Vernon Niven

Born and raised on the Gulf Coast, Vernon has over twenty years of experience building innovative software-driven businesses. Prior to NeedTagger, Vernon founded and served as President of Twinspires.com, Churchill Downs’s $1B (handle) online gaming business. Prior to Twinspires, he helped launch Tumri, the first dynamic creative ad platform (acquired by Collective Media). At Aspect Development, Vernon led new product marketing for the company’s eContent product line prior to the company’s $9B acquisition by i2 Technologies. As an Associate Partner at Accenture, Vernon led the firm’s $100 million global eProcurement practice. Vernon is currently an angel investor in Flipboard, the world’s first personal social magazine for mobile devices. Locally, the chief wrangler served as Vice President of Pensacola Beach Elementary School’s board of directors, where he led the school’s reconstruction project after serious damage by Hurricane Ivan.