Darin Brannan previously founded Website Pros, Inc. in 1999, raising over $65 million in financing from leading Silicon Valley venture firms. He helped grow Website Pros to 400+ employees, profitable, and a successful IPO in Nov. '05. He was previously the founder of Verio, Inc., Mr. Brannan wrote the original business plan, attracted the senior management team and over $1 billion in financing, and helped build that company to be the largest Internet services company serving the SMB market (Verio went public in 1998 at a $1.2 billion valuation and was sold in 1999 to NTT Communications for $5.5 billion cash). While at Verio, Mr. Brannan also helped launch VIANet, which became a separate company and achieved an IPO with a valuation in excess of $3.5 billion. Prior to founding Verio, Mr. Brannan was an Associate at Norwest Venture Partners, and an associate at Burr, Egan, Deleage & Company.
Heath Clarke has served as the CEO and Chairman, since March 1999, of Local.com (NASDAQ-LOCM), formerly Interchange Corporation. Heath is responsible for driving the growth of Interchange's flagship product Local.com, which is one of the Top 5 local search engines on the Internet. From 1998 to 1999, Heath was VP eCommerce for LanguageForce, Inc., a language translation software company. Mr. Clarke was a finalist for the 2005 Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year award. Heath led Interchange to an IPO in October of 2004. Heath is a Patron Councilor of the Atlantic Council, a Patron of the American Enterprise Institute, a President's Club Member of the Heritage Foundation, a President's Council Member of the Foundation for Economic Education, and a Member of the Ludwig von Mises Institute, among others.
Brendon C. Kensel is a Managing Partner at Kensel Ventures LLC, a boutique corporate advisory firm that offers merger and acquisition, strategic alliance, business planning and capital raising services to small and mid-market companies. An experienced entrepreneur and business management professional, Mr. Kensel brings over 17 years of experience in diverse technology and marketing organizations. Mr. Kensel is also the founder and Chairman of MediaShift, a next generation digital marketing and technology firm. Prior to founding Kensel Ventures, Mr. Kensel was E.V.P. and CRM division President at eSynergies (OTCBB: "ESYG"), an eBusiness solutions company. While there he led several acquisitions, including that of e2 Communications and Worldwide Xceed Group (NASDAQ: “XCED”). Previously, Mr. Kensel was the founder and CEO of Salesmation, a leading rich media online advertising company that was acquired by eSynergies.