A visionary at the cusp of 21st century science and technology and responsible for companies that were
pioneers in both object-oriented programming tools and the commercial adoption of the World Wide Web,
Joseph brings a lifetime of passion for science and more than a decade of business experience to his
leadership of ManyOne Networks.
Beginning his professional career in 1989, Joseph was Founder and CEO of Serius Corporation, an early
pioneer of object-oriented visual programming tools for personal computers. Serius was acquired by
Novell in 1993 in a transaction valued at $20 million.
From 1995 through 1998, Joseph was Co-Founder, Chairman and CEO of USWeb Corporation. Under his
leadership, USWeb Corporation became the worlds largest Internet consulting firm, serving half of the
Fortune 100, and a publicly traded company with thousands of employees in North America and Europe,
with a market capitalization of $3 billion. Joseph received Silicon Valley's Young Entrepreneur of the Year
Award from Ernst & Young in 1998.
During 2000, in partnership with the Carl Sagan Productions, Joseph commenced the research phase of
the world's first prototype of a 21st century "Encyclopedia Galactica", an Internet-based visual navigation
system for scientific knowledge, experience, and exploration, built upon a rich-media collaborative
publishing system. This vision is now being realized through The ManyOne Network.
Mr. Firmage's writings have appeared in Forbes ASAP, Business 2.0 and other magazines and journals, and
he has been interviewed on television by BBC, CNN, CNBC, MSNBC and others.
Upon receiving a Bachelors Degree from the University of Utah, John focused his academic studies of business and foreign languages into a budding career in internet technology. He served as the Vice President of Business Development for Matchbin, Inc., a web based barter company in addition to founding two internet based companies. John also founded and served as the President of Mobile Office Community, Inc., a coffee shop/short term office solution for the mobile professional. John is an entrepreneur with an immense skill set ranging from business management and development to programming and web architecture design. His natural ability to understand marketing in addition to market trends and needs brings a very diverse view to the team.
Jon has over 12 years experience as an entrepreneur. His focus has been in the development of internet businesses and concepts with a personal desire to create social and barter based organizations. He cofounded The ManyOne Network, a cutting edge internet technology company developing new 'visual' browser technology. In late fall of 2003, Jon set out to fulfill his personal dream of creating Matchbin.com, the world's first online consumer barter network, allowing people to trade their goods and services online alongside buy, sell and auction services. Jon has over a decade of experience in building highly effective sales and management teams in addition to a strong background in investor relations.
Tony has over thirty years of experience in finance and general management, assisting emerging companies and Fortune 100 corporations as CFO, CEO, COO, and Senior Project Consultant. Tony has held key positions at TechOne, Inc., David Powell, Inc., Computer Motion, Inc., and Heraeus Surgical, Inc. He was founder and CEO/CFO of International Office Network and also held senior roles at Litton Electronic Devices and PEK, Inc. Tony began his career in finance at Wood Nye & Company CPAs assisting a diversity of clients with income tax preparation and compliance, audit, and SEC reporting. Tony is on the Board of Trustees and Chairman of the Finance Committee of Golden Gate University in San Francisco. He has a B.S. in Finance and Accounting with a minor in Law and Economics from Golden Gate University and graduate studies toward his M.B.A. at Santa Clara University.
With exactly a decade of experience in the wireless telecommunications industry, Joe has launched 2
wireless oriented companies. Most recently in the year 2000, Mr. Jasin founded Wireless Blueprint a
business development accelerator firm, with a team focused on global wireless Internet initiatives.
Clients include: Xerox / MDoc - USA, Nokia - Japan, AIS - Thailand, StelTel - China, and the Government of
Northern Ireland.
Prior to Wireless Blueprint, Mr. Jasin co-founded ICE Wireless in 1998, a wireless B2B e-hub company,
specializing in intranet/extranet e-procurement, sales and distribution of mainstream wireless products
and services. In year 2000 with 155 paying active clients, ICE Wireless was sold to Quantumshift, Inc..
Earlier at Nextel and US Com, Mr. Jasin was a sales and business manager working closely with clients to
develop wireless data applications leveraging enterprise back-office and VPN solution oriented systems.
Mr. Jasin is a board member the Software Development Forum and is the founder and current chairman of
its Multimodal Group in Silicon Valley California. Mr. Jasin is also, sits on the board of the Silicon Valley
Chinese Wireless Association - Business Center - Venture Capital Group. He is a frequent contributor at
wireless technology conferences and writer for technology publications i.e. Wired, ZD publications, and
Nikkei business magazine regarding wireless industry trends.
