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Eugene Quinn

President and CEO, Tnooz and Chairman, PhoCusWright Inc.

Gene Quinn is a pioneer in digital media. In the 1990s, Gene was a member of the Tribune team that made early-stage investments in America Online, Checkfree, Open Market, Excite, iVillage and Peapod.

An editor, columnist and reporter in his first career at The Chicago Tribune and previously Philadelphia Daily News and Wilmington (DE) News-Journal, he transitioned to lead the company’s digital media and e-commerce strategy as general manager, Tribune Interactive Network Services.

In 1997, he was named the first senior vice president, online and interactive at MTV Networks, home of Viacom’s global entertainment brands MTV, VH1, Nickelodeon and TVLand. His MTVN team developed web platforms for the cable brands, an online development and technical support group and business development and content partnerships with Yahoo, AOL, Intel, Microsoft and other technology and distribution companies.

Since 1999, Gene has been a private investor and adviser to public and private companies in travel, media, marketing, financial services and web technology. He is also chairman of PhoCusWright; chairman of interactive Mobile @dvertising, a startup developing geo-intelligent mobile business and consumer applications; and advisory board chairman of BzzAgent, an established word-of-mouth marketing network.

He also was an adviser to Newtrade Technologies, an innovative hospitality marketing platform acquired by Expedia. Gene is a former director of public companies Checkfree and Open Market, two early providers of web-based bill payment and online shopping technology.

He is a former member of the advisory boards of the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (the birthplace of the Mosaic Web browser) at the University of Illinois and the MIT Media Lab. He is former chairman of the Interactive Services Association. He holds a BA from the University of Delaware and a Masters of Management from the Kellogg School at Northwestern University.