Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) |
Position |
| John Durham |
Director, CEO & Managing Partner, Catalyst |
| Tabreez Verjee |
President |
| Greg Schroeder |
Chief Technology Officer |
| Lennox L Vernon |
Chief Accounting Officer |
| C. J. Bowden |
Vice President, Advertising Sales |
| David Fisch |
Vice President, Publisher Dev & Marketing Programs |
| Lori Macias |
Vice President, Branded Entertainment, Program Dev, General Manager & Marketing |
| Mike Goos |
Vice President, Products |
| Mike Parker |
Vice President, Strategic Solutions |
| David Lorie |
General Counsel & Director, IR |
| George Simpson |
|
| Mark S. Menell |
Director |
Board of Directors
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Agency Training Services |
CEO and Managing Partner for Catalyst Sf |
Current |
| Sales & Marketing |
President |
Current |
| Betawave Corporation |
Director, CEO & Managing Partner, Catalyst |
Current |
| University of San Francisco |
Professor of Marketing |
Current |
| ZVUE Corporation |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Upstream Group |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Betawave Corporation |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Virtual Corral |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Jumpstart Automotive Media, Inc. |
President, Sales & Marketing |
Former |
| Pericles Consulting |
President |
Former |
| Winstar Interactive Media |
President |
Former |
| Interep Interactive, Inc. |
Chief Operating Officer |
Former |
| Mapquest.Com, Inc. |
Sales Manager |
Former |
| KRON-TV |
Sales Manager |
Former |
| Jump Start Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Former |
Peter Guber is a thirty-year veteran of the entertainment industry. His positions previously held include: Former Studio Chief, Columbia Pictures; Founder of Casablanca Record and Filmworks; Founder, and Former Chairman/CEO, PolyGram Filmed Entertainment; Founder and Former Co-owner, Guber-Peters Entertainment Company; Former Chairman and CEO, Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE). Films directly produced and executive produced by Mr. Guber have received more than 50 Academy Award nominations, including four times for Best Picture. During Mr. Guber's tenure at SPE, the Motion Picture Group achieved, over four years, an industry-best domestic box office market share averaging 17%. During the same period, Sony Pictures led all competitors with a remarkable total of 120 Academy Award nominations, the highest four-year total ever for a single company. After leaving Sony in 1995, Mr. Guber formed Mandalay as a multimedia entertainment vehicle in motion pictures, television, sports entertainment and new media. Mr. Guber is a full professor at the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television and has been a member of the faculty for over 30 years. He also can be seen every Sunday morning on the American Movie Channel (AMC), as the co-host of the critically acclaimed show, Sunday Morning Shootout. Winstar Communications by Interep Interactive a unit of Interep, one of the nation's largest radio rep firms.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Betawave Corporation |
Director, Chairman and CEO, Mandalay Entertainment Group |
Current |
In February 2007, Tabreez was named president, overseeing the company's operations as well as strategic and corporate development. Prior to 2007 Tabreez was a member of the Board of Directors and an investor in the company. Tabreez brings an extensive track record of success to GoFish. His most recent work includes being a Founder and General Partner at Global Asset Capital, LLC, an investment firm with diversified interests in venture capital and private equity. In this capacity, he directed more than $500 million in committed assets across multiple venture capital funds and over 40 portfolio companies in the U.S. and Europe. Investors across the funds included leading financial institutions as well as strategic investors such as Cisco, Qualcomm, British Telecom, IBM, Proctor & Gamble and General Electric. Previously, Tabreez co-headed Sonique (IMDI) and successfully negotiated its sale for more than $70 million to Lycos. Sonique was one of the leading downloadable music applications and at its height in 1999 had more than four-million registered users and was the fifth most downloaded application on the Internet. Tabreez's first start-up at the ripe age of 21 was as Founder and Managing Director of Global Entertainment Capital, which raised $150 million in capital for media financings and completed the first ever stand alone investment grade securitization of music royalties for heavy metal band Iron Maiden for $30M. Tabreez started his career at Bain & Company, an international business strategy consulting firm. He received a bachelor of science in Engineering with honors from University of California at Berkeley. Tabreez is an early investor and member of the board of directors at Kiva.org, the world's first peer-to-peer microfinance platform, which has been heralded in the press for its innovation and has been featured on both the Oprah Winfrey Show and by Bill Clinton in his recent book on giving. He is also a charter member of TiE, The Indus Entrepreneurs, a global, non-profit network dedicated to the advancement of entrepreneurship. He loves travel, tennis, and other competitive sports, and although he rarely gets to do any of those things, he has been known to blind opponents with his stunning good looks and hot shoes.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Betawave Corporation |
President |
Current |
| Global Asset Capital, LLC |
Founder |
Current |
| Vpsa, Inc. |
General Partner |
Current |
| Betawave Corporation |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Global Asset Capital, LLC |
General Partner |
Former |
