A highly successful entrepreneur for more than 25 years, Geoff brings his extensive experience in production, sales, and business development in the media industry to Local Thunder. Beginning with roots in program and commercial production (Founder: New Media Group) and cable television advertising (founder: Cable Air Space), he moved into the national and international markets as co-founder of Man in the Moon Productions. There, Geoff produced and distributed a number of vignette series including Today in Music History, which enjoyed a successful ten year run in the US and around the world. Geoff's current endeavors include Co-Founder and Partner of Monterey Media Concepts, the largest program exchange in the US. In addition, he continues to develop dynamic, strategic niches in the media industry, including Local Thunder, which capitalizes on both universal appeal and broad geographic applications.

An accomplished executive with over 25 years of experience in marketing, strategy and entrepreneurial business leadership, Gretchen joined Local Thunder as President in 2011. She recently co-founded and served as President of FetchDog.com, a successful, venture-backed start-up providing supplies, content and community for over 100K passionate dog lovers that was featured on Oprah, Martha Stewart and Rachel Ray. She has extensive experience in all aspects of web marketing, social media, e-mail and direct mail marketing. Prior to launching FetchDog, Gretchen led the brand strategy, creative teams and multi-channel marketing for a number of high-end consumer businesses including Thos. Moser Cabinetmakers, Great Books Summer Program and Georgetown Collection. Her career began in consumer packaged goods as a brand manager at Johnson and Johnson. Gretchen received her MBA from Columbia University and BA from Dartmouth College.

Jim has 20 plus years of experience in software and Internet senior company management, television station management, operations, and broadcast technical management. He served as Vice President of Worldwide Customer Support at Avid Technology, the worldwide leader in computer-based film and video editing with full P&L responsibility for the business unit. Prior to that, Jim was part of Avid's senior management team that formed their broadcast division, now responsible for a significant portion of the company's revenue. He also led the sales, engineering, and projects group that implemented the world's first news tapeless editing and playback for clients including CNN Headline News, CNN/FN and Northwest Cable News. Before joining Avid, Jim held management and technical strategy positions at various broadcast groups, and was group director of engineering, and later, Station Manager for WCSH6 in Portland, ME. Additionally, he was a technology and business consultant for a number of Internet startups including Clareon, an online business payment provider. Jim currently sets strategy and implements the business vision at Local Thunder. He received his bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Maine at Orono.

Bill has extensive experience in high-growth and value enhancement situations. CPA/MBA with more than 25 years of experience in all aspects of management and finance. Senior financial roles at Atari Inc., from 1980-83 as Director of Finance, Home Computer Division; Electronic Arts from 1983-91 as Vice President, Finance; Waste Management of NY from 1996-98 as CFO; KTI, Inc. as Executive Vice President/Treasurer; and ToolZ Limited from 2000-04 and as an early stage investor, Board Member, and CFO. Background includes capital raising activities, business development and mergers and acquisitions, management of corporate financial and administrative functions in emerging growth companies as well as Fortune 500 companies.

Dave is a seasoned veteran of customer service. Before joining Local Thunder, Dave served as Customer Service Manager for AllVertical, a data, communications, marketing and e-commerce company. Dave reorganized and streamlined their customer support organization, while overseeing the implementation of three distribution groups and Smith & Wesson manufacturing into the AllVertical supply chain. Dave has also worked for Varian Semiconductor providing project management for installations worldwide. At Local Thunder, Dave is leading a growing staff of customer service representatives that are responsible for maintaining affiliate, consumer, and merchant customer relations at the highest professional level.