Bio
Mark Tacchi is the founder and CEO of Vendini, a company that builds software to provide an end-to-end ticketing solution that makes the business of live events simple. The company’s all-in-one ticketing solution is used by theaters, music and event venues, and music and art festivals across the country. Earning his degree in MechanicalEngineering from the University of Manitoba in 1991, Mark began his career working for NeXT. After working for Apple following the NeXT acquisition in 1996, Tacchi decided to embrace his entrepreneurial side and co-founded Hipbone, a company that allowed users to co-navigate the web together in the earlier days of the Internet. While leading the company to its acquisition by CRM software company KANA in 2004, Tacchi was also building his next (and current) venture, a passion project called Vendini. Tacchi created Vendini as a way to give back to the theater and live event space, using his programming know-how to create a new and easier way for venues to simplify the business aspects behind live events. Founded in 2001, the company began as a solution directed towards theaters and playhouses, and has now expanded to over 1,800 venues across music and sports venues, nightclubs, non-profit organizations, art galleries and music and art festivals around the world. Mark lives in San Francisco with his wife, two kids and French Bulldog, and is an “across-the-board” art lover with a strong passion for the performing arts, live music and art galleries.