Rob Green currently serves as the CEO of Abacast. Recently he has served in a variety of advisory and consultative roles with several technology companies, including Sterling Commerce (IBM), Microsoft, BuyDRM, and Abacast among others. Previously, he served as Senior Vice President of Business Development and Strategy at Nine Systems, a CDN that was acquired by Akamai Technologies NASDAQ:AKAM in late 2006. In addition to his business development and strategy role, Mr. Green was also responsible for all of Nine Systems’ corporate marketing and product management activities. Prior to Nine Systems, Mr. Green was the Group Manager of Business Development for Microsoft where he was responsible for the global advancement of Windows Media technologies in the Broadcast TV and CDN markets. In this role he was responsible for establishing contractual relationships with over 150 companies including Yahoo, Motorola, DIRECTV, CBS and NBC. Before joining Microsoft, Mr. Green held the position of Vice President Sales and Marketing for Cortex Medical Management Systems, a manufacturer of software systems for anatomic pathology laboratories and previous to that he held various roles within the telecommunications industry. Mr. Green serves as an industry expert to the Abacast Board and has been a director since 2007.
Dan Huntington is an independent real estate developer, From 1986-1991, Mr. Huntington was a stockbroker for what is now Smith Barney Shearson followed by seven years developing real estate in rural Washougal and the Columbia River Gorge, and arranging land acquisitions in the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area. Mr. Huntington is the founder of Abacast, Inc. and has been a director since 2000.
John Kesler was previously head of business development for the Indy 500 and , among other duties, managed streaming events. John has had several decades of extensive terrestrial radio experience and is now of VP of business development at Emmis. He has a deep understanding of the radio business and how webcasting impacts the terrestrial radio advertising driven business model.
Jim Kott has been a director of Abacast since April of 2008 and currently serves as VP of Sales and Marketing. Jim comes to Abacast from the acquisition of Tukati, Inc. where he was President and a co-founder. Jim has previously worked as Director of Product Management at MessageGate, a maker of enterprise email server software; as VP of Engineering at Viathan Corp, a maker of storage infrastructure software; and as a Systems Engineer, Program Manager and then Group Program Manager at Microsoft where his team built and released the Groups.MSN.com communication and collaboration site. Jim received a B.S. in Computer Science from the University of Washington.
Tim Napoleon is currently Co-Founder and President of Media Services at AllDigital. Most recently, Mr. Napoleon was the Chief Strategist, Media and Entertainment, for Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM), working directly with enterprise and media companies such as Apple, MLB, XM Satellite, MTV, NBC, and News Corp. Prior to Akamai, Mr. Napoleon worked at VitalStream as VP of Business Development, and Mr. Napoleon was the director of online marketing at Pacific Life. He received his MBA degree from the University of Southern California's Marshall School of Business after earning his undergraduate degree in Communications from the California State University at Fullerton.
Originally from Buffalo, NY, Mr. Snyder earned his BA in Economics at the State University of New York, studied International Business in London, England and New Venture Management in Clark University's MBA program. Over the past decade Mr. Snyder has bought and sold numerous Internet companies and holds strategic board seats at companies in the areas of online and offline content production, asset management and destination consumer sites. He was a founder of one of the first Internet Service Providers, CONNECTNet, a cofounder of ClickHear Productions, which completed over 350 Live Internet Broadcasts for some of the major media monoliths. The company remained profitable and experienced a 400% growth in revenue during the Internet boom and ultimately was acquired by CMGi/NaviSite. In 2002, Mr. Snyder was CEO of Nine Systems combining the assets of e-Media, Streaming Media Corporation, and NaviSite's Streaming Media Division to continue development of streamOS, the first video content management system for use across a commercially distributed Internet. In late 2006, Akamai Technologies acquired Nine Systems in the largest transaction of the sector in recent years. Mr. Snyder is a Vice President and Executive Producer at Akamai in charge of Ecosystem and Business Development - developing popular brands and destinations across the Internet. Recently Mr. Snyder has worked as an Executive Transmedia Producer on events such as: 2010 FIFA World Cup, 2010 Winter Olympics, Hope for Haiti, and the Michael Jackson Memorial Service. He has a wife, two children, and splits his time between Hawaii and Oregon.
John Walpuck brings over 23 years of business experience to Abacast. He has served in multiple capacities as a corporate officer, corporate executive, and management consultant to privately held and publicly traded companies ranging in size from $25,000 in startup capital to companies with over $50 billion in revenue. John’s experience spans 15 industries, 40 countries, and a broad range of matters related to Internet and software-based businesses, startups and early stage companies, corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, and government contracting. He holds an MBA from the University of Chicago, and a Bachelor's degree from Edinboro University. John is a Certified Public Accountant, Certified Management Accountant, and has earned other professional certifications.
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