History

eCoast was founded in 2000 out of Portsmouth, New Hampshire by former CEO Bill Gibney. Gibney’s prior experience as Vice President of Inside Sales at Cabletron Systems enabled him to identify a definite need for quality telemarketing vendors in the technology industry. eCoast was born as a result of the industry’s pain to find a quality demand generation vendor that focused specifically on the networking industry. The name "eCoast" is not merely an abbreviation for “East Coast”, but was a term used by the local Portsmouth Chamber of Commerce during the dot.com era in an attempt to brand the New Hampshire Seacoast region as the East Coast’s version of "Silicon Valley."  

Looking Into the Future
In the fall of 2009, eCoast was acquired by Slate Capital Group, a private equity firm based in Baltimore, Maryland, and New Markets Venture Partners, a venture capital firm based in College Park, Maryland. Both entities were impressed with the company’s growth and positioning within the industry, and were eager to improve upon a decade of success. eCoast is now managed by co-CEO’s Chris Montgomery and Allen Tait, both with extensive and successful experience managing growing companies. In the months following the acquisition, eCoast has continued to grow its client base, and is keeping pace with industry trends by introducing new marketing and sales programs into its expanding repertoire.