Our Mission

At Funeral Innovations, we are dedicated to leveraging web technologies to help funeral directors succeed.

Founded by two of the most innovative young minds within IBM, "innovation" is not just in our name, but it's in our company's DNA. Our approach is to aggressively move the industry forward in new ways using technology. As such, we partner with progressive funeral directors who are looking for new ways of doing business and succeeding on the web.

All of our solutions are fully integrated, web-based and focused on increasing a funeral home's revenue and improving the experience of the families they serve.

Our Founding Team

Greg Young, Co-Founder

Greg Young brings broad software experience to the death care industry. As a co-founder of Funeral Innovations, Greg enjoys collaborating with funeral directors and death care professionals to deliver unmatched software solutions. Before Funeral Innovations, Greg was a software engineer at IBM, where he received over 10 patents pending, while also gaining experience with technical sales consultant at IBM. Prior, Greg majored in Computer Engineering at Iowa State University.

Greg takes great pride in his involvement in the community. He is active in the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Iowa where he volunteers as a wish granter. In addition, Greg volunteers at local hospitals to work with faculty and staff to enhance the patient experience.

Zachary Garbow, Co-founder

Zachary Garbow is one of the foremost innovators in the industry, bringing his extensive Silicon Valley experience into the death care industry by co-founding Funeral Innovations. Before starting Funeral Innovations, Zachary was a software engineer within IBM Research, where he gained over 100 patents pending and earned the title of Master Inventor, becoming the youngest Master Inventor in the history of IBM. Prior, Zachary was recognized for his research at the Minnesota Supercomputing Institute developing earthquake modeling software. Zachary received a B.S. in Computer Science with a minor in Mathematics at the University of Minnesota.

Zachary is actively involved in helping his community. He is the technical director for a volunteer organization that teaches web technologies to high school students. Under his tutelage, the local chapter's students have won their National Programming Competition a record 4 straight years.