Mike was the CEO and co-founder of Four11, the Internet's first popular white page directory service, and RocketMail, a Web based e-mail service now known as YahooMail. Four11 and RocketMail were acquired by Yahoo in 1997. Mike has been a board member and/or investor with a number of start-ups, including the search engine company DirectHit (acquired by Ask Jeeves). Prior to Four11, Mike held marketing, engineering management, and product design positions in a variety of start-ups, including: Momentum (interactive service platform), Finisar (high speed video delivery), Raynet (fiber optic telecommunications equipment), and Zoom Telephonics (consumer electronics). Mike's achievements include a patent in the field of telecommunications and a Business Week Product Design Award. Mike holds a BSEE from M.I.T.
Mike Cassidy
Mike has been the co-founder and CEO of three start-ups: Xfire, Direct Hit, and Stylus Innovation. Direct Hit was a revolutionary Internet search engine whose customers included MSN, Lycos, AOL, and dozens of others. Ask Jeeves acquired Direct Hit for $500 million in 2000. Stylus Innovation's flagship product was the award winning computer telephony software Visual Voice. Artisoft acquired Stylus for $13 million in 1996. Xfire was acquired in 2006 by Viacom for $110m. Mike has a BS and MS in Aerospace Engineering from MIT. He has an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Seamus McAteer
Seamus is co-founder, chief product architect and senior analyst at M:Metrics, the world’s leading authority on mobile. McAteer has been analyzing the wireless industry since its inception and has been assisting clients in the wireless and portable computing sectors since the early 1990s. Most recently, McAteer was managing partner at Zelos Group, a boutique advisory services firm focused on wireless and voice applications. Prior to founding Zelos Group, McAteer was a director and research fellow with Jupiter Research, where he headed Jupiter's coverage of new technologies and services. Before joining Jupiter, McAteer focused on wireless services and pervasive computing as a senior analyst with SRI International.
McAteer is frequently sought as a speaker and expert commentator. He has been quoted in numerous international media outlets, including: the New York Times, USA Today, Nikkei Weekly, Wired Magazine, the Associated Press and a variety of trade journals. He has made frequent TV and radio appearances, commenting on technology issues for CNN, Fox News, NPR and TechTV.
Ken Takahashi
Ken is Vice President of Corporate and International Development for Return Path, New York, USA, one of the world’s leading email professional services providers. In his current role, Ken oversees the company's international expansion strategies and operations as well as advises each business unit on development opportunities. He joined Return Path from DoubleClick Email Solutions (acquired by Epsilon Interactive). As their Vice President of Strategic Partnerships, Ken was responsible for all aspects of partner strategy and management in addition to running a global email deliverability team located throughout North America, Europe and the Asia Pacific region.
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