Patrick Comer has been a founder, investor and executive for startups since 1998 and in the market research industry since 2003. In 2010 Patrick founded Lucid to bring programmatic to sampling. He also launched Federated Sample and Fulcrum, the the industry's largest DSP and Exchange. In 2005, he improved sample acquisition and matching technology for OTX Research. Patrick was Founder and VP of Operations at Sample Czar and previously worked at IFILM. He was Chief of Staff at govWorks, a Silicon Alley darling‚Aiknown for their documentary, Start-up.com. Patrick holds a BA from Sewanee and an MBA from Columbia Business School. He sits on the Board of The Idea Village, The Arts Council of New Orleans, and St. Martin's Episcopal School. Patrick is a founding member of SampleCon.