THE MISSION
Vatom is a digital engagement platform that enables brands to create interactive experiences at scale. With tools for building immersive virtual spaces, digital rewards programs, and branded activations—no coding required—Vatom makes it easy to turn passive audiences into active participants. Designed for scalability and real-time performance, the platform powers high-impact engagement across consumer and internal use cases alike.
OUR LEADERSHIP
Tom Szabo
CEO
Thomas has over 30 years of experience as an entrepreneur and leader. He previously founded and led companies like Digital-On-Demand and GrayMeta, both of which were successfully acquired.. He also founded Telenetix and Public Media Works, both of which he lead to successful IPOs.
Colin Hornett
President
Colin Hornett is a leader in digital media and interactive engagement, known for building groundbreaking platforms for NBC Universal and The Source Magazine. His work with ESPN, Disney, and The Oscars has shaped next-gen audience experiences. With deep expertise and creative vision, Colin consistently delivers innovative, scalable solutions at the intersection of media, technology, and culture.
Robert Frederick
CTO
MIT Grad, Media Lab, MIT Technology Review Magazine TR 100 (TR35) award winner, author of 41 issued patents, early in social startups & acquisitions, led Amazon’s Mobile Commerce initiatives from 1999–2004 (Amazon Anywhere), tech co-founder of Amazon Web Services (AWS) and AWS Marketplace, serial entrepreneur, author, and music producer.
Donna Mastropasqua
Chief Revenue Officer
Donna brings a results-oriented approach paired with a rich network of high-level contacts across various industries. Her expertise spans strategic planning, business development, and comprehensive marketing strategies, covering promotions and sales across diverse media platforms, including television, magazines, music, Web2 and Web 3.
OUR BOARD
Peter Diamandis
Peter H. Diamandis is the founder and executive chairman of the XPRIZE Foundation, and also the executive founder of Singularity University, an institution that counsels the world’s leaders on exponentially growing technologies.
As an entrepreneur, Diamandis has started over 20 companies in the areas of longevity, space, venture capital, and education. He is co-founder of BOLD Capital Partners, a venture fund with $250M investing in exponential technologies, and co-founder and Vice Chairman of Celularity, Inc., a cellular therapeutics company.
John Suh
John was the CEO of LegalZoom from 2007 to 2019, and a member of its Board of Directors from 2005 to 2019.
John is a serial entrepreneur with almost two decades of experience in the Internet. Prior to LegalZoom, he served as CEO of StudioDirect, the Internet division of publicly traded Li and Fung. Previously, as co-founder and CEO of Castling Group, he took a leading role in helping offline companies create their Internet divisions, launching category leaders such as jcrew.com, hifi.com, and giftcertificates.com.
Walter Kortschak
Currently Exec Chairman and CIO of Signalfire, Walter has been a venture capital and private equity investor for over 35 years, including 30 years at Summit Partners as a Managing Partner responsible for establishing the firm’s West Coast investment presence and growing the firm from $100 million under management to over $20 billion. Prior to Summit, he was a Vice President and Associate at Crosspoint Venture Partners.
Over his venture capital career, Walter has served as a director of over 50 companies, many of which achieved successful public exits. He has been an active angel investor in such notable companies as First Republic Bank, Lyft, Palantir, Robinhood, Trade Desk and Twitter.
Marc Delesalle
Marc was a senior managing director for Accenture. In his 25 year career, he help create the strategy, business process reengineering, CRM, and data analytics practices. His last two leadership roles were running their global Financial Services CRM practice and their EMEA CRM cross-industry practice. He helped author Accenture’s POV on High-Performance Marketing and Loyalty. Marc is currently the investment director for SVK Crypto – a venture capital fund for Web 3.0 start-ups.
Tracy Dolgin
Tracy is currently a Senior Advisor at Raine Group LTD, a 30-year media veteran, Tracy joined the YES Network as President and CEO in September 2004, and was named Non-Executive Chairman of YES on June 1, 2016. He transitioned from Non-Executive Chairman to Board Member in January 2017. Prior to joining YES Network, Dolgin served as Managing Director and Co-Head of Houlihan Lokey’s Media, Sports and Entertainment practice in 2003 and 2004. Earlier, Dolgin was President of FOX Sports Net from 2000 through 2003. While there, Dolgin also managed the FOX owned-and-operated regional sports networks, and FOXSports.com.
Before joining FOX, Dolgin was Senior Vice President of Marketing at HBO Video from 1986 to 1992.