The Qpass Mafia: Digital Commerce Execs Wield Influence at Firms from Amazon to Zipwhip

Thomas Enochs (VP of services at Qpass)
Senior vice president of Globys

Damian Evans (VP of product development, Qpass)
VP of engineering at Ontela

Ron Faith (VP and general manager, Qpass)
CEO of Datacastle

Chase Franklin (co-founder and CEO of Qpass)
On the board of directors of Ontela

Eric Harber (VP of corporate and business development at Qpass)
President and COO at HipCricket

Tom Huseby (chairman of Qpass)
Investor with Voyager Capital, SeaPoint Ventures, Oak Investment Partners, Hunt Ventures

Melanie Keisor (senior director of HR at Qpass)
Senior HR role at Amazon

John Lauer (CEO of Simplewire, bought by Qpass)
CEO of Zipwhip

Jon Matsuo (SVP of sales at Qpass)
CEO of DropStation

Mark McNeely (co-founder of Qpass)
CEO of Intelevision

Roger Parks (VP of products at Qpass)
Co-founder and vice president at Doxo

Steve Shivers (SVP of corporate strategy, Qpass)
CEO of Doxo

Steven Smith (VP of business development, Qpass)
VP of customer operations at Appature

Sterling Wilson (Qpass president)
CEO of Ground Truth

Author: Gregory T. Huang

Greg is a veteran journalist who has covered a wide range of science, technology, and business. As former editor in chief, he overaw daily news, features, and events across Xconomy's national network. Before joining Xconomy, he was a features editor at New Scientist magazine, where he edited and wrote articles on physics, technology, and neuroscience. Previously he was senior writer at Technology Review, where he reported on emerging technologies, R&D, and advances in computing, robotics, and applied physics. His writing has also appeared in Wired, Nature, and The Atlantic Monthly’s website. He was named a New York Times professional fellow in 2003. Greg is the co-author of Guanxi (Simon & Schuster, 2006), about Microsoft in China and the global competition for talent and technology. Before becoming a journalist, he did research at MIT’s Artificial Intelligence Lab. He has published 20 papers in scientific journals and conferences and spoken on innovation at Adobe, Amazon, eBay, Google, HP, Microsoft, Yahoo, and other organizations. He has a Master’s and Ph.D. in electrical engineering and computer science from MIT, and a B.S. in electrical engineering from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.