Biographies

Michael Zimmer, CEO/President
As Fluent’s CEO since 1996, Michael Zimmer manages all executive matters pertaining to the company, and directs its sales and marketing efforts. Commercial arts training at Hartwick College and 25 years of experience as a commercial and financial printing account executive responding to the demands and nuances of performance-oriented publishing provided Zimmer with the necessary perspective to lead the company. He determined that the best way to transform the way investment companies report the performance of their products and services to clients and markets would be to pair professionals with industry expertise with leading-edge technical methodologies. Under his guidance, Fluent today is recognized as a leader in performance-related marketing communications.

His influence extends beyond Fluent, as well. In addition to previously serving as president of the Graphic Arts Professional Association of the Printing Industries of New England, Zimmer also has held many leadership positions in his hometown of Milton, Mass.

Partha Pramanik,Vice President, Product Development
Partha Pramanik joined the Fluent team in December 2004 bringing with him more than a decade of experience designing software products, including an online exchange for trading financial instruments based on electronic commodities. From 1991 to 1996, he served as a senior member of the faculty at the Indian Statistical Institute, a premier research institution in India. Before that, he worked as a research engineer at a Computer Aided Design (CAD) Center funded by the United Nations Development Program, where his work involved designing industrial CAD systems. Partha earned his Ph.D. in computer science from Jadavpur University in Calcutta, India, in 1992.