Prophet CRM revenue hit $2.1M in 2024

Founder / CEO

James Wong

James is a seasoned entrepreneur, investor and founder of multiple successful companies. He is currently the Co-Founder and CEO of Vibrant Cities. James have been an active real estate and technology investor for the past 20+ years and within the last 7 years developing vibrant and smart multi-family mixed used apartment communities in Seattle and Portland. www.VibrantCities.com James is a thought-leader, speaker and writer on Multi-Family Real Estate Development, Sales Management, technology, and entrepreneurship. He was a regular writer for PCWorld and has been featured in PC Magazine, Inc Magazine, Entrepreneur, CRM Magazine, Washington Post and other publications. He was named by the SLMA as the "50 Most Influential Sales Lead Management Professional". James is also the Founder/Chairman of Avidian Technologies, the creators of Prophet, the world leading CRM software in Outlook. Under Wong's leadership, Avidian was the winner of the Seattle Mayor's Small Business Award. Avidian also won 3 years in a row as one of Washington State's Fastest Growing Companies and 3 years in a row as One of the Best Companies to Work For. Prior to Avidian, James was the co-founder and President of Foci Technologies (acquired by Meritage), and held positions at Arthur Andersen and Chevron Corporation. James was the SBA's Minority Small Business Champion of the Year and winner of the PSBJ's 40 Under 40 award. He is a Past President of the Seattle Chapter of the Entrepreneurs Organization, is an enthusiastic Rotarian and served as a past board member (www.seattlerotary.org). James is Chairman Emeritus and a past board member of the Group Health Foundation. James graduated from the University of Washington with a BA in Business and from Harvard Business School's Owner/President Management (OPM) program.

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