Eugene Carr, founder & president
Eugene Carr has been an innovator in area of e-marketing for arts & cultural organizations for the past decade. In 1996, he founded CultureFinder.com, which became an award-winning nationwide arts calendar and online ticketing service.
Gene founded Patron Technology in 2001 with Ross Kudwitt. The company’s main product, PatronMail, is a web-based e-mail marketing system used by over 1,700 institutions in all 50 states and eight foreign countries.
Gene earned a BA in History from Oberlin College, and a music degree from Oberlin Conservatory, earning Phi Kappa Lambda honors, and then earned an MBA from Columbia Business School. After receiving his MBA, he worked in Gold and Platinum Card marketing at American Express. Gene returned to arts management serving as the executive director of the American Symphony Orchestra from 1991-1996, while serving in the same role for the Concordia Orchestra.
Gene is the author of three books on e-marketing: Wired for Culture: How E-mail is Revolutionizing Arts Marketing (Third Edition) (2007), Sign-Up for Culture: The Arts Marketer’s Guide to Building an Effective E-mail List (Second Edition) (2007), and Web Sites for Culture: Essential Principles for Great Arts Web Sites (2005).
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