MAX CLOUGH

Max has over twenty years of executive management and consulting experience working primarily with start-ups and emerging businesses in a variety of industries. 

Prior to his current position as CEO of MarketOrder, Max served as President of Keystroke Technologies, an Internet technology supplier to the Mortgage Industry and grew the company from four to over forty employees in an eighteen-month period and raised over fourteen million in Venture and strategic partner equity financing. Keystroke continues to demonstrate leadership in providing Internet technologies to the finance and mortgage industry. Prior to Keystroke, Max was President of the Thomas Kemper Soda Company where he was responsible for growing the business and in many respects the super premium soda category from a start-up to one of the largest super premium soda companies in the Western US. 

Thomas Kemper continues to demonstrate strong brand identity and sales growth following the sale of the company to Pyramid Breweries. Before Thomas Kemper, Max founded CFI Incorporated, a modular building and canopy manufacturer, supplying Oil Companies and Convenience store operators throughout the greater Northwest region. Max orchestrated the sale of CFI to a larger steel fabrication operation. Prior to CFI Max formed Ablor Associates, an offshore oilfield ice road maintenance company, operating in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska. 

Max has served on the boards of a number of technology companies and has provided consulting services to numerous companies including McCaw Cellular, Egghead Software, and Microsoft. He received his BA from The College of William and Mary and attended the University of Washington Graduate School of Business - Management Program.

DAVE ARNOLD

Dave Arnold has been in leadership and investment roles building shareholder value for international and technology businesses over the past twenty-five years. He is experienced in managing and building human and financial capital in private and publicly-held companies involved in telecommunications networks and services, Internet-based infrastructure software and services, marine and industrial fuel distribution, environmental remediation, and education services.

After graduate school, Mr. Arnold worked in a variety of finance and planning positions with Burlington Northern, Inc., a Fortune 500 diversified energy and transportation company. As Senior Corporate Planner, he was involved in several of its significant energy-related acquisitions, coordinated the strategic planning process for the holding company, and as Chief Financial Officer for one of its subsidiaries, negotiated a capacity sharing agreement for a fiber optic and digital microwave network with a major long distance carrier.

Dave then managed the successful turnaround and expansion of Pacific Northern Inc., a regional energy distribution company, first as its CFO, and then as President and CEO, taking it from a financial loss position to profitability, raising new equity capital, acquiring and integrating other companies profitably, developing rapid-growth new lines of business within positive cash flow, generating solid returns on invested capital with over $250 million in annual revenues, and operating in 65 countries.

Next, in a start-up company from a concept phase, first as Chief Operating Officer, and then President and CEO of Intermind Corporation, he built the team that successfully launched a publish and subscribe software product enabling connected users to easily create multi-media channels of content and communicate information customized to the interests of a precise target audience. The underlying patented technology for automating information exchange was conceived as an open platform for exchanging XML data between disparate systems with privacy, security, and synchronization controls.

Subsequently, as Chief Operating Officer for a public company providing an education oriented software service, Mr. Arnold recruited and led the team that produced consecutive quarters of 100%+ revenue growth over the prior years, added four million end users, negotiated strategic distribution partnerships with three global telecom and trading companies, and achieved a $240 million or 133% increase in market capitalization. Mr. Arnold earned an A.B. degree from Cornell University with majors in history, psychology, and education, and an M.B.A. degree from the Amos Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College.

 

BRIAN HILGENDORF

Brian Hilgendorf is a venture investor and serial entrepreneur in the Seattle technology community. Brian provides strategic and financial guidance to venture backed companies enabling them to accelerate their growth and success. Brian's investments and advisory board positions reflect his expertise in the Seattle technology and Internet sectors. He has worked with Onvia.com (ONVI), SmartContractor.com, Avolo.com, Cybergolf.com, CharterX.com and several others. In addition, Brian was the founder and CFO of Luminous Corporation, a software company in the graphics industry that was acquired by Imation, Inc (IMN) in 1996, he was a founder and CFO of Netpodium, Inc., a streaming media Internet company acquired by InterVu, Inc. (ITVU) in 1999, was a founder and CEO of a telecommunications company funded by Paul Allen's Vulcan Ventures and the founder and current owner of Town & Country Travel a large regional travel services company.

Brian is a frequent participant in Seattle Venture community activities and is regarded as a respected industry professional. Currently he is a part-time Venture Partner with Voyager Capital, a large regional venture capital firm based in Seattle. Prior to his venture activities Brian was the Director of Business Development for Aldus Corporation (acquired by Adobe Systems Corporation, (ADBE)) and was a Senior Manager with Ernst & Young.

His community involvement includes serving as a trustee for Archbishop Thomas J. Murphy High School and he works with several other non-profits as an advisor. Brian received his B.S. degree from Central Washington University and his Masters degree from Golden Gate University.