Sam Decker

Austin, Texas Area United States

Board Member / Investor

Technology / Software / Internet

I'm Chief Marketing Officer of Bazaarvoice, a social commerce technology and services company hosting Ratings and Reviews, ask & Answer, and Stories for leading retail and manufacturers.. I've had Deckermarketing.com blog since 2003, and wrote two books on word of mouth marketing. On the side I'm co-founder and managing director of Capital Factory, an Austin Startup Accelerator, and enjoy serving on the board or advisors of companies and non-profits. I've spent my career leading marketing, sales, biz dev and product management teams, including running Dell’s consumer web site ($3.5B in annual sales) and customer-centricity strategy.I'm originally from the California Bay Area, but the grea