In August 2012, the Gannett Company came calling for BLiNQ Media, a social media engagement company that has managed 600 campaigns for the world’s leading brands since its 2008 founding.
The acquisition came a little more than a year after BLiNQ graduated among the 2011 class of Georgia Tech’s Advanced Technology Development Center, and BLiNQ maintains its ties with the Institute: The company’s tech headquarters are at the ATDC’s offices in midtown Atlanta, and a slew of Tech alumni are part of the company’s 50-person staff.
Wrecks at BLiNQ include Luis Caballero, MBA 08 (CTO); Charles Lumpkin, Mgt 04 (project management and innovation); Josh West, EAS 04 (product strategy director); Adam Rice, MS DM 09 (senior user interface/data visualization engineer); Arun Subramanian, ME 10 (software engineer); Thomas Barnwell, MS DM 19 (software developer); Nikea Davis, Cls 10 (software developer); John Hillebrand, Mgt 10 (media manager); Stephanie Smith, Mgt 09 (media manager); and Daniel Upton, MS DM 09 (senior software engineer).
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