# Carson Conant

> Carson Conant founded Mediafly in 2006 and led its evolution from digital-content aggregation into enterprise sales and revenue enablement, serving as CEO and later co-CEO. He is now a co-founder, chief strategist and AI solution architect at Clever Solutions, and an adviser and board member at Nightingale-Conant, the audio publisher co-founded by his grandfather Lloyd Conant.

- **Role:** Co-founder, Chief Strategist and AI Solution Architect at Clever Solutions
- **Organizations:** Clever Solutions, Mediafly, Nightingale-Conant, AdvantEdge Magazine
- **Education:** Lafayette College
- **Known for:** Founded Mediafly and led its transition into enterprise sales and revenue enablement., Led Mediafly through acquisitions including Alinean, iPresent, Presentify, InsightSquared, Aptology and ExecVision., Mediafly announced an $80 million investment in August 2023 during his co-CEO tenure.

## Career timeline

- **2004** — Launched AdvantEdge Magazine.
- **2006** — Founded Mediafly to simplify consumption of digital content.
- **2010** — Mediafly and Roku worked with RE/MAX on business-video distribution.
- **2018** — Mediafly acquired Alinean, adding value-selling capabilities.
- **2019** — Mediafly acquired iPresent, supporting smaller initial deployments.
- **2020** — Mediafly acquired visual-communication provider Presentify.
- **2021** — Mediafly announced $25 million growth financing in January and acquired InsightSquared during the year.
- **2022** — Mediafly acquired Aptology and ExecVision.
- **2023-04** — Mary Shea joined Conant as co-CEO.
- **2023-08** — Mediafly announced $80 million investment led by BIP Ventures.
- **2024-04** — William Walsh became CEO; Mediafly announced Conant would move to executive chairman and chief strategy officer.

## Achievements

- Founded Mediafly and led its transition into enterprise sales and revenue enablement.
- Led Mediafly through acquisitions including Alinean, iPresent, Presentify, InsightSquared, Aptology and ExecVision.
- Mediafly announced an $80 million investment in August 2023 during his co-CEO tenure.
- During his leadership, Mediafly received Inc. 5000 and 2018 Best Workplaces recognition.
- Credited with Tom Pisello on the Evolved Selling audio program.
- Named as inventor Carson Victor Conant on Methods and apparatus for sending content to a media player, including US20160171559A1.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — Research snapshot: Clever Solutions lists Conant on its founding team as chief strategist and AI solution architect; Nightingale-Conant identifies him as an adviser and board member. These current listings do not establish an appointment date.
- **2024-04** — Mediafly announced William Walsh as CEO and Conant’s transition to executive chairman and chief strategy officer.

## Links

- Website: https://www.clvrsolutions.ai/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carsonconant/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/CarsonConant

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Last updated: 2026-10-27