Management and Board

Zaw Thet, CEO and co-founder
Rob DeMillo, Chief Technology Officer
Markus A. Nordvik, Vice President of Engineering
Richard Qiu, Executive Vice President, Business Development and Carrier Relations
Julie Shumaker, Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing
Dennis Yang, Senior Vice President of Operations
Tim Connors, Board Member
Dan Ehrman, Board Member
Tom Byrne, Board Member
Ellen Siminoff, Board Member

Zaw Thet

Zaw Thet, CEO and co-founder of 4INFO, is a veteran of the technology/wireless industries, setting the bar for how companies reach and engage consumers on their mobile devices. 4INFO was founded in 2004, and under Zaw's leadership, has become the largest independent mobile media company in the US: managing mobile media, marketing, and advertising for thousands of top tier publishers and advertisers and tens of millions of users every month.

In addition, Zaw is an angel investor, board member, and advisory board member for a select group of private technology companies in the mobile, social networking, and media/advertising sectors. Zaw is frequently quoted in the national press on telecommunications and media issues in outlets such as The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times. He is a featured speaker at technology, mobile and digital advertising conferences, recently appearing at TechCrunch Disrupt, South by Southwest, CTIA, IAB, ad:tech, iMedia, and the 4A's. Business Week named Thet as one of the "New M-Commerce Barons" in 2006.

Zaw is also committed to non-profits, serving on the national board of After School All Stars (ASAS), founded by Governor Schwarzenegger and now the largest non-profit of its kind, serving over 85,000 underprivileged 6-8th graders in schools across the US. Thet's passion for the non-profit sector led him to found Palindrome Advisors, a company dedicated to helping NGOs and non-profit organizations leverage the power of mobile and social media to build communities, to raise awareness, and to increase funding. Zaw is Chairman of Palindrome, whose clients includes ASAS (donate $10 by texting ASAS to 20222), NOAA's National Marine Sanctuary Foundation (text SEA to 20222), Bay Area Outreach and Reaction (BORP), and UNESCO's Global Heritage Fund.

Prior to founding 4INFO, Thet was part of the early social networking industry at Spoke Software and was a special consultant to the San Francisco 49ers. While at Stanford, Thet's entrepreneurial spirit drove him to take a leave of absence after freshman year and start his first company, GetInventory, a web-based supply chain management company. Thet graduated from Stanford University with degrees in Political and Computer Science, where he was a President's Scholar. He has an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business, where he was a Soros Fellow.

Rob DeMillo

As CTO for 4INFO, Rob oversees the strategic direction of company technology, research and development, and product development. Prior to joining 4INFO, Rob DeMillo was the Chief Technology Officer and co-founder of Transpera, Inc., where he was responsible for the technology and operational aspects of the company and served as the technical liaison to mobile operators, video content providers and ad agencies globally. Prior to Transpera, DeMillo was the Chief Technical Officer for Third Screen Media, where he drove the research, specification, development and technical operations of the company's MADX platform. DeMillo also served as Vice President of Mobile Technology at VeriSign, following the acquisition by VeriSign of m-Qube where DeMillo was Senior Vice President of Engineering.

Rob also currently serves as Chief Technology Advisor to Revision3, representing the company to internet video partners, ad agencies, and setting the pace/direction of the Revision3 technology. Rob holds an MS in Computer Science from the University of Wisconsin at Madison.

Markus A. Nordvik

Markus A. Nordvik is the vice president of engineering at 4INFO. In this role he is responsible for the development of 4INFO's mobile and web applications, and the operation of 4INFO's services. Markus joined as a founding engineer and has been instrumental in helping 4INFO's platform grow. Prior to 4INFO, Markus managed an engineering team at Quinstreet, an online advertising firm. Markus received his Bachelor of Science in Symbolic Systems from Stanford University. Markus' hobbies include skiing, auto racing, hiking and surfing.

Richard Qiu

Richard is responsible for partnerships, strategic alliances, and shaping the direction of mobile publishing and advertising. An expert in the wireless business sector, Richard has held a number of senior management positions with emerging wireless companies. Prior to 4INFO, Richard was vice president of worldwide carrier business development at SMS.ac, a mobile data and billing company that runs the world's largest mobile community. While there, he was responsible for developing commercial relationships with major wireless operators worldwide. Richard was also AVP of business and client development for BeVocal, a market leader of voice platform and speech solutions for carriers and large enterprises, where he was responsible for key customer and strategic partnerships with telecommunications carriers, cable operators and media businesses. Richard has also spearheaded business development and sales at Yodlee, an internet e-finance software company. Prior to Yodlee, Richard was a management consultant with McKinsey & Company, where he advised the senior management of Fortune 500 companies.

He holds a MBA from the University Of Chicago Graduate School Of Business, and a PhD from the Vanderbilt University School of Engineering.

Julie Shumaker

Named by Digital Media Wire as a top "25 Executive to Watch in Digital Entertainment," Shumaker has spent her career building businesses in lifestyle media with best of breed interactive technology, community and commerce. As senior vice president at 4INFO, she is responsible for advertising sales, corporate marketing and public relations, market research, as well as advertising program development and expansion. Before joining 4INFO, Shumaker provided digital revenue consulting for a variety of emerging media businesses. She also served as general manager of 1UP.com, a Hearst Interactive Property and SVP of Sales, and General Manager with Double Fusion, Inc. where she managed publisher partnerships and global revenues. Before Double Fusion she led the advertising sales organization for Electronic Arts (EA) and was director of sponsorship sales for Quokka Sports and its joint venture with NBC. She was recognized in Advertising Age's 2005 "Women to Watch" report. She holds a bachelor's degree from Southern Illinois University.

