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Brian is a proven investor, strategist, & business executive, with extensive experience leading all forms of capital formation, from seed venture rounds to initial public offerings, & all forms of corporate transactions. Most recently, Brian co-founded & was CFO of jobaline.com. Other companies he founded include Vendaria Media, acquired by OMNI Retail Group; Luminous Corporation, acquired by Imation Inc. (IMN); Netpodium, Inc., acquired by InterVu, Inc. (ITVU); & DailyShopper.com (merged with Cross Media Services) acquired by a consortium of Gannet, the Tribune, & Knight Ridder. Brian also advised & seed-funded Onvia, Inc., which raised $70M in venture capital & went public on NASDAQ in 2000. From 2000 to 2002, Brian was a Venture Partner for Voyager Capital, a Pacific Northwest venture capital firm, providing financial & strategic guidance to portfolio companies. Earlier, Brian held senior roles with Aldus (acquired by Adobe Systems Corp in 1994), Ernst and Young, and Frost and Tallman.