Mr. Taek Kwon is an Operating Partner and Entrepreneur-in-Residence at TPG Growth. He joined the firm in March 2006 and focuses on technology investments. He is currently working with current TPG portfolio companies such as FineStationary.com, G2 Switchworks Corp., and OnVantage Inc. Previously, Mr. Kwon was the Chief Executive Officer of Friendster. He joined Friendster in June 2005 to execute a difficult turnaround of the company as revenue was quickly declining and user growth had stagnated. During Mr. Kwon's tenure, the company reduced operating expenses by over 50 per cent, resolved the company's legacy technology problems, and launched Friendster 2.0. Earlier, he was the Executive Vice President of Product and Technology at Citysearch, Inc. At Citysearch, Mr. Kwon oversaw the product, technology, editorial content, operations, and online marketing efforts that led the company to profitability for the first time in nine years. He successfully executed Citysearch's strategic shift from local entertainment focused advertising to broader yellow page advertising services. Under his leadership, Citysearch launched a new consumer product that featured integrations with best of breed online local services such as Tripadvisor, Evite, Ticketmaster, and Service Magic, and launched an advertising distribution network that more than doubled both audience reach and revenue from Citysearch's pay-for-performance local keyword advertising. Mr. Kwon was an early member of the Hotwire.com team, joining in May 2000 prior to the site's launch. Since then, he has held a variety of senior technology roles, heading departments such as software engineering, quality assurance, site operations, and information technology. Mr. Kwon oversaw the design, development, and deployment of Hotwire's site technology. Prior to Hotwire, Mr. Kwon was a Senior Engineering Manager at Commerce One and led the development of the B2B auctioning system that powered GM's TradeXchange. Additionally, he worked as Professional Services Manager at Winmill Software, where Mr. Kwon helped to migrate the company's strategic focus from client-server to Internet applications. He brings has experience and thought leadership in architecture and management of mission critical distributed systems from his consulting and management background in the financial services, e-commerce, and B2B industries. He is a Member of the Board of Directors of Become, Inc. He is a Member of Global Advisory Board of AdGent007, Inc. Mr. Kwon was a Member of the National Engineering Honor Society. He holds a B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Cornell University.

Eric Ludwig, Glu's Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Administrative Officer, directs finance and investor relations of Glu Mobile worldwide, which includes corporate finance and accounting, tax and treasury, financial planning and analysis and investor relations. Prior to joining Glu, Eric served in various positions at Instill Corporation, an on-demand supply chain software company, most recently as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to Instill, Eric served as Corporate Controller at Camstar Systems, Inc., an enterprise manufacturing execution and quality systems software company from 1994 to 1996. He also worked at Price Waterhouse L.L.P. for five years in the tax and audit functions in the San Jose office focusing on software companies and IPOs. Eric holds a B.S. in commerce from Santa Clara University and is a Certified Public Accountant (inactive).

Having joined Dennis Publishing in 1982, Alistair rose through the ranks on the sales side of the company, becoming Sales Director in 1985 and CEO in 1992. He held that position until December 2005, when he became a non-Executive Director of the company. Alistair also remains involved in the company's joint ventures Seymour Distribution and Dovetail, for whom he is Non-Executive Chairman. He fits in various other non-Dennis-related non-executive and consultancy positions between housework and the golf course.

Rob Tariche is the US VP of Sales and has been at AdGent Digital since January of 2009. He works out of our Madison Avenue office, in the heart of midtown Manhattan. A digital media veteran, Rob has been in the industry since 1998 when he started his career at Grey Advertising. After working at Grey, he went on to become a media planner at Itraffic, working on the British Airways account. In 2003, he switched over to the sales side and realized, that is where his talents are best suited. Prior to AdGent, he was a Sales Manager at CBS, and also worked at Orbitz WorldWide where he first met the CEO of AdGent, Cameron Yuill. A native New Yorker, fast talker, serious Yankee fan and pizza lover- Rob has been living in Brooklyn for over 10 years now with his wife and new addition to the family, Lucas. In his down time, he likes to ski, relax at the beach, go to restaurants, play with his son and watch baseball.

Donna started her career in public accounting, moved to California, joined a startup and never looked back. She splits her time between two valleys (Silicon and Sonoma) where she indulges in two of her passions – startups and wine.

Trevor grew up in cow country New York (central New York if you were wondering) and moved to Boston to establish a strong Yankee’s community in the heart of Red Sox territory. That and a life as a cow whisperer wasn’t panning out. While in Boston, Trevor found a career to call home. Working with several digital media companies his passion shift from working with standard IAB creative to understanding the inner workings and product management of ShortTail’s D30 video player; the online video solution. In his free time, you can usually find him helping someone to move or relaxing outside with friends if the New England weather allows.

