Brian Lacey

Brian Lacey

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Chief Executive Officer
Washington, District of Columbia, United States

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  • Mobomo
    Chief Executive Officer
    Mobomo
    Apr 2015 - Current (11 years 3 months)
    As CEO of Mobomo, I lead the strategy, growth, and delivery of custom application development, Human-Centered Design (HCD) solutions, enterprise web platforms, and AI-enabled products for federal agencies. My leadership spans executive direction, P&L management, business development, and compliance, building a firm where innovation, security, and mission integrity operate at the highest standard. Key outcomes: • Grew revenue to $24.6M and improved EBITDA from 6.6% to 11%, a 67% profitability gain through disciplined financial management and strategic portfolio decisions • Named to the Inc. 5000 fastest-growing U.S. companies list for 8 consecutive years (2013–2020) • Built and managed a global delivery organization of 50–150+ professional
  • Mobomo
    Chief Operating Officer
    Mobomo
    Dec 2011 - Mar 2015 (3 years 4 months)
    As COO, I built Mobomo's operational foundation from the ground up, establishing the core business functions, delivery processes, and team structures that enabled the company's early growth and its eventual transition to a federal technology leader. Coming from a hands-on technical background in mobile application development, UI/UX design, and agile DevOps, I understood exactly where operational friction lived and how to remove it. That ground-level perspective shaped every system and team I built. Key contributions: • Directed delivery of mobile applications and enterprise web platforms for early federal and commercial clients, setting quality standards that earned the company's first Webby Award (2014) and Inc. 5000 recognition (2013)
  • Network Solutions
    Technical Design Specialist
    Network Solutions
    Oct 2008 - Dec 2011 (3 years 3 months)
    In this position, I created user interface (UI) prototypes for market research, product proposals, and customer testing. I also performed UI design and front-end web development on multiple projects, including a web-based website builder with more than 250K users and the company's first mobile phone app (for searching and purchasing domain names). On the website builder project, I also served as team lead, supervising coding and implementation of the application and the three-person offshore design team creating the templates featured on the website. This work was my first experience with being part of a product build-out from conception to launch. My technical skills grew exponentially — especially in the mobile arena, which was essential
  • Thinklabs
    Marketing Analyst
    Thinklabs
    Jan 2007 - Dec 2008 (2 years)
    Under contract to provide marketing services to this digital stethoscope manufacturer seeking capital investment, I designed and implemented a unique and identifiable brand identity, launched the initial campaign into the highly valued medical educational market with competitive product positioning, and redesigned web-based product materials to encourage engagement and sales. The short-term, fast-moving, results-driven nature of this position helped hone my ability to quickly identify an offering, assess its value, and build a framework or structure to successfully support that offering in the applicable market.
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    Marketing
    MediaCell
    Jan 2003 - Dec 2006 (4 years)
    When I started doing business development work in the U.S. market for a subsidiary start-up internet service provider of MediaCell, I did it all: researched competing technology and service providers, established business models and pricing strategies, created sales team training and delivery methods, and designed and developed direct marketing and technical support sales materials. After being promoted to Director of Marketing at MediaCell during the company's creation and growth of a start-up manufacturer of carrier-grade Wi-Fi data components, I again did pretty much everything. I developed marketing plans with detailed ROI analyses supporting multiple product deployments and usage types. I designed customized Wi-Fi network models based
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  • Claremont McKenna College
    Dual B.A. Degrees, Economics and Psychology
    Claremont McKenna College
    Jan 1998 - Dec 2002 (5 years)
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    Mobomo Innovation Lab
    Recognizing how critical innovation is to growth in our industry, I created the Mobomo innovation lab. A company-wide initiative to focus time, money, and technical expertise on emerging technologies, the lab encourages broad thinking, out-of-the-box exploration, and rapid prototyping. It has become a high-profile source of next-generation technology products and processes that improve company operations, enhance customer deliverables, and advance our entire field. Prior areas of inquiry and development include machine learning, automation processing, handwriting object recognition, and open-source software. You can learn more about what’s going on in our innovation lab at https://www.mobomo.com/labs/
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    The Webby Awards
    Since 1996, the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences (IADAS) has presented annual awards honoring excellence on the internet. Mobomo has won repeatedly for our design work on NASA.gov — in 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019. Additionally, we were awarded a Webby in 2018 for our work with NOAA Fisheries.
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    MUSE Creative Award
    Part of the MUSE Awards Program, which was created by the International Awards Associate (IAA) in 2015, the MUSE Creative Awards recognize creative professionals who inspire through their concepts, ideas, or designs. Mobomo was named a gold award winner in 2017 for our work on the Pulse healthcare mobile application. (See our announcement here https://www.mobomo.com/2017/04/mobomo-named-winner-for-creative-muse-award/ )
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    Inc. 5000
    Since 2007, the Inc. 5000 has highlighted and celebrated innovation and entrepreneurial leaders by ranking companies by overall revenue growth over a 3-year period. Mobomo has been included in the list for 8 years in a row — from 2013 through 2020. (https://www.inc.com/profile/mobomo)
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    10 Things you Didn’t know about Mobomo CEO Brian Lacey
    Money Inc
    Apr 2018
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    3 Questions with Mobomo
    Solutions Review
    Nov 2017
    As we reach our final weeks of the quarter and with thanksgiving ahead, I reached out to Washington D.C-based App Development agency Mobomo to learn a little more about what drives their business. Mobomo’s CEO, Brian Lacey, was kind enough to answer our 3 questions.
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