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Jeffrey Tinsley
As a serial Internet entrepreneur, Jeffrey founded MyLife™ and is the company's CEO and Chairman. He is responsible for the company's overall direction and strategies toward building the Internet's single source for finding people and staying connected on the Web.
Jeffrey founded the company in 2002, originally under the name Reunion.com, after meeting his wife at his 10-year high school reunion. Through his direction, the company has consistently grown since inception to become one of the most visited properties on the Internet, with a membership of more than 50 million members. The company has received many accolades, and Jeffrey himself was recognized as an E&Y Entrepreneur of the Year Semi-Finalist in 2008.
Previously, Jeffrey was a founder and CEO of GreatDomains.com, the world's leading secondary domain name marketplace. He was instrumental in helping turn an unproven business concept into a profitable company. As the market leader, GreatDomains.com was responsible for facilitating some of the largest domain name sales in the industry through its service and platform, including Loans.com for $3 million. At the end of the year 2000, the company was acquired by publicly traded VeriSign, the Internet's leading domain name registry, for a reported $100 million.
Jeffrey is also involved in a number of private Internet companies as an investor and advisor.
Matthew Mitchell
Matthew co-founded MediaPass™ and serves as the company's CEO. He is responsible for the company's overall strategy for and vision of helping online publishers prosper in an environment where most can't succeed with advertising alone.
Matthew most recently served as Vice President of Finance for Like.com, the online leader in comparison shopping for soft goods. During his time at Like.com Matthew oversaw all financial responsibilities, helped raise a $32M series C round and was instrumental in growing revenue 3X.
Prior to Like.com, Matthew spent over four years as Director of Finance for Reunion.com (now MyLife). While there, he developed the process and algorithms for Reunion's distribution and subscription strategy that enabled the company to grow from $3M in annual subscription revenue to over $100M. In addition to growing subscription revenue, he was responsible for all finance operations, including forecasting and planning, audit oversight, investment banking, capital structure, and budgeting.
Earlier, Matthew held various roles in finance and operations with Homestore.com (now Move, Inc.), the leading supplier of media and technology solutions that connect real estate professionals to consumers, and RealNetworks, where he helped in the earliest stages of its subscription digital music platform, MusicNet.
Matthew holds an M.B.A. in Finance from Pepperdine University and a B.A. in Business Administration from Seattle University, with a major in E-Commerce and Information Systems.
Michael Jones
Michael Jones is the CEO of MySpace. He is the former CEO of Userplane and former Senior Vice President of AOL. He brought Userplane from a startup services business to an applications provider and an AOL subsidiary.
At AOL, Jones a Senior Vice President and manages Userplane within the Products division. He coordinates with other AOL subsidiaries and internal brands to enable distribution of Web applications to publishers under the Userplane brand.
After leaving AOL Jones started Tsavo, a web media company that launched with a rumored $20m in financial backing. His time as Tsavo's CEO was short as MySpace's new CEO made Jones his first hire in 2009, making him COO. In February of 2010, Owen VanNatta stepped down as CEO and Newscorp promoted Jones to co-President.
Jones opened his first Web consulting business during his junior year of college, and eventually migrated his practice into PBJ Digital, a 40-person firm that served an estimated 200 companies, including Sony and UPN. After selling PBJ Digital, Jones and his partners, Nate Thelen, Kevin Prentiss, and Javier Hall, formed Userplane.
Jones has a Bachelor of Arts in International Business and Marketing from the University of Oregon and was named the Universities Student Entrepreneur of the Year in 1997.
