Tony Philipp, CEO and President, UpSNAP Services LLC
Former Chief Operating Officer of Lycos Europe (IPO 2000 $5 billion). Tony has successfully grown several Internet companies to significant revenues including: Vivisimo, Lycos Europe, and Magellan. Tony served as advisor or board member to Mobileway, Mobile Commerce and Motricity, responsible for strategic partnerships with: Overture/Yahoo, Lycos, MSN, Looksmart, EBay, Infospace, AOL, Findwhat, Bertelsmann, Grolier, etc.
Thomas E. Weiers, Jr., Non-Executive Director
Thomas is an attorney licensed to practice law in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania since 1985. Mr. Weiers is a Partner in the Pittsburgh office of Thorp Reed & Armstrong, LLP. Mr. Weiers has been named a Super Lawyer in Pennsylvania, an honor bestowed upon the top 5% of Pennsylvania lawyers, for the years 2006, 2007 and 2008. Mr. Weiers acts as general and litigation counsel for his commercial clients. Mr. Weiers handles a wide variety of commercial disputes including labor and employment matters for his clients. Since 1996, Mr. Weiers has been teaching Professional Responsibility and Legal Ethics for Duquesne University's Paralegal Institute. Mr. Weiers received his juris doctorate degree from Duquesne University where he was a member of the Editorial Board of the Law Review.
Tim Solt, Non-Executive Director
Tim Solt is the Senior Vice President of Sales & Business Development for go2 Media. Solt has been active in the mobile marketing arena since 1999 and joined the go2 team in 2005 to lead sales and business development initiatives. Solt started his career in sales and marketing with SmithKline Beecham and has always enjoyed devising new and creative ways of helping brands and agencies expand their mobile and online presence through advertising. His senior level experience with Direct Response Technologies, Adversoft, SkyGo, Vertis and Valassis Communications has kept him focused on the explosive growth of new media and how to best exploit it in joining users with various products and services.
Solt graduated with a BA in Business Administration & Economics from Grove City College and attended the Babcock Graduate School of Management at Wake Forest University. In addition, he plays an advisory role for a couple of emerging media companies.