In 2010, successfully exited IT & services company Wimmer Solutions after an 8-year growth effort that saw annual revenues go from $0 to $22 million. At Wimmer, oversaw the recruitment of well over 500 business and IT professionals. Wimmer was recognized as a Puget Sound Business Journal Fastest Growing Company 4 consecutive years. Prior to Wimmer, served as a Forensic Accountant with Mueller & Partin, and an Investment Specialist with Schwab.

Sixteen years experience in Internet technologies and architectures. Most recently served as Director of Software Engineering at United Online, (Classmates.com, 50M users). He has deep experience in social media and games, large scale ad serving systems, financial systems (including credit-card and payment processing) SEO strategy and leading dev teams that delivered customer-facing features and functionality. ISP pioneer and start-up veteran.

In 2006, founded EB Media, a family of web properties focused on celebrity, fashion and women’s interests. Sold the company in 2010, with over 13 million unique readers monthly. Most recent experience is as a digital strategist building online communities in the entertainment and celebrity world, and working with clients such as Duran Duran, Incubus and Linkin Park. MBA from UCLA and a B.S. in computer science from Arizona State University.

In 1997, founded Activate.net, a pioneer in Content Delivery Networks and recognized as having built the industry’s first ASP (SaaS) built specifically for streaming media. Activate.net was sold in December 1999 to CMGI (NASDAQ: CMGI) for $65MM. In 2001, he helped manage another sale of the enterprise to LoudEye (NASDAQ:NOK). In 2002, he founded BuildersCapital an innovator in the builder-finance arena. He exited BuildersCapital in 2011.