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Management

Josh Felser, President & Co-Founder

Josh co-founded Grouper in 2004 and serves as its President. Previously, he was President and a co-founder of Spinner.com, acquired by AOL. At AOL, he served as VP and GM of its music brands. His prior career includes Qwest/U.S. West, Fox Inc., and British Sky Broadcasting LTD. He has a BA and MBA from Duke University.

Dave Samuel, President & Co-Founder

Dave Samuel is Managing Director at Mosaic Venture Partners. Dave was President of Rogers Wave from its inception and led North America's most aggressive rollout of high-speed Internet access over cable. Dave was also a consultant with McKinsey & Company and a Senior Executive with Torstar Corporation. Early in his career, Dave was an investment banker with Morgan Stanley & Co., where he executed various financial transactions.

Jonathan Shambroom, General Manager

Jonathan Shambroom is Chief Product Officer at Ning, where his team is responsible for all products and services, from product vision to user experience.

Jonathan spent the last 17 years leading product teams at five startups that built their brand and success on product excellence. His expertise spans video sharing, social networking, invitations, calendaring, and video games. Before joining Ning, Jonathan served as SVP of Products and Marketing before taking over as General Manager of Crackle.com, which was acquired by Sony Pictures in 2006. Prior companies include Jumpstart Technologies, Evite.com (acquired by CitiSearch/Ticketmaster), When.com (acquired by AOL), and PF.Magic (acquired by Mindscape).

Jonathan has been an active angel investor and advisor to several Bay Area startup companies. Jonathan has a B.A. in English from Connecticut College.