Mark Walsh

CEO and Chairman, GeniusRocket

Mark Walsh is the CEO of Genius Rocket and a board member of Day Software. He has spent his life as a technology entrepreneur and political activist. In 1994, Walsh became president of GEnie, General Electric's online service. Walsh became a senior vice-president at AOL in 1995. While at AOL, Walsh oversaw AOL Enterprise, its business-to-business division. In 1997, Walsh joined VerticalNet, a business-to-business portal provider, as its CEO. Under Walsh's leadership, VerticalNet went public on the NASDAQ in 1999. Walsh is the managing partner of Ruxton Ventures, LLC, a private equity and investment firm he founded in early 2001. In 2005, Walsh became a senior executive fellow at the University of Maryland's Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship. As of 2008, Walsh is the CEO and chairman of GeniusRocket, a provider of user generated advertising media. Walsh was recently named National Board Chairman of the New Leaders Council, a major leadership training institution for young progressive talent. In 2004, Walsh served as CEO of Progress Media, parent organization of Air America Radio. Walsh also served as the Chief Technology Advisor to the Democratic National Committee during 2001 and 2002, and as the Head of Internet Strategy for John Kerry for President. In 2006, Walsh began serving as co-host of XM Satellite Radio's Left Jab, a weekly political radio show.

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