Executive Team
Stu MacFarlane, CEO
Stu was Founder and CEO of Insider Pages, a local search engine backed by Sequoia Capital, Softbank Capital and Idealab. Stu quickly built Insider Pages into a leading user generated content site before it was sold to Citysearch in 2007. Previously he was VP of New Ventures at Idealab, Managing Director of Digital Media Services at Loudeye Technologies, Co-Founder and President at MXG Media, and was also a consultant at Bain & Company. He holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a Bachelor's Degree from Cornell University.
Rich Rygg, Co-Founder, Director
Rich started his career at IBM and HP before joining CompuServe to build private online communities. He later worked as President of Entertainment Communications Network (ECN), General Manager of AOL's Digital City Los Angeles, VP General Manager of GeoCities, which was purchased by Yahoo. At Yahoo, he was in charge of launching Yahoo! Websites and Domain services, two of Yahoo!'s most successful fee based offerings.
Brad King, Co-Founder, Director
In 1994, Brad met several graduates of California Institute of Technology and launched Presence Information Design. In 1997, he co-founded Net Effect, Inc., which focused on providing companies with a way to support customers real-time online, which was acquired by AskJeeves in 1998. In 1999 Brad founded OHLA Technology, Inc. which focused on the convergence of media and the Internet. Brad is also an experienced investor in early stage companies including eHarmony.com and Baidu.com.
Jay Wagener, Co-Founder
Jay graduated Summa Cum Laude from Stanford University. He received his PhD in Clinical Psychology from Clark University. He did his Internship at the UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute. He then went on to do a two-year Research Fellowship at the UCLA Psychology Department. He left UCLA and runs an overflowing private practice in Pasadena, California. He is an Adjunct Faculty Member at the Saybrook Graduate School.
