Dave Courtney
Chief Executive Officer

Dave Courtney comes to JiWire with more than 28 years of significant experience in strategic, operating, and financial roles.

Prior to joining JiWire, Dave was an Executive-in-Residence at Venrock, a premier global venture capital firm based in Silicon Valley. In this role, Dave evaluated early-stage companies seeking capital and assessed their needs for people and funding.

Prior to Venrock, Dave served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Adify Corporation where he oversaw all operational and administrative aspects of the Company. In addition to driving many of the initiatives that led to Adify’s strong growth and industry-leading position in serving vertical ad networks, he also helped structure, negotiate and close the company’s multi-hundred million dollar sale to Cox Enterprises in mid 2008.

From 1999 through 2006, Dave was a key leader in building and organizing TiVo, one of the best-known branded consumer entertainment services in history. As head of the Corporate Products & Services Group, Dave oversaw two of TiVo’s three operating divisions. The Service Provider Division was responsible for all innovation and deployment activities with satellite, cable and telecom customers. The Media & Advertising Services Division was responsible for TiVo’s content delivery and audience measurement activities with advertisers, content creators, and distributors. As CFO, he also was responsible for accounting, finance and planning, investor relations, and all legal activities. Dave also served as a member of TiVo’s Board of Directors.

Prior to joining TiVo, Dave spent 15 years in investment banking, management consulting and corporate business development. He was a Managing Director at J.P. Morgan & Co. for three years, where he headed and expanded the firm’s U.S. high technology investment banking business. He was also a Vice President in the High Technology Group at Goldman Sachs for nine years.

Dave holds a B.A. in Economics from Dartmouth College and an M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Kevin McKenzie
Founder

JiWire, Inc. was founded by Kevin McKenzie, who brings to the company 13 years of experience in online publishing and commerce in the technology industry. With a passion for technology products, and the wireless industry in particular, Kevin is a pioneer of media and online commerce.

Prior to founding the company, Kevin was the senior vice president of CNET Networks' Shopping Services, which include its three Web sites developed to support tech buyers through every phase of the purchasing process: CNET, ZDNet Shopper, and mySimon. The sites integrate trusted editorial, including news and product reviews, with a powerful technology product data engine to fuel the decision-making and buying processes for a variety of tech audiences, from IT professionals and business decision makers, to people who rely on technology in their personal lives.

Prior to heading CNET's Shopping Services, Kevin was senior vice president of CNET Channel, a business unit of CNET Networks and a provider of online technology product data, sales tools, and services for companies throughout the IT supply chain.

Kevin played a key role in the success of CNET Networks since he joined the company in 1996. He wrote the business plan and developed the product for CNET's leads model, formed CNET's first content syndication/circulation team, and oversaw several acquisitions.

Prior to joining CNET Networks, Kevin held the position of online marketing manager at Internet Shopping Network, the first online computer superstore in the world. He joined ISN as the third employee in 1994 and pioneered some of the first e-commerce marketing on the Web.

Gregory M. Capitolo
Chief Financial Officer

Greg Capitolo comes to JiWire with more than 20 years of experience as a financial executive and manager in global organizations in Internet applications, eCommerce, Security, OEM and enterprise software. He has been responsible for raising debt and equity in the both public and private markets as well as managing the acquisition, sale and integration of more than 15 companies.

Prior to joining JiWire, Greg was the Chief Financial Officer at Zinio, the leader in digital magazine publishing, distribution and delivery, where, in addition to leading the financial operations, he was responsible for International Business Development, Channel Partner Relationships and Customer Support. Before joining Zinio, he served as the Chief Financial Officer of Tectura, the largest software and services provider for Microsoft Business Solutions. During this time, Tectura grew from the $30 million in revenues to $180 million in revenues while acquiring and integrating 7 companies and raising more than $70 million in private equity. Prior to Tectura, Greg was the Chief Financial Officer or held financial management positions in several public and private companies including Tumbleweed Communications, Certicom, Wind River Systems and Identix. Greg holds a MBA from the Amos Tuck School of Business Administration at Dartmouth College and a BS in Accounting from Santa Clara University.

David Blumenfeld
Sr. Vice President, Strategy & Business Development

David Blumenfeld comes to JiWire with 13 years of marketing and advertising experience. Prior to JiWire, David spent five years at CNET Networks, most recently as Director of U.S. Marketing for CNET Channel, a global CNET division providing online technology product data, software, and services for companies throughout the IT supply chain. Prior to joining CNET Channel, David was a Senior Marketing Manager for CNET's online properties developing multimillion-dollar advertising programs for major technology clients.

Prior to joining CNET, David worked at Andersen & Lembke Advertising, handling numerous high-tech accounts, including Microsoft, Siebel, Tandem Computers, and Autodesk. David holds a bachelor's degree in history and business from the University of California at Los Angeles.

David Staas
Sr. Vice President of Marketing

David Staas brings to JiWire more than 13 years of marketing and product management experience in the mobile and advertising industries. David comes to JiWire from Ad Infuse, a leading pioneer in mobile advertising, where he was vice president of marketing. At Ad Infuse, David helped build a premium network and platform business with leading mobile operators.

Prior to Ad Infuse, David led the global product marketing team at Openwave Systems, responsible for a product portfolio with established mobile and broadband telecommunications providers in the Americas, Europe, and Asia. David has a bachelor’s degree in architecture from the University of Virginia and a master’s degree in business administration from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University.

Jeff Pittelkau
Vice President, Product Development

Jeff Pittelkau has more than 18 years of experience developing content products and user experiences that make emerging technologies accessible to business professionals and general consumers alike. He comes to JiWire from CNET Networks, where he was instrumental in major redesigns of Shopper.com and CNET Reviews. Prior to CNET, Jeff worked at several startups, including Kmart Corporation's BlueLight.com, where he led teams in the creation of product buying guides, e-catalogs, production workflow tools, and SKU-level content integration solutions to drive e-commerce across a wide range of technology and general consumer products. At International Data Group (IDG) and Ziff-Davis Publishing, he held management positions responsible for the development of product testing labs, product evaluation procedures, and editorial content. Jeff holds a bachelor's degree in mathematics with computer science from Harvey Mudd College.

John Klein
Vice President, Engineering

John Klein has over 20 years of experience within the IT/networking industry where he has pioneered a variety of 802.11 WLAN products, ad systems management, embedded systems development, team building, and R&D management. Since joining JiWire in 2006, John has developed JiWire's Ads for Access Presence Server (JPS), as well as the Ads for Access reporting systems.

Before joining JiWire, John served as Senior Director of WLAN Software Development at Symbol Technologies, Inc. John was responsible for the development of WLAN Client Drivers, Access Point and Wireless Switch software and firmware for all WLAN products. John has been involved in Wi-Fi and Wireless LAN development for over twelve years, served on the 802.11 IEEE Working Group, and holds nine software patents with another nine pending. John has managed multiple development teams in multiple worldwide geographic locations.

Kevin O'Reilly
Vice President, Network Services

Kevin O'Reilly has over 10 years of media sales and online advertising experience. Since joining JiWire, Kevin has handled JiWire's strategic network partnerships, overseeing the deployment of JiWire's Ads for Access platform to premier U.S. Wi-Fi networks, including AT&T, iPass, Boingo, Wayport, and iBAHN. Before joining JiWire, Kevin was the AVP of sales for Topica, Inc., a provider of email marketing and management services. Prior to that, Kevin spent seven years in media sales with ClearChannel, managing strategic accounts in Northern California.