become the president & CMO of Seevast.[1] In 2008, he served as the CEO of Outside.in, until the platform was sold to AOL in 2011.[5] In 2011, he served as a SVP of Patch Labs and SVP of Revenue and Marketing for Patch and AOL Local.[6]
In 2013, Josephson became the CEO of Bitly.[7] The business grew until it was sold to Spectrum Equity in 2017.[8] [9] In 2020, he co-founded Castiron, a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform and consumer marketplace, and was the CEO until it was sold to The Good Soil Movement in 2024.[10]
Since 2020, Josephson has been an executive coach, dedicated to helping startup CEOs and leadership teams.[1]
Josephson resides in Sag Harbor, New York. He is married to Megan.[11] They have three sons.