Dennis Yang

In his role as Senior Vice President of Operations at 4INFO, Dennis oversees all revenue, finance and customer (advertiser and publisher) operations, as well as planning, implementing and managing strategic initiatives and corporate partnerships. Dennis brings over 15 years of mobile and software solution experience in both consumer and enterprise markets. Dennis previously led Product Management for TalkPlus, a consumer mobile voice application provider. He also captained the Corporate Data Access business at Motorola's Good Technology Group and spent time as a Product Manager in Siebel's Marketing Automation Solutions team. Earlier in his career, he worked as a venture capitalist and spent time as a management consultant with PWC. Dennis holds an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and a BS from Northwestern University.

Tim Connors

Tim Connors joined USVP in June 2001. He focuses on early stage investments in the IT sector. Prior to USVP, Tim was a Partner at Sequoia Capital. Tim's operating experience spans seven years in engineering, marketing, manufacturing and sales roles at successful high-growth start-ups like C-Cube Microsystems and large companies like Tandem Computers. Tim is currently a Director of 4INFO.com, Adify.com, Guidewire Software, M-Factor.com, Right90.com, and Yoomba.com. Tim conceived of and co-founded Spoke.com. Previously, Tim was a Director of Redline Communications(LSE: REDL), ClickShift.com (acquired by WebTrends), StorePerform (acquired by Red Prairie) and SupplierMarket.com (acquired by Ariba). Tim serves on the Board of Advisors of the Gigot Center for Entrepreneurship at Notre Dame. Tim received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Notre Dame, an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

Dan Ehrman

As Vice President of Planning and Development for Gannett Finance, Dan is responsible for the company's merger and acquisition activities and the occasional disposition. He serves on the boards of a number of Gannett's minority interest investments. He also supervises the financial analysis and budgeting team. Prior to this, Dan held several positions at Gannett including Senior Vice President of Gannett Broadcasting, Vice President/Finance and Business Affairs of Gannett Broadcasting, and he was Gannett's Director/Accounting & Financial Reporting. Prior to joining Gannett in 1977, Dan was with at Price Waterhouse and IBM. Dan graduated from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University with a B.S. in Architectural Engineering. He also has an MBA from the University of Michigan. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the Virginia Society of Certified Public Accountants and the Financial Executives Institute. He is on the Board of Directors of Shermans Travel, LLC and 4INFO.

Tom Byrne

Thomas M. Byrne is Managing Director & Group Head, Peacock Equity Fund. He drives the GE-NBC Universal Imagination Breakthrough strategy, and creates joint growth opportunities in new and existing markets. Additionally, he leads the Peacock Equity Fund, a GE-NBC Universal partnership that invests in companies developing technologies, platforms or business models with a strong strategic fit with NBC Universal in a wide-range of areas, including advertising services, wireless, digital content and communities, and international platforms. Tom joined the Media, Communications & Entertainment business in 2005 as a senior vice president - origination, where he was instrumental in securing some of the team's largest mandates, including an $8.35 billion financing for Charter Communications. Over the course of his career, he has provided value-added advisory and financing solutions to his clients, including senior secured bank financing, equity (public and private), fixed income (high grade and high yield), asset management, structured debt (bank debt and asset securitization), and derivatives (equity, FX, interest rate). Tom received his Bachelors of Business Administration in finance from Hofstra University.

Ellen Siminoff

Ellen Siminoff is President and CEO of Shmoop, a new media learning company. She is also Chairman and former CEO of Efficient Frontier, the leading provider of search engine marketing (SEM) solutions. As part of the founding executive team, Ellen Siminoff had six adventurous years at Yahoo. During her tenure, she led business development (VP, Business Development and Planning), corporate development (SVP, Corporate Development) and eventually ran the small business and entertainment business units (SVP, Small Business and Entertainment). Before Yahoo!, Ellen worked for the Los Angeles Times as electronic classifieds manager, where she developed strategy and implemented the newspaper's own on-line businesses as well as a joint venture of Career Path with 5 newspaper companies. With her husband, David, Ellen founded EastNet, a global syndicate barter company distributing television programming to 14 emerging market countries in exchange for advertising time. Ellen has served on the board of directors for StubHub, an online ticketing marketplace, enabling customers to buy and sell tickets at fair market value to a vast selection of sporting, concert, theater and other live entertainment events, from 2005 until its acquisition by eBay in 2007. Currently, she serves on the board of directors for US AutoParts, an internet retailer with more than 550,000 top-rated discount car parts available in its comprehensive online inventory; BuildDirect, the world's leading online wholesaler of building materials; 4INFO, a utility for mobile phones providing users the means to search, discover, and receive relevant information and content; and Journal Communications, a diversified media and communications company with operations in publishing, radio and television broadcasting, telecommunications and printing services. Ellen graduated Stanford's Graduate School of Business with an MBA and has a bachelor's degree in Economics from Princeton University.