Adam Young

About

Adam Young is the Founder and CEO of Ringba, a performance call-tracking and analytics platform that processes hundreds of millions of inbound marketing and sales calls annually, driving billions in transaction value. Based in Miami, Young has built a career at the intersection of software engineering, performance marketing operations, and venture-scale technology leadership. He is recognized for building technology infrastructure that serves thousands of performance marketers, affiliate networks, and agencies globally.

Young's career trajectory reflects dual expertise: deep technical capabilities from his early engineering work, combined with practical performance marketing operations knowledge. This blend has enabled him to build Ringba into a mission-critical platform for the performance marketing industry.

Flagship Company: Ringba

Founder and CEO, Sep 2015–Present (Dover, DE / Remote)

Ringba is a private, self-funded software company with over 100 team members. The platform handles hundreds of millions of inbound sales and marketing calls annually, with the underlying transaction value exceeding billions per year. Ringba serves performance marketers, affiliate networks, lead generation companies, and e-commerce businesses that rely on phone calls as a primary conversion channel.

The platform provides call-tracking, call routing, call analytics, and call optimization capabilities that enable customers to measure and maximize the ROI of their call-based marketing campaigns. Ringba operates in the contact-center and performance analytics space, intersecting enterprise communications infrastructure with high-volume marketing operations.

Technical Foundation & Early Career

Young's technical capabilities were established early: he studied Computer Software Engineering at the University of Michigan (graduating in 1999), where he taught C and C++ at the CAEN (Computer-Aided Engineering Network) facility. During his University of Michigan tenure, he lived in Bursley Hall and had access to Cray supercomputers as part of the university's high-performance computing program. This foundational experience in systems-level programming and computational infrastructure shaped his approach to building scalable software platforms.

Professional Expertise

Adam's competencies span software engineering, business operations, and performance marketing technology:

• Software architecture and scalable platform design
• Call-tracking and call-analytics technology
• Performance marketing operations and optimization
• SaaS product management and enterprise go-to-market
• High-volume transaction processing and reliability
• Team building and organizational scaling
• Contact-center technology integration

Education

• University of Michigan — Bachelor of Science in Computer Software Engineering (1999)
  • Instructor, CAEN (Computer-Aided Engineering Network) — Taught C and C++
  • Resident, Bursley Hall
  • Access to Cray supercomputers as part of university research infrastructure

Professional Profiles & Links

• Instagram
• Personal Website
• Crunchbase
• Udemy
• AffiliateTakeover
• Wiki

FAQ

Who is Adam Young?

Adam Young is a performance marketing entrepreneur and the founder and CEO of Ringba, based in Miami. He has spent his career building platforms and strategies focused on performance-based marketing and call-tracking analytics.

What is Ringba?

Ringba is a performance call-tracking and analytics platform that helps businesses measure and optimize their marketing performance through call-based transactions. It's widely used by performance marketers, affiliate networks, and agencies to track and analyze phone call conversions.

What is Adam Young known for?

Young is known for founding and building Ringba into a leading platform in the call-tracking and performance analytics space. He has established himself as a figure in performance marketing technology and entrepreneurship.

What does Adam Young's background include?

Young's background includes hands-on experience in performance and affiliate marketing before founding Ringba. He built Ringba as a solution to performance tracking challenges he and others in the industry faced.