| University of California, Berkeley |
Bachelor of Science In Engineering With Honors |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Betawave Corporation |
Chief Technology Officer |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Betawave Corporation |
Chief Accounting Officer |
Current |
| PaymentOne Corp. |
Controller |
Former |
| Moderati |
Controller |
Former |
| San Jose State University |
Bachelor of Science |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Betawave Corporation |
Vice President, Advertising Sales |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Betawave Corporation |
Vice President, Publisher Dev & Marketing Programs |
Current |
| Law Review |
Board of Directors |
Former |
| University of California, Davis, School of Law King Hall |
J.D. |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Betawave Corporation |
Vice President, Branded Entertainment, Program Dev, General Manager & Marketing |
Current |
| Slingshot Media, LLC |
Vice President |
Former |
| Slingshot Media, LLC |
Co-Founder |
Former |
| University of California, Berkeley |
|
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Betawave Corporation |
Vice President, Products |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Betawave Corporation |
Vice President, Strategic Solutions |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Betawave Corporation |
General Counsel & Director, IR |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Betawave Corporation |
|
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Rustic Canyon |
Partner |
Current |
| Vail Enterprise Partners LLC |
|
Current |
| ePartners, Inc. |
Board Member |
Current |
| Betawave Corporation |
Director |
Current |
| Merchantcircle |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| GSI Commerce, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Visto Corporation |
Board Member |
Current |
| Playfirst, Inc. |
Board Member |
Current |
| Salomon Brothers |
Investment Banker |
Former |
| Morgan Stanley |
Co-head of Technology |
Former |
| AT&T Inc. |
|
Former |
| Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania |
MBA |
Former |
| University of Pennsylvania |
Bachelor's Degree |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Betawave Corporation |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Dartmouth College |
|
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Alpha Club |
Founder |
Current |
| The Panorama Capital, LLC |
Partner |
Current |
| Federated Media Corp. |
Observer |
Current |
| Betawave Corporation |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Securify, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Zilliant, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Axiom Corporation |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Trade Spend Management |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Worldgolftour |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Instill Corporation |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Exigen Inc. |
Vice President of Corporate Strategy and Development |
Former |
| Ask Jeeves |
Vice President of Strategic Corporate Development |
Former |
| Gunderson Dettmer |
Attorney |
Former |
| The Panorama Capital, LLC |
Principal |
Former |
| University of Michigan |
Jd |
Former |
| University of California, Berkeley |
Jd |
Former |
| University of Michigan |
MBA |
Former |
| University of California, Berkeley |
BA In Political Economy |
Former |
Mr. Valani previously served as Chairman of Viventures Partners SA, and President of IMDI/Sonique (NASDAQ: TRLY). Mr. Valani was a Managing Director of Global Entertainment Capital and was with Gruntal & Co. focused on private equity and asset securitizations. He was one of the two investment bankers that engineered the acclaimed "David Bowie Bonds" which was awarded Deal of the Year in 1997. Mr. Valani currently serves as a Director of Betawave, Ploom Inc., and is a Charter Member of TiE.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Vpsa, Inc. |
General Partner |
Current |
| Global Asset Capital, LLC |
General Partner |
Current |
| IGT |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Betawave Corporation |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Vpsa, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| The IndUS Entrepreneurs |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Wafergen |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Gruntal & Co. |
|
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Resilience Capital Partners LLC |
Managing Director |
Current |
| Asvc |
Managing Director |
Current |
| Svod |
Executive |
Current |
| MetaLINCS |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Socializr |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Lgc Wireless, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Asvc |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Betawave Corporation |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| AlterEgo Networks, Inc. |
CEO |
Former |
| Spero Corporation |
CEO |
Former |
| AlterEgo Networks, Inc. |
President |
Former |
| Impulse! Buy Network, Inc. |
Acting Cto |
Former |
| Impulse! Buy Network, Inc. |
Vice President of Products and Engineering |
Former |
| AlterEgo Networks, Inc. |
Co-Founder |
Former |
| Rembrandt Venture Partners |
Founder |
Former |
| Impulse! Buy Network, Inc. |
Co-Founder |
Former |
| Novell, Inc. |
Director of International Product Marketing and Management |
Former |
| Convergent Technologies Inc. |
Product Manager |
Former |
| Convergent Technologies Inc. |
Strategic Planning Analyst |
Former |
| Inktomi Corporation |
Head, i, Merchandising product organization |
Former |
| Alterego, Inc. |
|
Former |
| University of California, Berkeley |
Bachelor of Science Degree In Engineering |
Former |
Executive News
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