Meet our Board Members

Matt McIlwain

- Madrona Venture Group

Matt McIlwain focuses on a broad range of software-driven companies for Madrona. He currently serves on the boards of Farecast, iConclude, Isilon Systems, PayScale, Vykor, World Wide Packets and now Mixpo. He was on the boards of Performant (acquired by Mercury Interactive) and Nimble (acquired by Actuate) and was actively involved with TeamOn Systems (acquired by Research in Motion). Previously, he was Vice President of Business Process for the Genuine Parts Company (NYSE:GPC), a Fortune 250 company. He also was an Engagement Manager at McKinsey & Company, concentrating on strategy and marketing in the telecom, supply chain and financial service industries, and worked in investment banking at CS First Boston. Mr. McIlwain is a Technology Advisor to the Discovery Institute, a board member of Villa Academy, and advisory board member for Families Northwest. He and Greg Gottesman teach an annual course on venture capital in the University of Washington Executive MBA Program. He is a graduate of Dartmouth College, holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a Masters in Public Policy from Harvard's Kennedy School of Government.

Jim Charlton

- GrowthWorks

Jim Charlton brings 20 years of venture capital experience to GrowthWorks Capital. Jim joined the GrowthWorks team in 1996. He began his career with Discovery Enterprises, an early stage venture capital firm, and after eight years joined Ventures West Management. Jim has a BSC in Astronomy from UBC and an MBA from the University of Western Ontario. Jim currently sits on the boards of Cellex Power Products, Chancery Software, Apparent Networks, Inc., Marqui Inc., and youachieve.com. Jim also sits on the Boards of the Canadian Venture Capital Association and the Monte Jade Science and Technology Association.

Jeff Lanctot

- Chief Strategy Officer, Razorfish

As Razorfish’ Chief Strategy Officer, Jeff drives development of the company’s capabilities in the United States and abroad, builds processes and teams to bring those capabilities to market, and oversees partnership and investment strategies. He is one of the industry’s foremost experts on critical media and marketing issues and works with his teams to bring transformational business ideas to clients. In his nine years with the agency, Jeff has developed successful digital branding strategies and synergies for clients such as Disney, Coors, Expedia, Nike, Microsoft, Best Buy and WeightWatchers.

Jeff most recently served as senior vice president of Global Media where he oversaw the company’s media buying and planning business and staff and managed more than $735 million in digital media spending (2007 figures) on behalf of clients. He is also the senior editor of Razorfish's annual Digital Outlook Report, which gives an in-depth look at what publishers are spending online and industry trends.

Jeff is a graduate of Washington State University and is a recipient of Advertising Age's "Media Maven" Award, MEDIAWEEK's "Media All-Star" award, B2B Magazine's "Best Brightest Media Strategist" award, and was twice named one of Media Magazine's "50 Most Influential People in Online Advertising."

Bill Shaughnessy

Shaughnessy served at Microsoft for the last 15 years in a number of critical strategic roles for the company, including his most recent senior position as Global Vice President of Sales, Marketing and Services, Advertiser and Publisher Solutions Group. In this role, he was charged with driving top line global advertising revenue, marketing and customer satisfaction. Prior to this role, Shaughnessy was General Manager of Microsoft’s Digital Advertising Solutions Business Group, responsible for strategic and product planning, product management, global trade marketing, field enablement, and yield management.

Anupam Gupta

- President & CEO

Anupam is responsible for directing Mixpo’s overall vision and strategy. He has a ceaseless passion for solving the complex problems that ad agencies and media companies face in today’s multi-media world. Anupam believes that the real needs of advertising and media clients provide the true roadmap for the business. Before joining Mixpo, he led the product management and marketing teams for several MSN online services at Microsoft. He holds an MBA from Cornell University and an undergraduate engineering degree in computer science from Birla Institute of Technology & Science, in India.