Inrix is Seattle area, venture-backed startup, delivering a predictive traffic ASP hosted digital content solution spun out of Microsoft Research Labs, founded by former Microsoft and Expedia executives. Raised $16 Million to date by Venrock Associates, August Capital and Bain Capital. (www.inrix.com)
Roles: VP of Sales, VP of Marketing, VP of Operations, Group Program Manager, Principal Scientist and Director of Sales (Fleet).
Cdigix is a Seattle based, venture backed startup providing secure content delivery service that avoids the congestion of the Internet by providing local on-campus delivery of media to a school's community. The company has relationships with 55+ universities including Yale, Duke, Michigan, the University of California, Rutgers and Purdue. (www.cdigix.com)
Roles: SVP of Sales, VP of Marketing, VP Ad Sales and SVP of Technical Operations (CTO)
MusicNet is a Seattle based, digital music company providing ASP hosted business and digital content solutions for key labels and industry partners such as Yahoo, AOL and Virgin Music. Funding recently by private equity firm Baker Capital. (www.musicnet.com)
Role: Chief Technology Officer (CTO), VP of Network Operations, Director of IT, Recruiting Mgr and HR Manager
DS-IQ, a three year old Bellevue-based company, has pioneered an analytics-based Web services suite that provides immediate measurement and optimization of consumer purchase response generated by in-store digital advertising networks. DS-IQ’s team has a proven track record of success with companies such as Microsoft, Amazon.com, ESPN.com, Avenue A / aQuantive and RealNetworks. Series A Funding by Frazier Technology Ventures and Mohr Davidow Ventures. ( www.ds-iq.com )
Roles: Several Executive and Sr. Science positions
Jott is a Seattle-based, venture-backed startup founded by former Microsoft and Expedia executives that is providing innovative mobile services to consumers that help simplify their busy lives by helping people remember and communicate actions. Their product uses existing cell phone and web technologies that addresses a market of over 500 million people worldwide. Series A funding by Bain Capital and angel investors include the Founder of Skype and Joost, seed stage backers of Hotmail and Overture and a top NW media operator. ( www.jott.com )
Role: VP of Marketing
Mpire is a Seattle-based, venture-backed startup developing a first-generation service to deliver an ASP hosted, only all-in-one solution for entrepreneurs and small companies to manage their eBay businesses easily and efficiently. Series A Funding by Ignition Partners. (
www.mpire.com)
Role: Chief Operations Office (COO) & VP of Marketing
Neah Power Systems is a Seattle area, venture backed startup using a patented, silicon-based design to provide long-lasting, micro fuel cells for portable electronic devices such as notebook PCs and other communication devices. Neah needed a CEO to bring operational efficiencies, fundraising, and team leadership to their existing team which consisted of their Founder/PhD Scientist and a team of researchers/engineers. Series A Funding by Frazier Technology Ventures. (
www.neahpower.com)
Roles: Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and VP of Marketing
CallVision (acquired in 2006 by VeriSign), is a Seattle area, venture backed startup focused on outsourced, ASP billing solutions and analytics for the Telecom industry. Company has picked up many new clients and needed a strong technology leader to help lead their organization and take to the next level. Venture funding from JP Morgan and Cedar Grove Investments. (
www.callvision.com)
Role: VP of Development & Operations and Director of Consulting Services
Cold Heat is a Seattle area, venture backed startup with patented and innovative material science that can be applied to variety of hardware products targeted at both consumer and industrial applications. We were engaged to find a CEO who could help take a very engineering/R&D driven company to market launch. The task was to help focus the business model, raise VC funding, and roll out the go-to-market strategy. Company product unit sales went from zero to 3 million units sold in the last 2 years. Early stage funding by Acorn Ventures and angel investors. (www.coldheat.com)
Role: Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
Zango is a venture-backed, Bellevue based online search marketing company. Listed by Inc. Magazine as #7 Fastest Growing Company and Washington CEO ranked as #1 Best Company to work for in Washington state in 2005. Company raised $40M by Spectrum Equity Investors of Menlo Park, CA. (
www.180solutions.com)
Roles: CFO, VP of Sales, VP of Public Relations, and VP of Marketing
thePlatform (www.theplatform.com) a well funded industry-leading provider of digital media publishing solutions, thePlatform was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Seattle. The company’s flagship product, thePlatform Media Publishing System™ (MPS), is a comprehensive solution for over 50 media, entertainment, and enterprise customers. With thePlatform MPS, companies can aggregate and manage their digital media once, and then publish anywhere. Customers include ABCNews, Comcast, Verizon, Scripps, Starz, and MSN.
