Brian Garofola Email Address

Chief Technology Officer @ Vibes

Vibes Media, of Chicago, has been creating mobile marketing programs since 1998. The company has developed proprietary interactive software and promotional programs that enable marketers to communicate with, motivate and retain their customers in ways they never could before. Vibes is uniquely positioned in the industry to provide marketing and promotional programs including end-to-end services, strategy development, communications, execution and post-program ROI analysis. Vibes can offer off-the-shelf programs or work with marketers to create a custom program designed for a particular business or marketing situation. The company has launched more than 7,500 mobile media programs and generated more than 135 million messages in the United States, partnering with wireless carriers, entertainment enterprises, musical acts, sports teams and leagues, and a wide variety of consumer brands.

I'm an experienced technology leader with a great desire to challenge the status quo. I understand that intelligence is not fixed and there are many setbacks on the path to success. I try to instill this mindset in the teams that I lead through a management style that is transparent and challenges each engineer to improve every day. Technically, I'm passionate about building a culture of continuous delivery founded upon engineering excellence, automation, and empathy for all aspects of the product delivery pipeline. Building and shipping quality products includes many perspectives from agile planning to test driven development and continuous integration to monitoring and I drive focus on all of these areas. I'm currently working on transforming the car buying process for both automotive dealers and car buyers with over 9,000 associates at CDK Global.