Our People
With an industry that moves as quickly as the Internet the success of W3i is due to its outstanding employees recognizing trends and delivering products and services that meet the needs of consumers, marketers and developers.
Leadership
Andy Johnson
CEO
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Andy joined W3i in December, 2007, as CEO and has guided W3i's transition into a leading
consumer application distribution network for Windows desktop applications, browser add-ons,
software, and mobile applications.
Andy formerly served as President of CMS Direct, a leading
network database company serving the direct marketing industry. CMS Direct provides
direct marketing service bureau offerings, customer database hosting, direct response
consulting, and network database services through its two operating divisions, CMS
and Prefer Network… More
Robert J. Weber
Senior Vice President, New Products & Co-Founder
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Rob Weber co-founded W3i in 2000. As CEO, from inception through November 2007,
and now as Senior Vice President of New Products, Rob grew W3i into a leading distributor
of consumer applications. Today, Rob is focusing on the growth of W3i
Mobile… More
Ryan J. Weber
Senior Vice President of Product Management & Co-Founder
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Ryan co-founded W3i in 2000. Ryan's focus is to create distribution, monetization,
and engagement opportunities for mobile app companies… More
Ryan C. Ranweiler,
Chief Financial Officer & Senior Vice President
Ryan joined W3i in 2005 and is responsible for making decisions that fulfill the Company's long-term financial strategies… More
Jeff Bollinger
Chief Technology Officer & Senior Vice President
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Jeff leads W3i's Information Systems Group, which includes Software Development,
Business Intelligence and Information Technology teams… More
Lisa Nistler
Senior Vice President of Sales & Marketing
Lisa is responsible for the company's sales and marketing strategy and functions including business development, business-to-consumer brand and product management, acquisition, usability, optimization and client relationships…More
Board of Governors
Young K. Sohn Chairman
Young Sohn is Chairman of W3i's Board of Governors. Young is President and CEO and of Inphi Corporation, a fabless electronic components company in California… More
Pradip Madan Board Member
Pradip has served on W3i's board since inception. Prior to that, he served on Freeze.com's board. He is currently Senior Vice President, Corporate Strategy and Development, at SYNNEX Corporation… More
Tim Dibble Board Member
Tim is a founder and Managing General Partner of Alta Communications, a Private Equity Firm headquartered in Boston, MA. In that capacity, he sits on the board of numerous traditional and online media… More
Waleed Al-Atraqchi Board Member
Waleed joined Affinnova from Imagitas Corporation, a marketing services firm that helps companies communicate with valuable, hard-to-reach consumer segments, where he most recently served as President. Prior to this position… More
Scott Zerby Board Member
Scott is the founder of two casual game companies, Gamers Digital Inc (founded in 2008) and prior to that ValuSoft (1996) (now a division of THQ) . His career started with the beginning of the personal computer revolution directing… More
Investors
Founded in 2000, W3i is majority-owned by the Weber brothers, and backed by Alta Communications, a leading private equity firm exclusively focused on media and telecommunications.
