About ValidityOne AI platform. Three decades of trust. Every layer of email.
Validity created the AI platform behind the world's most successful email programs.
We turn decades of proprietary email intelligence into AI that knows what to send, when to send it, and who's ready to receive it—so every send is smarter than the last.
Join UsWho we are
Validity has operated at the center of the email ecosystem for nearly 30 years—shaping how it works, setting the standards others follow, and earning the trust of the world's biggest brands and mailbox providers along the way.
That trust is built on something unique: the world's largest email data network, comprised of proprietary signals from ISPs, exclusive mailbox provider partnerships, and more than 2.5 billion behavioral data points processed daily.
That data-driven foundation gives our AI a depth of context no competitor can replicate—and it's what powers Validity Engage, the AI email platform that enables enterprise teams to send smarter, more successful campaigns.
Our journey
Since the late 1990s, Validity has shaped email. Now we're leading where it goes next.
We helped define deliverability. We set data quality standards. We built sender trust infrastructure before most companies knew they needed it.
We've enjoyed trusted relationships with thousands of the world's leading brands, and for decades have helped these brands grow faster through better digital marketing engagement.
Over the years, we brought category-defining companies like Return Path, Litmus, BriteVerify, and DemandTools together under one roof—and built the AI infrastructure to make them work together as one intelligent, unified, agentic system.
The result is AI that actually knows how email works—because we helped build it.
What we stand for
We're building AI for email the right way—or we're not building it at all.
Our massive data network, unique industry position, and strategic trusted partnerships give Validity more visibility of the email ecosystem than anyone else on the planet. We take that responsibility seriously. We publish what we know, shape email standards proactively, and use our technology to make the ecosystem more transparent, accountable, and trusted.
Our ethical commitmentOur TeamLeadership
Mark Briggs
Chairman & CEO
Mike Piispanen
President & Chief Operating Officer
Tim Adams
Chief Financial Officer
Frank Capecci
Chief People Officer
Matt Gore
Chief Technology Officer
Chris Newhall
Chief Accounting Officer
Jim Tobolski
SVP - Global Account Management
Barbara Cooke
SVP – Customer Success
Karen Friedrich
SVP - Global Sales and Channels
Cynthia Price
SVP - Marketing
Jennifer Gibson
SVP - Product Management, Email
Chris Hyde
SVP – Strategy and Operations
Tony Slavinsky
SVP - IT
Thomas Bartel
SVP - Data
Board of Directors
Mark Briggs
Chairman & CEO
Jim Quagliaroli
Silversmith Capital Partners
Mike Volpe
Silversmith Capital Partners
Mark E. Hastings
Providence Strategic Growth
Tom Reardon
Providence Strategic Growth
Lidiane Jones
Silversmith Capital Partners
