Tim has led technology investing for the past 10 years at Blue Chip Venture Company, an early stage venture firm with $600 million under management, investing in leading companies such as Advertising.com (AOL/TW), Nielsen Buzzmetrics (Nielsen) and Third Screen Media (AOL/TW). Prior to Blue Chip, he was a technology entrepreneur and international consultant leading innovative projects for Apple Computer, Hitachi, Hallmark Cards, Motorola and Procter & Gamble. Tim received his Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering from Case Western Reserve University.

J.B. Kropp is recognized as a leader in interactive marketing and consumer generated media. Prior to joining ShareThis, Kropp was a co-founder of one of the first online video sharing communities, Sharkle.com, which was acquired by Vitrue. In addition, Kropp was a founding member of a start-up company that was a pioneer in Internet advertising, Flycast Network, which completed a successful Initial Public Offering. Other companies Kropp helped launch are WebVisilbe, Cucina.com and Go Big Recruiting.com. Kropp holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from Denison University and serves as a member of the Board of Directors for Starfire Council of Greater Cincinnati, Friendly Sons of St. Patrick Foundation Board of Trustees and Xavier University Williams College of Business Advisory Board.

Alex is a veteran of Silicon Valley. He has been doing web development since 1996 and has designed and developed enterprise software applications for Fortune 500 and Global 2000 customers. His expertise in web-based user interface design led him to begin developing his own software products as the need for these products became apparent. Alex King founded Crowd Favorite as a consulting and software product venture. Alex is also well known for his open source contributions; in particular as a founding developer of WordPress and for his ongoing work in the WordPress community.

Dan comes to ShareThis from Nielsen Buzzmetrics, where he was Vice President and General Manager of the media and entertainment division for seven years. Prior to Nielsen, Mechem was an investigate and political reporter for Fox, and served as Press Secretary to Senator John McCain in Washington D.C.

Dr. Goldberg serves as the Jerry S. Dobrovolny Distinguished Professor of Entrepreneurial Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), and is the director of the Illinois Genetic Algorithms Laboratory (IlliGAL). He is founding chairman of the International Society for Genetic and Evolutionary Computation, and his book Genetic Algorithms in Search, Optimization and Machine Learning (Addison-Wesley, 1989) is the fourth most widely cited reference in computer science according to CiteSeer. Prior to joining the University of Illinois, Dr. Goldberg taught at the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, and has held a number of positions at Stoner Associates of Carlisle, PA, including Project Engineer and Marketing Manager. Dr. Goldberg is Consulting Editor for the Kluwer Series on Genetic Algorithms and Evolutionary Computation. He holds a Bachelor and Master of Science in Engineering, and a PhD from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.