Local Thunder has assembled a team of experienced professionals to assist and guide the company's growth and penetration into its markets.

Matt Danilowicz: President and Managing Director, Vitec Group Communications
Bill Flatley: SalesGain
Derek Reisfield: BBN Networks, Fliptrack

Matt currently is the senior executive in charge of ClearCom, a wholly owned subsidiary of Vitec Group, a UK-based public company. In that role he has full P&L responsibility for the world's leading manufacturer of communications systems for broadcast, live performance and military applications. The company currently employs 160 professional and manufacturing personnel in San Francisco. Deemed the TV industry's "News Technology Guru" by Broadcasting and Cable Magazine in 2002, Matt has extensive experience in General Management roles in companies like Pinnacle Broadcast and iNews. He has sales and marketing experience pioneering new business models from a number of broadcast and video production manufacturers, including Avid Technology and Parker Vision. At Avid, Matt was responsible for building and managing the company's transition to an indirect sales channel for the company.

Bill Flately is the Managing Director of SalesGain, a sales training and marketing firm. From January 2007 through May of 2008 Bill was Managing Director of ForbesAutos.com and ForbesTraveler.com In that position, he was responsible for all P&L and operational issues relating to both of these websites. From 2001 to 2007, Bill served as Forbes.com Vice President and Chief Advertising Officer during which time company revenue grew 700%. In addition, Bill's team was recognized for their outstanding achievements by both the Jack Myers Report and Advertiser Perceptions.

Bill joined Forbes in 1989 as the West Coast Manager of the magazine and after relocating to New York to become Advertising Director in 1990, was named Vice President of Advertising in 1996 and Associate Publisher in 1999. He was instrumental in the launch of four critical Forbes ventures, leading the sales teams in the creation of: Forbes.com, ForbesAutos.com, the Forbes Conference Group and Forbes Custom Media. He has been an active member of the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB), and a board member of the Online Publishers Association (OPA).

Derek Reisfield is an international strategy consultant and private investor who specializes in Internet, Media, Telecommunications and Consumer Products. Currently Derek serves as the EVP and CFO of Fliptrack and as Chairman and CEO of BBN Networks, Inc. Mr. Reisfield is the co-founder of several firms, including Marketwatch, Luminant, and i-hatch Ventures. He was also instrumental in the development of several successful firms, including Strands, Every Baby Company, Provell and Sportsline. Derek served as the founding President of the New Media Division of CBS, and he was the Vice President, Business Development of the CBS Corporation and its predecessor, The Westinghouse Electric Corporation. Mr. Reisfield was the Co-Founder of the Media and Telecom practice of Mitchell Madison and a leader of McKinsey & Company's Media practice.