Jeff Kim, Founder & CEO

Jeff  brings over 13 years of experience in a wide range of roles including sales, business development, marketing, product management, and strategy in various sectors including Wireless, Internet and IT. Most recently he held management roles at Sprint-Nextel in product and strategy to converge data applications into the mobile phone. Previously he worked in sales and product management at two venture-backed startups, Akamai Technologies and iConverse. Jeff started his career in technology and management consulting at Coopers & Lybrand and Andersen Consulting.
 

Jean Meslie, Founder & VP Development
Jean has 15 years of experience in Information Technology and Architecture. Recently, he worked at Sprint Nextel architecting mobile broadband applications and services. He designed, architected and developed carrier-grade device management, self service and e-commerce applications. Prior to Nextel, he worked at  a startup to create a "universal inbox" solution, integrating voice and data technologies. Jean has worked as a consultant for ATT & MCI enhancing their billing and order entry systems.
 

Advisory Board

Gar Richlin
Gar was previously President and Chief Operating Officer of Advertising.com which was purchased by AOL in August of 2004.  Before joining Advertising.com, Gar was COO and CFO of SITEL Corporation.  Gar joined SITEL from Alex. Brown & Sons, where he was head of investment banking from 1991 to 1998.  Prior to joining Alex. Brown, Gar was a partner of Piper & Marbury, the predecessor firm to DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary, where he worked primarily with emerging growth companies.

Jim Dale
Jim was previously President and CEO of W.B.Doner & Company, the largest independently-owned advertising agency in North America. In the time Jim was with the company, W.B.Doner grew from a regional agency with two offices, Detroit and Baltimore, to a global agency with offices throughout the U.S. and Europe, billing over $500,000,000, representing clients such as BP, Chiquita, Klondike Ice Cream, Arby’s Restaurants, Ford, Coca-Cola, and Fila.

Blair Kutrow

Blair is currently the SVP of Product Management at XM Satellite Radio.  She was previously VP of Product Management at Nextel Communications where she owned product management for all mobile data devices, applications, services and platforms including the famous Direct Connect offering.

Earl Galleher

Earl served as Executive Vice-President of Sales, Service, and Marketing at Akamai Technologies from 1999 to 2001.  Starting with no personnel and little revenue, the organization grew in two years to an international sales and marketing team of over 650 with $165 million in annualized revenue. Prior to joining Akamai, Earl was President of the Web Site Management Division of DIGEX, Inc. from 1996 to 1998.  Prior to joining DIGEX, Earl spent eleven years working in increasingly senior positions at American Mobile Satellite and Southwestern Bell Mobile.