Jennifer joined the AdGent Digital team in December 2010, developing unique and strategic initiatives for clients in the East Coast region. Prior to joining AdGent, her work has been within the rich media realm, most recently with Pointroll and Valueclick. Through her involvement with the Miss America Organization, Jennifer has also served as the Spokesperson for the National Council for Adoption and Children First Foundation where she developed campaigns for the furtherance of adoption education on a national level. Jennifer received her Bachelor's degree in Spanish from Rutgers University and is also a classically trained ballerina. When not in the office, Jennifer volunteers her time as a member of the New York Junior League. She also enjoys visiting the REAL Jersey Shore (her hometown of Margate, NJ), Broadway performances, proudly supporting the Philadelphia Eagles, dance, and the theater.

Combining the sign-reading skills of a gambler and the obsessive-compulsive nature of someone who lives in MS Excel is Team Lead for Manila, Anna Pangcoga. She plays World of Warcraft, using an arcane mage and shadow priest for both instant gratification and clear results, tracking her progress and strategy using charts and graphs. Her irreverence for clearly laid out but dysfunctional processes cannot be subdued. She’s used to dealing with numerous, simultaneous, interdepartmental, interplanetary concerns - from finance misunderstandings to human resources tug-of-war, from workforce worries to IT problems, from training obstacles to implementation disasters. Serving also as Assistant to the CEO, Anna will tell you, even if you don't ask her, that Cameron is busy, very busy. After a six year tour of duty as a both Quality Assurance and Team Supervisor in a call center (where attrition never ends), she served as BPO Manager at online game publishing company (where it's supposed to be fun). She studied Philosophy in college, owns two cats, loves Japanese food, has been mistaken by Japanese to be Japanese, but can't speak Japanese.

Charmaine Ventura implements and maintains ad campaigns, as AdOps Trafficker. Her previous work involving rich media ads only got her more involved in, well, even richer, more multi-media ads - except that she doesn't assemble, program, and QA them anymore, but she can if you force her. Don't. She loves playing 90's alternative music on her guitar and taking pictures with her analog camera. But she can't do both at the same time. She's tried. She's also prone to certain bizarre accidents - such as twisting her ankle while walking slowly on a flat surface, and sliding into holes on platforms - while three or more people are looking, their digital cameras prepped and ready for a YouTube upload. Charm is a happy person inside the office. She is a happy person outside the office. She is not related, as per background checks, to a certain pet detective.

When Team Manila's IT backbone hiccups, vomits, throws a tantrum, or chokes on something, the team turn to Jesus. The savior is one Jesus Nana, Web Developer, but is also de facto ipso facto magnifico System Administrator. He's had the same post in the four companies he's worked for - an IT firm, a brokerage, an online game publishing company, and the University of the Philippines—a respected academic institution. His IT ninja skills range from hardware/software troubleshooting to Unix/Linux-styled system administration, from tinkering with the lapses of the Windows operating system to manipulating Adobe Dreamweaver and Photoshop. Like Batman, his bag is a utility belt of solutions parceled efficiently in external drives, USBs, customized, open source CDs, grappling hooks, smoke bombs, and throwing knives. He is Team Manila's walking library of IT know-how and know-why. He does not work through miracles, but through systematic problem solving, open-minded symptom documentation, a keen memory for details, while revising, along the way, cause-and-effect scenarios as needed. He finished his degree in Computer Science. Unlike other IT administrators, he doesn't buy Feng Shui. Because bandwidth and a stable OS don't care whether or not your office is facing East.

Mel Callo, Account Manager, knows there's a happy place out there for everyone, but she has not found it. So she finds solace, coherence, community, and meaning in K-Pop. Not understanding a word in Korean, she loves watching the jingling dancing talented singing groups. She has a wonderful voice in conference calls, having worked in a call center previously, where it's often stressful. She has been a travel specialist, Oil and Gas order manager and Assistant Sales Manager for Ecommerce and Merchant services, which used to love selling. Now she just likes to be floored in awe by AdGent sales executives. Her inboxes, on helter-skelter days, are like throbbing migraines about to happen. But she knew this was coming. She pouts at her inbox, she's doing it right now. Having been a student of Public Administration and Governance has endowed her with the superhuman ability to apologize when things go wrong, regardless if it’s her fault or not. Bless her. She wants to avoid stressful iPhone games, but downloads them anyway.

When it comes to pushing pixels, Adam drives a tank. Shaped like a rhinoceros. Coated in awesome. A designer since his first ingested Crayon, Adam understands the importance of personality in his work. This, coupled with a mastery of countless graphics softwares, enables him to drive that rhinoceros-shaped tank straight into your nerve center and elicit a reaction.
Music is Adam's other passion. Having played the drums since the tender, tender age of 11, there's not a co-worker who can stand the tapping for more than a week.

Moving from sunny Orlando in March of 2010 to join Adgent in their Northern California office, David brings with him a background in web development as well as IT and sales management. When not staring at a screen for hours on end typing code and drinking too much coffee, David spends most of his time in the heart of Sonoma County enjoying the wine, the people, and the beautiful weather. Oh, and still drinks too much coffee.