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Marty is a technology and business executive with executive experience in Fortune 500 and internet startup companies. He was formerly the COO of Quigo, an advertising technology startup sold to AOL, where he was responsible for product strategy, product management, technology and client services.
Prior to Quigo, Marty spent nearly 6 years at eBay, most recently as the SVP of Technology/CTO during which time he was also a member of eBay’s executive staff.
Prior to eBay, Marty held domestic and international engineering, management and executive and management positions at Gateway and Motorola. Marty also spent a total of 12 years on active and reserve duty as an officer in the US Army.
Marty has an MS in Computer Engineering from the University of Florida, a BS in Computer Science from the United States Military Academy (West Point) and is a graduate of the Harvard Business School’s Executive Education Program (Program for Management Development). He is a member of the University of Florida’s Technology Commercialization Board, serves on the Boards of Directors for Onforce and LodgeNet Interactive (NASD: LNET) and is on the advisory boards at Rearden Commerce, Goldmail and LiveOps.
Tom is a veteran IT and technology executive with both Fortune 500 executive and startup executive experience. Tom's experience includes 6 years at eBay where he was VP of Infrastructure, VP of Operations and VP of Architecture. Tom oversaw all of eBay's technical operations globally, including those of it's wholly owned subsidiaries such as PayPal. Tom helped grow the technical infrastructure to achieve world class availibility and scalability ultimately serving billions of requests per day and was a member of eBay's Extended Executive Staff.
Prior to eBay, Tom held executive management position in Operation and Architecture at Gateway and Gateway Country stores. Prior to Gateway, Tom held executive management positions in Whirlpools Global operations organization. He managed infrastructure and operations organizations on three continents.
Tom attended Ferris State and serves on the technical advisory boards of Salesforce.com, Rearden Commerce, LiveOps, Goldmail, Tiversa and Bix.com.
Michael is a veteran software and technology executive with experience in both Fortune 500 and startup companies. Michael’s experience includes two years as the Chief Technology Officer of Quigo, a startup internet advertising company that was acquired by AOL in 2007. He also served as Quigo’s President for a transition period post acquisition.
Prior to Quigo, Michael served as Vice President, Engineering & Architecture for PayPal, Inc. an eBay company, where he was responsible for the development organization of over 200 engineers. Prior to joining PayPal, Michael spent seven years at General Electric helping to develop the company's technology strategy and processes.
Michael served as a Captain and pilot in the US Army from 1990-1996. His education includes a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from the United States Military Academy, a Master of Business Administration from Case-Western University’s Weather School of Management executive program, a Master of Science in Management Information Systems from Hawaii-Pacific University, and a Doctorate of Philosophy in Management Information Systems from Warren National University. Michael is a certified Six-Sigma Master Black Belt and serves as a technical advisor for FameBall.
Kevin Fortuna is a media and start-up veteran with deal-making and C-level management experience at both Fortune 500 and smaller companies. He was most recently President and CEO of Quigo, an advertising technology company which was acquired by Time Warner's AOL division in 2007.
Prior to joining Quigo in 2005, he was the founder and Managing Partner of Dedalus Capital, a boutique M&A consultancy and venture firm. Prior to Dedalus, Kevin was a key operating and business development executive at two IPO-track internet companies: Juno Online Services and NBC Internet (formerly CNET/Snap.com). Kevin has built and managed market-leading business development, electronic commerce, product development, engineering, logistics and customer service organizations and helped to create billions of dollars in equity value. Kevin has also been a highly successful angel investor and advisor to a variety of start-up companies.
Kevin graduated summa cum laude from Georgetown University and is a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He currently serves on the advisory boards of Achieve, Hopstop, Outbrain, and FameBall.