Joe Crowley
IT Manager
Joe joined Participant in Summer 2009 as IT Manager, responsible for the day to day operations of the technology infrastructure.
Joe began his career at various advertising and web development shops around Los Angeles. In the early-90s, Joe helped GREY Advertising open their doors to the Internet to better communicate and serve clients such as Cal Fed, Edison, Coldwell Banker and Mitsubishi.
Joe was one of the early members of Full Moon Interactive, an award winning “Internet Architect” Consulting firm that distinguished itself as a leader in the development and implementation of cutting edge eBusiness solutions. At FMI, Joe was partly responsible for maintaining the web development server farms for such clients as Ticketmaster, DELL, CarsDirect.com, Variety and Oral-B/Gillette.
Following FMI, Joe went to MRM Partners, the Web Development arm of McCann-Erickson, until McCann’s parent company, InterPublic Group, recruited him to help them roll out and integrate IT Services across all of IPG’s Southern California holdings, which include advertising giants McCann-Erickson, Initiative Media, Dailey and Golin Harris.
Most recently, Joe was the IT Manager at RIPE Digital Entertainment, a digital video entertainment media company targeting adults.
An avid softball player and cyclist, Joe is currently preparing for next year’s AIDS LifeCycle.
