Management and Board

Zaw Thet, CEO and co-founder
Ted C. Burns, Vice President of Product
Patricia Clark, Vice President of Sales
Markus A. Nordvik, Vice President of Strategy and Operations
Richard Qiu, Senior Vice President of Business Development
Dennis Yang, Vice President of Publishing
Tim Connors, Board Member
Dan Ehrman, Board Member
Paul Lee, Board Member
Ellen Siminoff, Board Member

Zaw Thet

As the CEO and co-founder of 4INFO, Zaw Thet is helping to set the bar for how consumers search, access, and engage with content on their mobile devices. At age 27, Zaw Thet is already a veteran of the software/wireless industry with a successful track record for leading companies, including 4INFO, to outstanding growth and performance. He is also an active advisor and investor in the start-up community.

Prior to 4INFO, Zaw was part of the early social networking industry, as a Director at Spoke Software. Zaw also did a short stint at IBM, was the co-founder and CEO of GetInventory, a web-based supply chain management company, and was a special consultant to the San Francisco 49ers. His entrepreneurial pursuits have been featured in: The New York Times, Business Week, Entrepreneur Magazine, and CNN. Business Week selected Zaw in 2006 as one of the "New M-Commerce Barons." Zaw has an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business, where he was a Soros Fellow. He received his BA from Stanford University in Political Science (minoring in Computer Science) where he was a President's Scholar. In his spare time (which is limited these days), Zaw snowboards, rock climbs, does bikram yoga, and flies small planes.

Ted C. Burns

Ted C. Burns is the vice president of product at 4INFO where he is responsible for the development of search and content products across SMS, WAP, J2ME, BREW, PC, and other mobile platforms. An expert in content and application development for the Mobile Web, Ted has worked with some of the biggest global internet brands. Prior to 4INFO, Ted was the Senior Product Manager at Yahoo! Mobile. Ted managed strategy, production, and programming for Yahoo!'s PC Web Site, and mobilized the Yahoo! network through network integration and PC Mobile products such as Mobile Alerts and Clipping. Prior to Yahoo! Mobile, Ted was a Senior Manager for AOL Canada. He was responsible for managing business and product development and business strategy and partner relationships for all of AOL Canada's content channels and vertical markets. Ted was also a Technical Producer/Interactive Media Developer for the Canadian division of AOL. He holds a BA in History from McGill University.

Patricia Clark

Based in New York, Patricia brings over 15 years of experience in interactive media sales and digital marketing. As vice president of sales, Patricia is responsible for advertising sales as well as development of comprehensive, integrated mobile advertising programs for 4INFO partners and advertisers.

She previously served as Vice President of Digital Sales for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), where she led digital sales efforts with brands such as Colgate, Castrol, and Procter & Gamble. Prior to WWE, Patricia was Director of Integrated Sales for Fox Interactive Media. She coordinated sales efforts for multiplatform deals including broadcast, online, events and mobile. She has also served as Vice President of Sales at About.com where she led sales efforts until their acquisition by The New York Times and as Eastern Director at AltaVista leading to their acquistion by Overture and as Eastern Director at GeoCities leading to their acquistion by Yahoo.

Patricia has a B.A. from the University of Notre Dame, and is an active member of numerous industry associations, including the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) and the NY Ad Club.

Markus A. Nordvik

Markus A. Nordvik is the vice president of strategy and operations 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.

Dennis Yang

In his role as Vice President of Publishing at 4INFO, Dennis leads product development, marketing and support services for publishers on the 4INFO text message network. Dennis brings over 10 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.net, 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.

Paul Lee

Paul, based in Manhattan, NY, joined the Peacock Equity Fund as a Senior Vice President in 2007. Previously, Paul was with GE Capital, where he was responsible for originating and structuring investments in the digital media sector. Prior to joining GE, Paul was with Click2Asia, Inc., where he was the Vice President of CorporateDevelopment for the closely held, venture-backed company. He is currently a director at 4INFO and IGA Worldwide and an observer at Hotchalk, Inc. Paul holds an MBA from The Anderson School at UCLA and a BS in Applied Mathematics (MMSS) and Economics from Northwestern 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.