BNET Industries

Last Fiscal Year Sales:$56.0K
  • Private
  • US
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Quepasa Corporation (Quepasa or the Company), through its website Quepasa.com, is one of the fastest growing online social communities for young Hispanics. Quepasa.com provides users with access to an expansive, bilingual menu of resources that promote social interaction, information sharing, and other topics of importance to Hispanic users and is dedicated to empowering young Hispanics with the most entertaining online social community. Quepasa.com is available in Spanish and English and, more recently, in Portuguese to meet the needs of the large population of Brazil. We launched our Brazilian website in late March 2009. The Company focuses on expanding our community of members and is committed to providing a fun, easy-to-use website to enable Hispanics to share their interest, ideas and activities to help them embrace their heritage. Anyone can join the Quepasa community for free by signing up on our website www.Quepasa.com . Once signed up, a member can create a member profile page and personalize their page with a variety of background designs and musical selections that allow members to creatively express themselves. Members can easily upload photos, create slide shows and upload multimedia videos to their member pages. Whenever in this Report we refer to Hispanics, we also include the large Portuguese speaking population of Brazil unless otherwise clear from the context.

Chairman & CEO
Jonathan C Abbott
Number of Employees 74
Contact Information

7550 E Redfield Rd

Scottsdale, Arizona 85260

www.quepasa.com

(480) 348-2665

NAICS Code Other Computer Related Services: 541519

Recent Events

  • Quepasa.com Introduces Twitter Synchronization Tool for Its Online Social Network

    11/24/09 - Product Announcement - View Story

  • Quepasa Launches Developer Interface and Open Social Sandbox

    10/26/09 - Product Announcement - View Story

  • Quepasa introduces Distributed Social Media Revenue platform.

    10/23/09 - Product Announcement - View Story

  • Quepasa Launches New Dating Application

    10/15/09 - Product Announcement - View Story

  • Quepasa Launches New Dating Application

    10/15/09 - Product Announcement - View Story

  • Quepasa Introduces Virtual Gifting and Virtual Currency Strategy...

    9/22/09 - Product Announcement - View Story

News & Analysis

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Decision Makers

Name (plus bio) Position
Douglas A. Gray Cto
Michael D. Matte CFO & Executive Vice President
Michael Silberman Chief Financial Officer
Eric Rayman Senior Vice President, Sales & Marketing
Brian Lu Director

Board of Directors

Name (plus bio) Position
Jonathan C Abbott Chairman & CEO
Alonso Ancira Board of Directors
Ernesto Cruz Board of Directors
James Stephen Ferris Board of Directors
Jeff Valdez Board of Directors
Jill Syverson-Stork Board of Directors
Lionel Sosa Board of Directors
Malcolm Jozoff Board of Directors

Organization Position Status
Wgbh World President and CEO Current
Quepasa Corp Chairman & CEO Current
Morning Stories President and CEO Current
American Public Television Board Member Current
Project Healthy Children Board Member Current
Boston Children's Museum Board of Directors Current
Morning Stories Board of Directors Current
Artsboston Board of Directors Current
Boston Children's Museum Trustee Current
Stanford University MBA Former
Stanford University A.B. In History Former

Organization Position Status
Quepasa Corp Cto Current

Organization Position Status
Quepasa Corp CFO & Executive Vice President Current
CyberGuard Corporation CFO Current
IRIS International, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Amerijet International Inc. Chief Financial Officer Former
PricewaterhouseCoopers audit manager Former
Quepasa Corp Board of Directors Former
Florida State University BS In Accounting Former

Organization Position Status
Quepasa Corp Chief Financial Officer Current
Quepasa Corp Co-Founder Current
Quepasa Corp Director Current
Leonis Adobe Museum Board of Directors Current
The Anderson School MBA Former
University of California, Los Angeles B.A. In Economics Former

Organization Position Status
Quepasa Corp Senior Vice President, Sales & Marketing Current

