Marty is a technology and business executive with executive experience in Fortune 500 and internet startup companies. He was formerly the COO of Quigo, an advertising technology startup sold to AOL, where he was responsible for product strategy, product management, technology and client services.
Prior to Quigo, Marty spent nearly 6 years at eBay, most recently as the SVP of Technology/CTO during which time he was also a member of eBay's executive staff.
Prior to eBay, Marty held domestic and international engineering, management and executive and management positions at Gateway and Motorola. Marty also spent a total of 12 years on active and reserve duty as an officer in the US Army.
Marty has an MS in Computer Engineering from the University of Florida, a BS in Computer Science from the United States Military Academy (West Point) and is a graduate of the Harvard Business School's Executive Education Program (Program for Management Development). He is a member of the University of Florida's Technology Commercialization Board, serves on the Boards of Directors for Onforce and LodgeNet Interactive (NASD: LNET) and is on the advisory boards at Rearden Commerce, Goldmail and LiveOps.
After twelve years in the brokerage industry, Terry Brookshire began a career as an options market-maker on the Pacific Stock Exchange where he formed Group One Ltd. in a partnership with Drexel Burnham Lambert and moved the operation to Merrill Lynch when Drexel failed. Group One maintains specialist posts on all options exchanges.
Terry served on the board of the Pacific Exchange for over nine years and was vice-chairman, overseeing the creation of industry leading trading transaction systems and guiding the exchange growth from 5% to 18% market share. He supplied the seed capital for Bridgepath which had developed an exchange for staffing firms and was merged with Bullhorn in 2002. He is currently on the board of Skyler Technology, an Industry leader in latency solutions for the financial markets and is a founder and Chairman of SEQEnergy, which has developed non-geologically dependent storage methods for carbon dioxide, natural gas, and compressed air for energy storage.
Terry received a B.S. in Business Administration from the University of North Carolina.
Bob is a Managing General Partner at Highland focusing primarily on digital media and the internet and has been with the Firm since 2001. He currently represents Highland on the boards of Bullhorn, Going, Hangout Industries, NameMedia, Paragon Lake, Quattro Wireless and Turbine and previously served on the board of Fastclick (Acquired by VCLK), Quigo (acquired by AOL) and Navic (acquired by MSFT).
Bob is the best-selling author of "Speed is Life: Street Smart Lessons from the Front Lines of Business (Currency)."
Background
Prior to joining Highland, Bob served as the Chief Executive Officer of Terra Lycos (TRLY) formed in October 2000 with the $5.5 billion acquisition of Lycos by Terra Networks of Spain. Previously, Bob was the Founder of Lycos, Inc (LCOS) and served as its President and Chief Executive Officer since its inception in 1995 where he led Lycos from a start-up with $2 million in venture capital funding to become the most visited online destination in the world with over 100 million unique visitors. Under his leadership, Lycos jumped from the fastest IPO in Nasdaq history, a mere nine months from inception to offering, to a global media entity and an esteemed member of the Nasdaq 100.
Bob has served on the boards of several public and private sector companies including John Hancock (JHFS), Ticketmaster (TCMS), Terra Lycos (TRLY), Lycos (LCOS) and Lycos Europe (LCY). He also serves as a Trustee for Children's Hospital Trust Board, The Rivers School and also serves on the Board of Advisors for the Boston College Carroll School of Management and the Northeastern University School of Technological Entrepreneurship.
Bob has advised former President Clinton on matters relating to internet commerce and regulation and has addressed Congress, The United Nations, The National Press Corps and the U.S. Council of Foreign Relations on similar matters.
Education
Northeastern University, B.S.
Babson College, M.B.A.
Bentley College, Honorary Doctorate of Commercial Sciences
Northeastern University, Honorary Doctorate
Honors
Bob has been inducted into the Academy of Distinguished Entrepreneurs and received the Massachusetts Interactive Media Council's Lifetime Achievement Award.
As Bullhorn's co-founder and CEO, Art’s technical and business vision reinforce the company’s track record of innovation, industry leadership and client success. Since Bullhorn’s inception in 1999, Art has led its continuous growth into the platform relied on by thousands of recruitment agencies across the world to run their businesses. Prior to founding Bullhorn, Art accrued an impressive CV incorporating cutting-edge technology into traditional business models and developing web-based applications for the software, financial, and medical/pharmaceutical industries. He founded Internet services firm Papillon Software, which specialised in web-based applications for companies seeking regulatory approval for new products or medications.
Art is a Phi Beta Kappa, summa cum laude graduate of Tufts University, holding a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics.
As a Managing Director of General Catalyst Partners, John invests in both new and existing technology businesses. Areas of special interest include technology-intensive, industry-leading software and systems platforms; in particular: mission critical enterprise software applications and subsystems; software-based connectivity platforms with an emphasis on wireless; and software-based companies which sit at the intersection of media and technology. John is a board member of the following mission critical enterprise software applications and subsystems companies: Bullhorn, GTESS, OutStart and Vette. He also is a board member of connectivity platform companies, such as: Hnds-On Mobile and JumpTap (General Catalyst co-founded the company). John is a board member of media/technology companies, such as: Big Fish Games, BzzAgent, go2 Media and QuickPlay Media. He formerly served on the boards of: Maven Networks, acquired by Yahoo!, NASDAQ:YHOO in February 2007; m-Qube, (General Catalyst co-founded the company), a General Catalyst investment that was acquired by Verisign in May 2006; ProfitLogic, a General Catalyst investment that was acquired by Oracle in July 2005; and aTaleo (NASDAQ: TLEO; f/k/a: Recruitsoft), which went public in September 2005.
Prior to co-founding General Catalyst Partners, John was founder, Chairman and CEO of UroMed Corporation. UroMed completed its initial public offering in 1994 and was subsequently merged to form Alliant Medical Technologies. Prior to founding UroMed, John led marketing and sales at Adaptive Networks and was a venture capitalist with Highland Capital Partners and Charles River Ventures.
John is a member of the Young Presidents' Organization (YPO). He is a co-founder and current trustee of The Steppingstone Foundation, a non-profit organization that provides educational opportunities to deserving inner-city students. In addition to serving on the boards of Steppingstone and Steppingstone-Philadelphia, John has continued his involvement with the non-profit sector by founding the GreenLight Fund Network, which catalyzes the replication and growth of innovative non-profits.
John earned a B.A. from Harvard University and an M.A. from Oxford University, where he was a Rhodes Scholar.
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