Role: SVP of Sales & Marketing
GRINrx Aqueous Chemical Cleaning Technology cleans teeth in a unique way resulting in teeth that are not only whiter, but also sparkling clean, making it a step forward in anyone's oral care. At GRINrx, we know that looking your best is very important, but we also believe that caring for the health of your teeth and gums, while whitening, can really pay off. So even though it doesn't mean your mouth will remain in perfect health forever, using the latest GRINrx products can help keep your entire smile much more brilliant and healthy looking longer, and it can even make the entire process of whitening, both during and after, free of painful bleaching-related sensitivity. (www.grinrx.com)
Role: VP of Sales
SourceLabs is a Seattle based startup, founded by former BEA and Microsoft executives developing open-source solutions for Enterprise clients. Series B Funding by Ignition Partners (Brad Silverberg on Board) and Index Ventures and Madrona. (www.sourcelabs.com)
Role: VP of Marketing and VP of Sales (Financial vertical - New York)
Healthnotes is a Portland, OR, based premier provider of reliable, easy-to-use consumer wellness information for website and interactive touchscreen kiosks with 6500 US retail store locations. (www.healthnotes.com)
Roles: VP of Marketing and VP of Sales
Raven biotechnologies is a San Francisco, CA, based, venture backed startup founded by a Sr. Scientist from Genentech developing novel monoclonal antibody cures for cancer. We were retained on a couple nationwide searches to find their first outside business leaders who would work with various stakeholders, scientists on strategy, team leadership, efficiencies and clinical partners. Company has raised $114M in Funding to date through several investors including Bear Stearns Health, CMEA Ventures, US Venture Partners, Vulcan Capital, and GE Life Science Technology Finance Group. (
www.ravenbio.com)
Roles: Chief Operations Officer (COO) & Chief Financial Officer (CFO), and VP of Business Development
WellMed (acquired by WebMD) based in Portland, OR, provides an online health management tools and resources that help consumers take a more active role in maintaining and improving their health. Funding by Acadia Venture Partners and Prism Venture Partners. (www.wellmed.com)
Role: SVP of Sales & Marketing
Trafficgauge
is a Seattle, venture backed startup providing Consumers a top selling, hand-held device specifically catered to offer real-time traffic information to Seattle, Bay Area and LA drivers. Product had strong sales with retailers such as Nordstrom, Fry’s and CompUSA. Funding through angel investment community. (www.trafficgauge.com)
Role: Director of Marketing
Intava is a dynamic, profitable, 25 employee supplier of interactive retail systems and other technology solutions for the mobile and apparel industries. Intava currently builds, deploys, and manages custom touch screen installations for national retailers. Intava’s solutions create new revenue opportunities for their clients by offering unique in-store experiences for their customers. For more company and product information. (www.intava.com)
Roles: VP of Product Management, Sr. Director of Product Management, Sr. Sales Manager - East Coast (NY) and National Account Manager (Sprint - Kansas City)
Control4 Technologies is a Salt Lake City based, venture backed startup focused on providing home automation to take advantage of the trends and consumer demand for advanced home technology expected to grow to a $9B+ market by 2006. Series A $15M Funding by Frazier Technology Ventures and Thomas Weisel Partners. (
www.control4.com)
Role: Chief Marketing Officer
Pure Networks is a Seattle Based, venture backed startup providing Consumer home networking software which dramatically simplifies home networking, eliminating configuration and troubleshooting headaches, optimizing network performance and creating a platform for a wealth of new applications and services. Funding by Mayfield, Ignition Partners and Intel Digital Home Fund. (www.purenetworks.com)
Role: Director of Product Management
Yapta is a Seattle based, venture backed startup focused on helping Consumers secure the best airfare deals on the web for travel and serve as a single place to keep all of your trips online. Company is led by former VP of Marketing from Alaska Airlines and has attracted some top funding. ( www.yapta.com )
Role: Principal Scientist/CTO and Board of Advisor
Theranos is a Menlo Park, CA, based venture backed startup designing therapeutic drug monitoring equipment by integrating nano and bio technologies into real-time informatics systems for therapy and monitoring individual patients. Funding by Draper Fisher Jurvetson. (www.theranos.com)
Role: Chief Commercial Officer
Passage Events is a Seattle based, venture based startup is a national leader delivering scalable, high-touch event marketing that fuels their client's brand building and customer activation goals. Funding by Fluke Ventures. ( www.passageevents.com )
Role: VP of Field Operations
