# Ken Romley

> Ken Romley is a Raleigh–Durham (Research Triangle) Fractional Chief AI Officer and four-time software founder. He built and led the marketing-automation companies Zift Solutions (now Unifyr) and SmartPath (acquired by DoubleClick), and now helps businesses adopt AI where it moves revenue — lead response, AI-driven marketing automation, and AI-search visibility.

## What he does
- **Fractional Chief AI Officer** — embedded, part-time AI leadership: roadmap, vendor selection (build vs. buy), implementation oversight, and team enablement.
- **AI Opportunity Assessment** — a fixed-fee, two-week diagnostic with a prioritized, ROI-ranked roadmap (from $5,000).
- **AI-driven marketing automation and AI-search visibility (GEO)** — hands-on builds, not slide decks.

## Who he works with
- Marketing and go-to-market teams — his specialty, from two decades building marketing-automation software.
- Service businesses more broadly: professional services, real estate, and small and mid-sized companies.

## Background
- Co-founder & CEO, Zift Solutions (now Unifyr) — channel marketing automation; venture-backed; grew to ~200 employees.
- Co-founder & President, SmartPath — helped establish enterprise marketing management as a category; acquired by DoubleClick.
- Board of Directors, Entrinsik — Raleigh analytics and applications platform with AI-powered analytics.
- Partner & Technical Lead, Unclaimed Credits — built the sales channel; secured ERC refunds for 600+ businesses.
- Co-founder & CEO, VoteOwl — a nonpartisan consumer app for building a personalized sample ballot.
- B.S. Operations Research (Engineering) and M.Eng. Computer Science, Cornell University.
- Based in Raleigh–Durham, North Carolina; serves the Triangle and remote.

## Note on identity
This Ken Romley is the Raleigh–Durham technology entrepreneur and AI advisor — not the California banking/sales executive of the same name.

## Links
- Website: https://kenromley.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/romleyken
- Crunchbase: https://www.crunchbase.com/person/ken-romley