About

our story

Founded in 2005, Profound Networks is a leading provider of customized tools and services that address a wide range of business intelligence and security needs.

Like the ocean, the internet is a virtual sea of information with unparalleled depth and global reach. Profound maps this digital ecosystem to reveal technographic signals that drive insight and business opportunities. Our proprietary process explores the depths of the internet to compile data on all routable IP addresses, currently at 3.4 billion. With deep intelligence into the IT infrastructure of 300+ million domains, including 90+ million unique businesses and organizations, Profound delivers real-time data insight for real-world challenges.

Discover the Profound Networks AdvantageWe comprehensively track public Internet-facing networks, recording growth and decline over given periods of time. But our business intelligence is much more than just static data. Our dynamic service keeps your database current with the latest technographic details to maximize ongoing value.

Our experts can support specialized data research to meet your individual needs. These include identifying specific competitive installation details, tracking technology upgrades, leveraging custom algorithms and machine learning techniques, Big Data manipulation/processing, and real-time API workflows. Leverage this intelligence to make the best fact-based decisions with a much higher degree of confidence.

At a Glance

Identify and prioritize companies based on the growth of their network and the sophistication of their digital footprint
Monitor a company’s public network activity to better identify marketing and sales opportunities
Drive more robust segmentation with specific data points to create an ideal prospect or client profile
Generate custom trigger programs to increase prospect engagement or track material changes to network risk profile
Determine cloud outsourcing migration, e-commerce capabilities, and better identify and target display ad audiences
Map digital corporate linkage by matching domains to enterprises
Identify web visitors by their business IP address to achieve differentiation of content for customers vs prospects
Track the growth trends of DNS, Subdomain, and backlink growth among other signals to identify correlations in public and private companies to support investment opportunities and risk assessment

meet the

leadership team

Blake Sitney

Founder & CEO

Blake Sitney is the founder and CEO of Profound Networks. He is constantly researching Internet protocol literature and academic papers, investigating ways to build big data sets at Internet scale that provide significant business value. Blake enjoys working directly with clients to solve major business challenges. Over the years he has built a team of world class developers and engineers with deep expertise in the areas of Profound’s focus. He has studied the Great Books at St. Johns College in Santa Fe, NM and completed his post-grad work in Information Science at Columbia University. Blake has a passion for travel and culinary experiences and looks forward to meeting clients face to face.

Gavin Carr

CTO

Gavin Carr is the Co-Founder and CTO of Profound Networks, and has been hacking on technology projects since before the internet existed. A big fan of open source software, he likes finding simple, elegant solutions to complex problems. Gavin has degrees in Computer Science, Linguistics, and Theology, and when not wrestling with big data likes reading, cooking, and escaping into nature. He lives in Sydney, Australia, with his lovely wife Robbie, and three beautiful daughters.

Steven Rand

Senior Vice President Sales, Channels & Alliances

Steven is a relationship builder with a network spanning 40 years which he has leveraged into key strategic partnerships for Profound. His experience includes developing and executing creative data solutions that enable industry leading companies in technology, financial services and commercial information brands to improve their ability to identify, segment, plan, enrich and understand the digital footprint of their customers and prospects. Steve holds an undergraduate degree in History and an MBA in Marketing from FDU and with whatever leftover spare time he has away from work is an avid reader and beach walker.

Ben DeLisle

Senior Vice President of Strategic Insights

Ben DeLisle brings 20 years of tenure supporting leaders in the B2B tech space in various facets of sales, marketing, and analytics. He is passionate about understanding data challenges and collaborating on ideas that drive results. Ben is a graduate of Syracuse University with a focus on economics and policy studies. Originally from the Boston area, he now makes his home outside of Seattle, Washington. His favorite activities include Boston sports, fitness, guitar, billiards and skiing.

Profound would not be where we are without the commitment and expertise of our global team of Data Scientists, Data Researchers, Engineers, Programmers, and Operations professionals.