Robert Pickering is an accomplished CEO and 30+ year veteran of the digital marketing and technology industries. Prior to joining Evalla Advisors, Robert was a Strategic Operating Partner at Madison Alley, where he advised companies in the digital marketing sector on operational as well as strategic M&A alternatives. Before joining Madison Alley, he served as CEO and Board Member of LBi International AB, where he led key strategic acquisitions that developed LBi into the largest independent full-service digital agency in Europe. In 2004, Robert led the IPO of LBi International AB onto Euronext. In 2012, Publicis Groupe acquired LBI for $540 million. Prior to LBi, Robert was Chairman and CEO of Origin, a technology services company that was sold for $2.5 billion to Atos to form Atos Origin. He was also a partner at both Arthur Andersen/Accenture and Price Waterhouse in his early career