Since April 2004 Mr. Alonso Ancira has served as Chairman of the Board of Altos Hornos de Mexico (AHMSA) and Subsidiaries, one of Mexico's most prestigious industrial Mexican consortiums. From 1991 to 2004, Mr. Ancira was Executive Vice-Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of AHMSA and Subsidiaries. He is currently president of Mexico's Chamber of Iron and Steel, a position he had from 1993 to 1995, and again from 2003 to 2004. Recently Mr. Ancira was elected for a new term, from 2006 to 2007. He also is a member of Who's Who Among International Business Professionals. Mr. Ancira is a board member of the International Iron and Steel Institute (IISI), and the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) and a member of the Latin American Steel and Iron Institute. As a key supporter of the environmental initiative in Mexico, Mr. Ancira served as President of CESPEDES, a prestigious organization comprised of members from the private sector deeply involved in sustainable development. Among many honors and because of his leadership in the Mexican industry, Mr. Ancira was recognized as Business Man of the Year in 1996 by the Association of Industrialists and received the International Entrepreneur Award in 1992 by the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce in San Antonio, Texas. He is also quite active in the academia field and serves as a board member of several universities being honored with a PHD Honoris Causa in mining from the University of Guanajuato. In addition to receiving his law degree from the University of Anahuac in Mexico City in 1975, Mr. Ancira has completed and facilitated many professional seminars, including the Academy of International Commerce Arbitration. Born in Mexico City, Mr. Ancira and his wife, Susana, have a daughter Sofia.

Organization Position Status
Who's Who Board of Directors Current
Quepasa Corp Board of Directors Current

Organization Position Status
Quepasa Corp Director Current

Organization Position Status
Quepasa Corp Board of Directors Current

Organization Position Status
Quepasa Corp Board of Directors Current
Morris International, Inc. Marketing Manager Former
Hasbro Interactive Product Manager Former
Boston College Bachelor of Arts In History Former

Organization Position Status
Nalip Founder and Co-Chairman of Si TV Current
Sitv, Inc. Founder Current
Sitv, Inc. Co-Chairman Current
Maya Entertainment Co-Chairman Current
Nalip Board of Directors Current
Sitv, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Museum of The Moving Image Board of Directors Current
Quepasa Corp Board of Directors Current
Sandboxentertainment Founder Former
Sitv, Inc. Writer, Producer Former

Organization Position Status
Quepasa Corp Board of Directors Current
The Cultural Center Director Current
Reflejos Former
Harvard University PhD In Romance Languages Former
Harvard University Masters Former
Smith College BA In Hispanic Studies Former

Lionel Sosa is an independent marketing consultant with LKSosa Consultation and Design. He founded Sosa, Bromley, Aguilar & Associates, now Bromley Communications, the largest Hispanic advertising agency in the U.S. with billings of $200 million. Lionel is currently a media consultant for President George W. Bush in the 2004 campaign and has been Hispanic Media Consultant in six Republican presidential campaigns beginning in 1980. From 1991 to 1995, he was Chairman of DMB&B/Americas, a network of 23 advertising agencies in the U.S. and Latin America with billings of $500 million representing multi-national clients such as Coca-Cola, Burger King, Anheuser Busch, American Airlines, 23 Procter & Gamble brands, Western Union and Sprint. Lionel was named to the Texas Business Hall of Fame and was selected as one of the 25 Most Influential Texans by Texas Monthly magazine. He received the Role Model Award for Diversity from the American Advertising Federation of New York. He is the author of The Americano Dream: How Latinos Can Achieve Success in Business and Life, published in 1998 by Dutton. Currently, Sosa is a member of the Board of Regents of The Texas A&M University System and is a member of the Board of Directors of ACT (the college testing people) and the Hispanic Scholarship Fund.

Organization Position Status
The Regents Board of Directors Current
Quepasa Corp Board of Directors Current
Masters Leadership Program - San Antonio Board of Directors Current
DMB&B Chairman Former

Organization Position Status
Quepasa Corp Board of Directors Current
Armour Star Chief Executive Officer Former
Lenox, Incorporated Chief Executive Officer Former
Armour Star President Former
Armour Star Chairman of the Board of Directors Former
Chemtrack, LLC Director Former
Columbia University B.A. Former
Columbia University Degree Former

Executive News

  • Quepasa Corporation Informs Nasdaq of Its Intention to Voluntarily Delist From Nasdaq...

    Reuters - 6/04/09 - View Story

  • Quepasa Corporation Informs Nasdaq of Its Intention to Voluntarily Delist From Nasdaq in Order...

    Forbes.com - 6/03/09 - View Story

  • Quepasa Corporation Informs Nasdaq of Its Intention to Voluntarily Delist From Nasdaq in Order to Focus on Growth Initiatives

    PR Newswire - 6/03/09 - View Story