Management Team |
David A. Simpson -
Co-Founder / Chairman of the Board
David's most recent work has been for communications
and energy companies (start-ups and Fortune 500s) for
which he has served as legal counsel, strategic adviser,
board member, and interim CEO. David has also been
an investigative reporter for two major daily newspapers,
founded the largest U.S. association of internet service
providers, and co-founded a consulting company which
specialized in green technology. David holds a BA in
French Literature and European History from Williams
College, an MA in Politics and Philosophy from University
College, Oxford and a JD from Golden Gate University
School of Law. He is vice-president of the Board of
Directors of Aim High (www.aimhigh.org).
Tom Hakel -
Chief Executive Officer / Co-Founder / Director
In addition to co-founding GoldMail, Tom most recently
served as General Manager for Stags Leap Wine Cellar (Napa,
CA) and helped orchestrate the sale of the company in September
2007 to Michelle-Antinori for $185 million. He has enjoyed
many successes in growing, restructuring and advising enterprises
in telecommunications, technology and financial services.
Tom is also a former manager in the KPMG Consulting Practice
and has a degree in computer science.
Anthony Lackey -
Senior VP, Technology
Anthony is a former CTO at Fortune 1000 company ABM industries
with over twenty years of highly successful technology
and operating experience.
Mark Pierce -
VP, Business Development
As Vice President of Business Development, Mark is building
the partner ecosystem and direct selling organization that
will fuel GoldMail's business. Mark has a long history
of successful sales and business development experience,
most recently as a leader within Microsoft's Unified Communications
Group. Prior to that Mark led sales and business development
efforts for a division of DoubleClick (now part of Google).
Tom Holownia -
VP, Marketing
Tom brings over 20 years of marketing and branding experience
from client-side positions at Unilever and AirTouch Cellular,
and creative service positions at Young & Rubicam Advertising
and Addis. Prior to joining GoldMail, Tom was President
of the brand strategy firm, Blended Thinking.
Michael Skeate -
VP, Product Development
Michael has worked in the Silicon Valley software industry
for over 20 years holding executive positions in both product
development and software engineering. Prior to joining
GoldMail, Michael co-founded a management consulting firm
and spent six years advising CxO and Director-level executives
on Information Technology.
Samar Kawar -
VP, Operations
Samar has over 20 years of experience in information technology and enterprise-level
operations management in domestic and international markets. In her most recent
position she was responsible for IT infrastructure at ABM Industries.
Gary Gustafson - VP, Finance
Gary brings a unique blend of experience in finance, business system implementation,
product development and project management. Prior to joining GoldMail, Gary was
Vice President of Business Process Integration for a Fortune 1000 Company.
Steve Engle -
Director of Software Engineering
With over 25 years of industry experience, Steve has worked on a wide variety
of projects including Integrated MRP systems for controlling assembly lines,
Expert Systems running on Lisp Machines, and a system for visualizing the process
of fuel rod replacement in Nuclear Power Plants for EPRI. He has also consulted
for clients including Tandem, HP, and KLA Tencor.
Jeanne Johnson -
Director, Quality Assurance
Leading GoldMail's QA team, Jeanne brings over 15 years of experience in
quality assurance best practices and technical management. Prior to joining GoldMail,
Jeanne was the Director of QA at FKI Logistex and Real Time Solutions. |
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are Talking
At Spark, we've used Goldmail to communicate
the impact our program has on youth in the
Bay Area. After receiving Goldmail stories
from the program, our Board of Directors and
donors have told us they feel much closer to
the daily lives of our students and staff.
With a handful of pictures and some text, we
can easily put together a program update that
looks professional and provides a much more
personal look into our work. It's a huge
improvement from email, and much easier than
producing and sharing video content. We highly
recommend it. |
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Chris Balme
Co-Director, Spark |
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