Getting to Know You – ML Staff Profile

Interested in learning a little about the guys behind the scenes of the ML Digital Giant?

Here’s some background information on the CEO.

Shane Hackett

Mr. Hackett is the Chairman and CEO of Market Leverage. Market Leverage is a leading CPA ad network, direct marketing, web based marketing services, database marketing and management services.

He is a manager at Looking Glass Funds. Looking Glass Fund is a venture fund targeting emerging companies with strong growth potential for early stage financing and direct public registration.

He served as the President and Principal of PRM Media Direct. PRM Media Direct is the marketing arm for luxury real estate firms with over $1 billion in real estate assets.

Shane co-created the Success Magazine Conferences training small business owners in all 50 states in management, marketing, investing and sales.

He served as President and General Manager of the radio stations KGU-AM in Honolulu, Hawaii, KTSS-FM in Honolulu, Hawaii and WTIX-AM in New Orleans, Louisiana. He served as Director of Continuity and Executive Producer for Gannett with KCMO AM/FM.

He has founded, sold and invested in several technology and training companies.

Mr. Hackett is responsible for the creation and production of several nationally syndicated radio shows, including “Baseball Sunday with Joe Garagiola,” “Football Sunday” and “NBA Basketball Sunday.”

Mr. Hackett is actively involved in multiple non profit and charity causes. He is the Executive Director and board member of Heartland Soccer Association, former President of Futura Futbol Club and Park Athletic Soccer Club, and is active building orphanages and designing and microfinancing projects in third world countries with Global Orphan Project. He is the Co – Founder of Life Giving Force.

Mr. Hackett graduated from William Jewell College in Liberty, Missouri with Bachelor of Arts degrees in communication and public relations. Additionally, he studied international business and literature at Harlaxton College in Grantham, England. He currently sits on the President’s Advisory Council at William Jewell College.

Specialties: CPA Network, Online Marketing, Direct Marketing, eCommerce, Web Design, Internet and Database Marketing, Social Media Marketing, Video SEO