BJ Emerson

Buzzadelic founder and CEO BJ Emerson is an award winning technology and digital marketing innovator. He is an author with a long and consistent track record of innovation and leadership within the organizations he serves. His passion for being an ambassador and empowering others with technology can be seen through the innovative solutions and campaigns he manages.

Considered a social loyalty pioneer, in 2010 he led the deployment of the first ever loyalty platform to feature an integration with Facebook, Twitter and Foursquare which was recognized with a variety of industry awards. BJ provided the foreword to Location Based Marketing for Dummies and is the co-author of The Tasti D-Lite Way; Social Media Marketing Lessons for Building Loyalty and a Brand Customers Crave published by McGraw-Hill in 2012.

He has appeared on CNBC, has been quoted in The New York Times, Reuters, Inc magazine, Entrepreneur, and AdAge as well as numerous other publications including the cover Hospitality Technology magazine. His projects have been featured as case studies in 7 different books.

BJ is also a producer, writer, and director of films. His passion for storytelling comes through all of the projects he leads at Buzzadelic.

He is a veteran of the first gulf war and his personal story is captured in his 2nd book, The Hearts of the Fathers, which tells an incredible true story of restoration and hope that has inspired thousands.