Scott Purcell

Mr. Purcell has been in the internet industry since the inception of the browser, founding Epoch Networks in 1994, raising over $100 million in venture capital and building it into the largest privately-held ISP in the country, serving bother corporate customers as well as a large white label reseller network consisting of telecom companies around the country. In March 1999 Mr. Purcell founded OnAir Networks, raised $42 million in venture capital and quickly positioned it as the leading music distribution service; building the music streaming and downloading services for such companies as Sony and Universal. A frequent speaker at industry conferences, Mr. Purcell has appeared before Congress on numerous occasions and helped shape early internet policy with the FCC. He has been on the Board of the Commercial Internet eXchange, and was the internet liaison for the Recording Industry Association of America.

Mr. Purcell currently runs several ventures he founded, including Browsercast (search engine technology), Web Biographies (life journals and family trees), and Kasidie (social community and dating site for sexually adventurous couples).

University of Southern California – BS, Business
MIT Sloan School of Management – Entrepreneurial Masters Program