Management

Bob Pack, Founder and CEO

Bob has over 20 years of technology and Internet experience. He has held executive sales management positions with several leading companies. He started the Scholastic Inc. technology publishing division as Director of Sales in 1984 then in 1989 he co-founded successful industry leading publications Sunexpert, Unix-server and Webserver magazines. In 1995-1996 he went on to run a sales division at AOL. In 1997 he helped launchNetZero - NASDAQ (UNTD) as VP of Sales leading it to a successful IPO in 1999.

In 2003 he started the Pack Foundation to spearhead public safety initiatives and has co-authored three Calif. Senate bills that have passed and become law. Bob currently chairs the state committee for the implementation of search engine technology for the tracking of prescription drugs in Calif. He has appeared with Katie Couric- on the NBC Today Show, the CBS Early Show and was featured in the Oct. 2007 issue of People Magazine for his foundation work. He has been honored with the Danville Award his town highest recognition and a Calif. State resolution by the Senate in 2004 for his public service.

Bob holds a B.S. Degree in Business from the University of Southern California.

Jerry Linehan, VP Business Development

Jerry has over 25 years experience in general market - internet and Hispanic advertising sales. He was Executive VP General Sales Manager for Petry Television, a leading national sales representative. He was responsible for the national sales efforts of over 60 television stations. These stations represented the leading broadcast groups nationwide ( Fox - NBC - Gannett - Post Newsweek - LIN - Hubbard ). His other responsibilities included the management of 18 sales offices nationwide with over 100 account executives.

In 2001 he started Azteca America Sales for Pappas Telecasting which was the 1st new Hispanic network to compete with Univision and Telemundo. He went on to run the nationals sales efforts of all 25 Pappas television stations.

Jerry holds a B.S. in Economics from St. John's University

Gus Bourg, Vice President of Network Technology

Gus founded an IT consulting business at the young age of 17 years. He later joined Internet start-up Freei Networks, a private label ISP, where he served as Director of Network Operations. The company built a national network infrastructure and grew to over 400 employees, then was aquired by NetZero. He has since held technical positions with Openwave Systems, Cingular Wireless and Microsoft, where he helped develop large-scale cluster management applications for MSN search.

Board Member



Roger V. Smith, Director

Roger is the Founder and Former President and CEO of Silicon Valley Bank.

Advisory Board



Daniel Udoutch, President & CEO Code Green Networks

Dan Udoutch is the President and CEO of Code Green Networks. As a 25+ year Sales, Marketing and CEO veteran of Silicon Valley, Dan has a unique set of skills and successes with bringing innovative and market leading solutions to the Enterprise customer. He held significant executive-level roles at notable firms including Commerce One, where he was SVP Americas Sales and drove revenue from $1M to $250M, NavTeq and Netscape Communications.

Earlier in his career he worked for IBM and Tandem delivering mission critical solutions to various industries including Financial Services and Healthcare. Most recently Dan was the President and CEO of Appstream, a venture funded company delivering innovative streaming solutions to all ranges of Enterprises.

Dan has a Bachelor of Math/Computer Science from San Jose State University.

Rod Hamlin, SVP Jibe Mobile

Rod has a 20 year track record of sales and sales management in the mobile, wireless, Internet content/advertising, and enterprise markets - serving as senior officers for three public companies, and helping lead five private companies to IPO and acquisition.

Hamlin previously held the position of SVP of Worldwide Sales and Services for Opera Software and Nuance Communications. Rod also served in senior leadership roles at LiteScape Technologies, FreeI Networks (NetZero), Onyx Software, and FileNET (IBM). When he is not in Norway, Rod is active as a Los Altos Little League coach and board member.

Ronald Burr, COO WebVisible

Mr. Burr is a seasoned technology executive with more than 20 years in the technology sector. An industry pioneer, Burr founded and managed NetZero (NASDAQ: UNTD) through its early and rapid growth to its dominate position as one of the worlds largest Internet Service Providers. Burr was instrumental on NetZeros Goldman Sachs-led initial public offering. During his career he has created technology solutions for many of America 's top companies, including IBM, Verizon Wireless and Sempra Energy and is an inventor on 7 US Patents.

In addition Burr acts as an Advisor to Sproose, Gumiyo, Impact Technology Resources, Edentree and is a Director at Loveday. Prior to LRN, Burr spent 4 years as a partner with Westlake Venture Partners where he invested in early stage technology companies. Burr was also CEO of Layer2 Networks and was a co-founder of NetZero where he served as Chief Executive Officer, President and a Director. During his tenure at NetZero, Burr also served as Chief Technology Officer. Prior to starting NetZero, Burr was a Partner with IMPACT Software, an International IT consulting firm servicing Fortune 500 companies. Prior to IMPACT, Burr held a senior technology consulting position for IBM, and held various management positions, including vice president of software engineering with Vault Corporation, an Allen & Co. venture-backed software startup where he started his career.