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Key People

Management

Alex Castro, CEO & Co-founder

Alex has deep product and management experience from Microsoft, Amazon, and Trilogy. At Microsoft, he was the group program manager for the MSN Entertainment business unit, which included the MSN Music, Video, Movies, and TV Web sites. He also drove the company's device synchronization strategy for Windows Vista and was a key member of the CRM team. At Trilogy, Alex led the successful deployment of a complex CRM solution for Toyota. He was responsible for the marketing and program management of Amazon's Web services and oversaw the launch of the Mechanical Turk online marketplace.

Alex holds undergraduate and graduate degrees in computer science from Cornell University, where he also completed coursework at Cornell's Johnson School of Management. As an undergraduate, he was named an AT&T Bell Laboratories Scholar, which provided a full scholarship to the college of his choice and an opportunity to work on digital media, voice over IP, and speech recognition at Bell Labs. As a graduate student, Alex was a recipient of a full-tuition scholarship from Microsoft Corporation.

Alex Alben, VP, Corporate Strategy & Communications

Alex joined Delve Network from a start-up in the social networking field—Wetpaint.com—where he forged relationships with media companies. At RealNetworks, Alex served as a vice president for six years, handling government affairs, music products, and the first Internet radio products. Prior to that, Alex was vice president and general counsel for Starwave Corporation, which launched ESPN.com, ABCNews.com, and other leading Web sites. Alex was an intellectual property attorney in Los Angeles, where he worked for Orion Pictures and Warner Bros. He has undergraduate and law degrees from Stanford University, and currently serves on Stanford's Law, Science & Technology panel.

Kate Roth, VP, Engineering

Kate started her career as a software engineer and has worked her way up from individual contributor, to lead, manager, and director. She has experience managing both small teams and large business units. She has extensive experience implementing new process and reviving troubled organizations. Most recently, she worked at a small local start-up—Mixxer, Inc.—running its technology organization. She has worked in some of the top software companies including Sun Microsystems, Microsoft, and Amazon.com.

Kate has a B.S. degree from Harvey Mudd in computer science and an M.S. degree in computer science from the University of Washington.

Jonathan Thompson, Co-founder & Chief Architect

Jonathan is a highly experienced software development manager and architect. At BEA, Jonathan was director of architecture, where he provided technical direction across many of BEA's enterprise Internet products and worked closely with key customers, such as British Telecom. While at Amazon, Jonathan acted as an Architect in the Amazon Web Services division and worked with the Amazon Core Platform team to improve the company's core technology. Jonathan is a veteran of several technology start-ups, where he worked as a software engineer and then development manager. Jonathan also spent time as a developer at Microsoft and SGI.

Jonathan earned a B.S.E. in computer science from Princeton University and completed graduate computer science coursework at Stanford University.

Fred Tietze, VP, Sales & Business Development

Fred brings well-rounded experience in off-line and on-line media that includes technology and online media sales, sales management, and business development experience. His background also includes working at major media companies in executive positions in sales, business development, and integrated marketing solutions. Fred most recently worked as the vice president of sales and business development in the North America division of Eyeblaster, a leading global, rich media and ad-serving solutions provider. During his time, he worked with diverse customer groups including media and creative agencies, publishers, and advertisers. Prior to that, he served as the vice president of sales and the general manager at Excite@Home.

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