Advisory Board

Bert Roberts, Strategic Advisor:
Bert is a 30-year veteran of the telecommunications industry, and played a key role in transforming MCI Communications Corporation from a start-up long distance company to a $20 billion leader in global communications. Bert previously served as the CEO and Chairman of MCI and as a board member of News Corporation.

Esther Dyson, Innovation Advisor:
Esther is considered an expert globally on emerging digital technology, she serves on the boards of global media companies such as WPP and Yandex. Esther sold EDventure Holdings to CNET Networks in 2004, and is a member of the board for The Long Now Foundation, trustee for the Santa Fe Institute, the Advisory Board of the Stockholm Challenge Award and is a part-owner of the First Monday journal.

Rick Roth, Marketing and Communications Advisor:
Rick is a veteran of the advertising industry and of Ogilvy & Mather. A long standing member of Ogilvy's Worldwide Board, Rick has led many global client engagements over the years and had overseen the company's West Coast US operation. Most recently, as Global CEO of OgilvyAction, Rick created and built what became the global brand activation and shopper marketing network of the Ogilvy Group. Today, he sits on several company boards in the digital and marketing services space.

Greg Coleman, Advertiser Solutions:
Greg is the President of AOL Platform A. Previously Greg has completed his seven-year career at Yahoo! where he served as Executive VP of Global Sales. He was responsible for all advertising revenues worldwide, which grew from $600MM to more than $6B during his tenure. Prior to joining Yahoo!, Coleman served as President of Reader’s Digest magazine publishing.

Craig Vachon, Corporate Development Advisor:
Craig formerly served as the COO of Nextel International, CEO of Sirenic Inc., and the CEO of Varatouch acquired by Atrua.

Greg Jorgensen, Technology Brand Strategist Advisor:
Greg is the Senior Vice President, Marketing at VeriSign. A global marketing executive with more than 25 years experience toward building, revitalizing and managing a wide variety of international and domestic brands, Greg has applied his extensive knowledge of strategic marketing, direct response, sales enablement, customer analytics and integrated promotions for global companies such as Macrovision, McAfee, Oracle, Cisco and IBM. Previously, Greg was Principal of The Jorgensen Brand Group whose primary focus was to provide progressive technology companies with a Chief Marketing Officer and Brand Strategist in Residence.

Gary Oliver, Operations Advisor:
Gary is currently the CEO of Blazent, which he joined from Peregrine Systems, where he was Vice President and General Manager of the Infrastructure Management Business Unit, responsible for Peregrine's application solutions.

Alan Weiner, Financial Advisor:
Alan is a founding partner and the CEO of Secure Trading Group, a financial services company.