Evan Sohn is a veteran entrepreneur and visionary executive and expert in industries as far and wide as Wi-Fi and Instant Messaging data security, business intelligence, customer relationship management (CRM), handheld development and mobile computing. Sohn founded Salesconx in 2007 after conducting extensive evaluations on database networking systems. For Sohn, finding the precise sales contact within an organization was a critical but challenging task, consuming copious time and vast amounts of money.

 

After consulting with peers and considering more than 14 million sales professionals in the U.S., Sohn developed a Web portal brokering relationships between sales associates and buyers. Prior to founding Salesconx, Sohn was a management and marketing senior executive. From 2003-2006, he acted as Chief Marketing Officer of Omnipod, the service provider of secure enterprise instant messaging, which was acquired by MessageLabs in 2005.

 

At Omnipod, Sohn implemented and managed the organization's marketing and sales strategies, including product positioning, volume sales and enterprise sales. From 2000-2003, Sohn served as VP Marketing for ReefEdge, which develops security and management solutions for enterprise wireless networks. From its initial funding, Sohn guided the company's growth, developing and implementing customer acquisition and marketing programs. There he helped define Wireless LAN Security and Management. After graduating with his Bachelors in 1989, Sohn founded Logix, which pioneered mobile-based handheld solutions in CRM, medical information, and wireless and education sectors for clients that include Abbott Labs, American Express, EDS, Forest Laboratories, Merck, NASA, Novartis, Roche, and Snyder Healthcare. When acquired by IMS Health in '98, Sohn joined its team of leading data and IT experts as VP of Business Development. Sohn holds seven patents in telecommunication, mobile education, medical instrumentation and medical data capture. He holds a degree from NYU's Stern School of Business in Computer Information Systems and in Management. Sohn is on the executive board of the Ira Sohn Research Conference Foundation, dedicated to treatment of pediatric cancer and other childhood diseases. This esteemed organization, established in honor of Sohn's brother, Ira, has as its centerpiece an annual New York conference that has raised more than $10 million for pediatric oncology services.