Meet the Team

CEO, Dave Kerpen

Dave Kerpen is the co-founder and CEO of Likeable Media, an award-winning social media and word-of-mouth marketing firm with triple digit revenue growth for 4 consecutive years. Dave and his wife and COO Carrie have transformed theKBuzz (founded in 2006) into Likeable, 1 of Facebook’s Top 65 Preferred Developer Consultants as well as the only 3-time WOMMY Award winner for excellence from the Word of Mouth Marketing Association (WOMMA). Dave has been featured on CNBC’s “On the Money”, ABC World News Tonight, the CBS Early Show, the New York Times, and countless blogs. Within the past year, Dave has spoken at dozens of social media related conferences and webinars for organizations such as WOMMA and the American Marketing Association. Dave is backed by a team of social media thought leaders who collectively have managed over 250 accounts on Facebook and other social networks, for brands such as Verizon FiOS, 1-800 Flowers.com, Neutrogena, Uno Chicago Grill, The Pampered Chef, and Heineken. Dave’s book, a New York Times Best Seller, is “Likeable Social Media: How to Delight Your Customers, Create an Irresistible Brand, and Be Generally Amazing on Facebook and other social networks.” Dave is proud of his Likeable business accomplishments but prouder of Charlotte and Kate, his two daughters at home in New York.

COO, Carrie Kerpen

Carrie Kerpen is known as the Chief Like Officer at Likeable Media, a social media leveraging and word of mouth marketing firm. Prior to building the company, which manages the social media presence of over 250 brands, Carrie’s background was in traditional media, first as the top selling account executive in the country for Radio Disney, and then as a station manager of Cox Radio’s WBLI on Long Island. She has keynoted various events, including the National MS Society’s Fall Leadership Conference, and is the moderator of the WOM-COMM social media certification course offered by the Word of Mouth Marketing Association. She is the author of the upcoming book titled Social Moms, is the proud wife of Likeable Media’s CEO Dave Kerpen, and mom to the two littlest Likeable team members, Charlotte and Kate.