Thomas Gensemer
Managing Partner, Blue State Digital
Based in BSD's Washington, DC headquarters and in New York, Thomas
provides day-to-day executive leadership, as well as executive
sponsorship to several of the company's largest consulting
engagements. He joined BSD in 2005 with a background in venture
capital, strategy consulting, product marketing and technology startup
management.
Immediately prior to BSD, Thomas was the director of Internet strategy for America Coming Together (ACT),
where he managed the organization's online fundraising, grassroots
recruitment, and marketing. Prior to ACT, Thomas led online
communications for General Wesley Clark's 2004 Presidential campaign, which built an unusually engaged supporter base that remained active after the race was over.
From 1999 to 2003, Thomas managed The Accelerator Group,
an entrepreneurial venture capital fund with offices in New York, Los
Angeles and London. The fund developed and funded a broad portfolio of
early-stage technology and marketing businesses; its holdings included Pyra-Blogger (acquired by Google), Openwave (OPWV), 24/7 Media (TFSM), Meetup.com
and a number of other concerns. The community organizing, content
development, and citizen engagement approaches that some of these
companies pioneered continue to be relevant to the constituency
development work our company does today.
Thomas is a graduate of New York University and lives in Washington, DC and New York.