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Mark Rinella, President & CEO. Mark has spent 15 years in the greeting card industry, focusing on all aspects of the traditional print card business. As Vice President and General Manager of Blue Mountain Arts he managed the company's transition from a traditional paper based company to one of the most visited electronic card sites on the Web. Mark has a Masters in International Relations from UC, San Diego and a BA in East Asian Studies from Yale University. He is also fluent in Mandarin Chinese.

Dr. Jason Taylor, CTO. Jason has 14 years of industry experience--most notably as the System Architect at BlueMountain.com. He holds a Ph.D from the Media Lab at MIT in Ultrafast Lasers and Quantum Computing and a B.E. from Vanderbilt University in Physics, Electrical Engineering and Math.

Michael Shindle, VP Engineering and Engineering Operations. Previously, Mr. Shindle was the head of technology for BlueMountain.com and responsible for the overall architecture and application development of their popular greeting card site. He later became VP of Operations for AmericanGreetings.com when the company purchased BlueMountain.com. Prior to BlueMoutain, Michael worked at AT&T helping build out data centers and creating web-hosting products; he has also worked at the Alaska SAR Facility in Fairbanks writing software to manipulate polar observing satellite data.

Gordon Wong, VP Finance and Operations. Gordon has over 20 years of experience in both public and private organizations across different industries. Prior to joining Ink2, Gordon was the VP Finance at Hayes Medical, Solid Data Systems and Mylex. Gordon received a BS in Food Science from UC at Davis and an MBA from Cal State University at Hayward.

Lisa Leshne, VP Strategy and Business Development. Lisa has over 17 years experience in business development, strategic planning and marketing for Fortune 1000 and start-ups across North America, Europe and Asia. At The Wall Street Journal Online, the largest paid news site on the Web, Lisa was Executive Director, International, responsible for P & L and international business operations. As the Co-Founder, Publisher and CEO of The Prague Post, she established and built the largest English-language newspaper in Central Europe and its website, Praguepost.com. Lisa has an MBA from Harvard and a B.A. in Sociology from UC, Santa Barbara.

Susie Acheson, VP Creative. Trained as a fine artist, Susie has over 19 years of graphic design and branding experience, overseeing print and web projects for dozens of companies including Geffen Records, Reebok, No Fear and playing a pivotal role as one of the founders of Blue Mountain.com. Later, as Creative VP for American Greetings, Susie oversaw the creative, user interface and design groups for egreetings, AG.com and BlueMountain. Susie earned a BFA in painting and drawing from Concordia University in Montreal.

Marianne Mullins, Director of Product Marketing and Sales. Marianne has 20 years experience of marketing software technology and greeting cards. While at Broderbund Software, she managed The Print Shop(r), the #1 selling consumer desktop publishing line, and most recently, she was the VP Marketing at Portal Publications, a leading alternative greeting card company. Marianne received a BA in Economics and Art from Agnes Scott College and an MBA from the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley.

Paul Felber, Director of Printing Operations. Paul has over 25 years of print industry experience. Prior to joining Ink2, Paul worked at K/P Corporation, the largest printer in Northern California, where he helped build their digital printing capability. Prior to K/P, Paul worked in several service bureaus and as the VP of publishing for Lee Saylor, Inc.