NGP VAN

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NGP VAN, Inc.
Type Private
Industry IT Consulting, Software as a service, Web hosting service, Online fundraising, new media technology
Founder(s) Mark Sullivan, Nathaniel Pearlman
Headquarters Somerville, Massachusetts; Washington, D.C., United States
Area served Worldwide
Key people Stuart Trevelyan
(President & CEO)
Revenue Decrease US$ 16.8 million(2011)[1]
Employees Increase 142 (2011)[1]
Divisions Fundraising
Compliance
Union Organizing
Voter Contact
New Media
Website ngpvan.com

NGP VAN is a privately owned American company specializing in helping progressive campaigns and organizations leverage technology to meet their goals.[2] In 2009, the company was the largest partisan provider of campaign compliance software, used by most Democratic members of Congress.[3] The company's services are utilized by notable clients such as the Obama 2012 presidential campaign.[4]

History

NGP VAN was created in November 2010 by the merger of its two predecessor companies, NGP Software, founded by Nathaniel Pearlman in his attic 1997 in Washington, D.C, and Voter Activation Network, founded in 2001 by Mark Sullivan in his study in Cambridge, Massachusetts.[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "NGP VAN - Washington, DC - The Inc.5000". Inc. 
  2. ↑ "About Us - NGP VAN". 
  3. ↑ "Suite Talk, Sept. 15, 2009 - Becca Milfeld and Anne Marson - POLITICO.com". 
  4. ↑ "Where does Obama's Money Go? - iHartPolitics.com". 
  5. ↑ "VAN:Personal Democracy Forum, July 5, 2010 -". 

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