Balihoo Board of Directors
Michael Browner |
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Michael Browner is the CEO of Marketing & Media Consultancy, LLC, and has had an advertising and media career that spans more than forty years, including his renowned work as Executive Director in charge of Media and Marketing Operations for General Motors Corporation (GM). Currently, Browner serves as a consultant to Polaris Ventures, LLC, where he reviews investment opportunities involving media and advertising. He also consults for Experience, Inc. and AWS Weatherbug, both Polaris portfolio companies. Prior to GM, Browner spent more than 20 years in various media and marketing positions with leading consumer packaged goods organizations, including Lever Brothers, Dow Consumer Products and the N.W. Ayer advertising agency.
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Jack Haire |
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Jack Haire has more than 25 years experience with Time Inc. in a variety of senior executive positions. Most recently, Haire ran the Time Inc. Corporate Sales & Marketing division as Executive Vice President and chaired the Time Warner Advertising Council, which was responsible for the development and sale of the company's largest advertising contracts. Earlier in his career, Haire served as publisher of TIME Magazine from 1993 through 1998, when it was selected as Adweek's Hottest Magazine. From 1998 through 2001, as President of the Fortune/Money Group, he helped Fortune to achieve its best years in circulation, advertising and market share, and partnered with CNN on the launch of CNNMoney.com, one of the Web's most successful and profitable finance sites. Since then Haire has served as an advisor to numerous companies, including CNET Networks, Hallmark and Quigo Technologies, where he assisted in developing innovative advertising strategies.
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Mark Solon |
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Mark Solon is the co-founder and Managing Partner of Highway 12 Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm investing in the most promising high-growth, entrepreneurial companies in the Intermountain West. Prior to Highway 12 Ventures, Mark was a General Partner at Atlantic Capital Group, a private equity firm in Boston. Mark is a director of multiple Highway 12 portfolio companies as well as the Rocky Mountain Venture Capital Association. He is also on the advisory board of the College of Engineering at Boise State University and currently serves on The Idaho Business Coalition for Education Excellence.
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Sanford (Sandy) Keziah |
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Sandy Keziah is a founding partner of Lacuna, LLC, a Gap Capital investment firm. Prior to founding Lacuna, Sandy was president and CEO of Kindred Keziah, Inc., a leading brand strategy firm co-founded by Sandy in 1995 to revolutionize the way companies create and manage their brands. Kindred Keziah grew to house three divisions: Brand Strategy, Brand and Product Innovation, and Consumer and Cultural Insights in its New York City and Boulder, Colorado offices. Clients included leading consumer product brands including Coca Cola, Kellogg's, Bacardi, MGM/Mirage, Land Rover, Delta Airlines, Bank of America, IBM, Chili's Restaurants, and Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines. Sandy sold the firm to its senior management in March 2005. |
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Pete Gombert |
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Pete Gombert’s software leadership experience spans multiple industries to include energy, finance, and media. Before founding Balihoo, Pete founded Enerx, a software company focused on the energy trading space. Upon selling the company to KW International, a London-based company that builds trading and risk management software for energy markets, he became Executive Vice President of International Operations. Previously, Pete was on the founding team of a financial services software and services firm. |
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