Adam Blake
Senior Vice President of ThriveHive

Adam Blake, is Senior Vice President of ThriveHive, and General Manager of its marketing automation platform, the first guided marketing platform for small businesses. Adam also currently serves as a Professional Advisor at the MIT Entrepreneurship Center where he advises early stage startups on marketing, sales, financing, technology, and general business issues. Prior to joining ThriveHive, Adam founded a consumer electronics business, Pear Cable, which he bootstrapped into a profitable company selling products around the world.

Before Pear Cable, Adam served as the Director of Fuel Cell Technology Development at CellTech Power, a developer of novel fuel cells. Adam holds three patents (with one pending), received a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Tufts University and an MBA from MIT Sloan School of Management with a Certificate in Entrepreneurship and Innovation.

Candice Antosca
Director of Product Management, Social Media at ThriveHive

Candice Antosca is the Director of Product Management, Social Media at ThriveHive. In 2015 Candice developed and launched Facebook Advertising as a service, which quickly became the fastest growing product in the history of ThriveHive, and subsequently growing Social Media into a top earning product line. In addition to Product Management, Candice also oversees a large Operations group focused on fulfilling Social Media Management and Social Advertising solutions for SMB's.

Prior to ThriveHive, Candice acted as an Advertising Operations Manager at Burst Media, managing digital advertising solutions across desktop, mobile, rich media, video and Display. Candice has enjoyed over 10 years in Digital Marketing, getting her start as the Marketing Coordinator for a Staffing firm on the North Shore of Boston.