Tony Philipp, CEO and President, UpSNAP Services LLC
Tony Philipp is the CEO of UpSnap Services, a leader in mobile entertainment and advertising services. Leveraging his experience in the online search industry, Mr. Philipp has been at the forefront in the development of search, interactive advertising, and content delivery in the mobile space, since 1999, and has served since inception as a Board Member of the Charlotte Interactive Marketing Association. In 2008, Mr. Philipp successfully completed a merger and management buy-out of the NASDAQ traded Upsnap Inc.
Previously, Mr. Philipp has successfully grown several Internet companies to significant revenues including Lycos Europe, Vivisimo and Magellan. He is the former chief operating officer of Lycos Europe (IPO 2000 $5 billion) and has also served as advisor or board member to Mobileway (Largest global SMS aggregator in the world, sold to Sybase for $400 M), Mobile Commerce, and Motricity and has been responsible for strategic partnerships with several media companies, including: Disney, Overture/Yahoo, Bertelsmann, AOL, Grolier, etc.
Tony holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Clemson University, a master of International Business (MBA) from the University of South Carolina, and was a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Cologne (Germany).
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.