About Us: Our Team
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Executive Management
Kelly Perdew, CEO: Kelly has held numerous leadership positions in such companies as ProElite, CoreObjects Software, MotorPride.com, K12 Productions, and eteamz.com. As the President of ProElite.com a subsidiary of ProElite, Inc, Kelly built the largest social networking platform for mixed martial arts and helped raise over $40M and develop partnerships with CBS, Showtime, IMG and numerous web properties. Prior to ProElite, Kelly was the winner of the second season of NBC's "The Apprentice" and worked with the Trump Organization as a Senior Vice President on real estate projects. Kelly was the President of eteamz.com (now a part of Active Networks) which serves more than 3 million amateur sports teams. After earning a bachelor's degree at the United States Military Academy at West Point, Kelly served in the US Army as a Military Intelligence Officer and Airborne Ranger. Kelly earned an MBA from The Anderson School at UCLA and a JD from the UCLA School of Law. Kelly is also the current champion of his 12-team fantasy football league and is a die-hard Denver Broncos fan.
Dave Wu, President & Co-Founder: David has a 15-year track record of successful Internet and technology-based ventures. He was a pioneer in the Internet Service Provider business co-founding VR One Net in 1994, where he served as COO. David also served as General Manager of Teltron Computers. Prior to founding RotoHog.com, he was the CEO of SportsSE, Inc. David attended UCLA for his undergrad studies, and the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania for his MBA.
Kent Smetters, Chief Strategist & Co-Founder: Kent is a tenured associate professor at The Wharton School where he teaches managerial decision making and risk management. He holds a Ph.D. from Harvard University and is a former Deputy Assistant Secretary of the United States Treasury.
Kenneth Hong, Executive VP of Products: Kenneth is a software industry veteran with extensive international business experience, and has held principal and management positions at IBM and Oracle Corporation. Ken holds bachelor and master degrees from Stanford University and graduated with honors from The Wharton School's MBA program at the University of Pennsylvania.
Scott Philp, VP of Business Development & Marketing: Scott has been a key executive for several internet and high technology ventures focusing within the sports, mobile and entertainment industries. As an executive at Fun Technologies he worked across multiple portfolio companies to monetize value at SkillJam, Donbest and Fanball. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Texas Tech University with a key emphasis in finance.
Michael Stark, CTO: Michael most recently was SVP, Engineering & Technical Operations, at YouBet.com. Previously Michael served in numerous management positions with Edenet Communications, Vertel, the BELLSOUTH Company DataServ, Inc. and NCR/Teradata Corporation. He was also a consultant and software engineer at Science Application International, Informatics General Corporation (Sterling Software) and the Federal Reserve Bank. Michael is a near 30-year veteran of the technology industry. He earned a BS in computer science from the Jerusalem Institute of Technology in Jerusalem, Israel.