Before founding FASTBREAK, Mr. Arledge was the Founder and CEO of Owner's Pass, the inventor and market leader in timeshared access to live-event luxury suites. Prior to Owner's Pass Mr. Arledge served as Danger's vice president of business development responsible for the company's relationships with wireless carriers, consumer electronics manufacturers, developers and technology partners. Prior to Danger he was the director of business development at TiVo where he was in charge of the company's relationships
with pay television service operators, consumer electronics manufacturers, and technology suppliers. Before TiVo, Mr. Arledge managed product marketing at OpenTV, Inc. for the company's flagship digital settop operating system. He has also held marketing positions at Pacific Bell in the broadband networking group and Nissan North America. Mr. Arledge holds an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and a BA in Political Science from the University of California, Los Angeles.
Mr. Tanne has been involved with building search engines for a long time, starting at Verity where he directed product management. He started Wink in 2005, compelled by a belief that people could provide valuable input that would make search better. Prior to Wink, Mr. Tanne was CEO of X-Degrees, and was a founder of AdForce (IPO 1999) which was ultimately sold to CMGI. Mr. Tanne serves on the Board of Cloudmark, a leading provider of anti-spam solutions.
He is a Founder and Board Member of Full Circle Fund, a Bay Area non-profit that engages emerging business leaders in philanthropy through grants and hands-on assistance to promising organizations. Mr. Tanne holds a degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Alberta and an MBA from Stanford University. Mr. Tanne keeps himself motivated and cranking with his zeal for company-building, and copious amounts of Red Bull and other highly caffeinated energy drinks.
"While most of our tickets were used, they were not always generating high ROI. With FASTBREAK's service we can use just the tickets we want and convert the rest into cash."