Joe's personal vision: To increase world trade, for economic balance, leveraging wireless
telecommunications technology.
Michael attended the University of Utah and graduated with a BS in Biology with minor degrees in Chemistry and French. He has successfully worked in the financial services industry for the past 6 years. Prior to his current position with Wachovia Securities, Michael worked with Zions Investment Securities, managing investments for Private Banking clients in the Park City area. His primary field of expertise is wealth management, geared towards the unique needs of wealthy individuals. Michael works with a range of clientele that includes many business owners, celebrities, and professional athletes.
Daniel Urmann is the current Managing Director of Analitica Corporate Strategy, an Internet consulting and private equity firm specializing in large Internet properties. Analitica currently has 16 e-commerce companies in its portfolio and has provided internet consulting services to national companies such as Pets Unlimited (owners of garden.com, fish.com, horse.com, dog.com). Mr. Urmann formerly served as the Manager of Strategy for North America at Cendant Corp. in New Jersey, a Fortune 500 company. Prior to his tenure at Cendant he was a Consultant for Standard & Poors Corporate Value Consulting (previously a PriceWaterhouseCoopers practice) in New York City. In this capacity he worked with clients including Citibank, International Steel, TNT, and a myriad of other domestic and international companies ranging in revenues from 20 million up to the world's largest and most well known companies. He holds an MBA in corporate strategy and finance from Cornell along with an undergraduate degree from UC Berkeley.
Mr. Swindle, founder and president of Cirrus Data Management, is responsible for the company's overall operations, providing strategic guidance, and developing key partnerships. Mr. Swindle is an entrepreneur who successfully founded, built and managed Cirrus Data since its inception in 2002. In 2004, he repositioned the company's focus from developing broad internet capabilities to lead generation for the healthcare industry, taking advantage of the growing population of internet consumers searching for healthcare needs. A pioneer and expert in online marketing, Mr. Swindle has eight years of experience with interactive marketing startups, beginning his career at CitySearch.com. His well versed background in interactive marketing and lead generation has helped Cirrus Data position itself as a leader in online customer acquisition for the healthcare industry.
M. Burke McHugh's real estate savvy and ability to accurately anticipate opportunity has led to a powerful track record of profitable real estate investments, ownership and most recently, 1031 real estate exchanges – an industry strategy saving thousands of dollars in capital gains taxes for himself and his businesses. Burke's interest in property exchanges was sparked in 1994 when he successfully traded ownership of his oil and gas leases in New Mexico for U.S. Forest Service property near Denver. The newly acquired property was the beginning of Malbur Properties, LLC, a company that developed two additional build-to-suit leases for the U.S. Forest Service that led to six more 1031 exchanges. Burke's business savvy was earned while working in the McHugh family oil and gas company, Nassau Resources, beginning in the company's New Mexico field office. Ultimately, he was entrusted with the company's critical trading of up to 15 million cubic feet of gas per day on the volatile spot market in the early 1990s. Burke learned commitment to hard work and high ethics while working at Nassau Resources and uses that knowledge to guide MEGA 1031's strategic plan and company policies today. Burke graduated from Fort Lewis College with a B.A. in English Communications in 1988. He has three children. Burke has been an active fundraiser for the I Have a Dream Foundation of Denver. He is also one of the original founders of Friends of Manual, the alumni support association for Denver's Manual High School and coaches his son's 5th grade lacrosse team.
Chris Tabish is currently the Director of Global IT Applications at Symantec Corporation, the Global Leader in Information Security and Availability. Mr. Tabish formerly served as a revenue controller at JDSU and has been a consultant at both Deloitte Consulting and Accenture in the San Francisco Bay Area. In this capacity, he has worked with several high technology clients such as Novell, Sybase, Lucent, Verizon and Sun. He holds an MBA and an undergraduate in Accounting from the University of Utah.
Mr. Johnson has spent four years marketing health care services and products in both California and Utah. Mr. Johnson graduated from the University of Utah Masters of Business Administration program in May 2004, with an emphasis in marketing. During this time, he was elected to serve as the President of the Professional M.B.A. Student Association and invited by administration and faculty to serve on the M.B.A. Programs Committee. He also earned his Bachelor of Science in Speech Communications at the University of Utah in 2000. For the past three years, Mr. Johnson has served as the Director of Marketing for HealthCare Insight. During his time at HCI, Mr. Johnson has successfully repositioned HCI services, developed a marketing strategy that has assisted in delivering four consecutive years of double digit revenue growth and established a positive brand image of HCI in the health care industry.
After graduating with a Bachelor of Science (Hons) degree in Geography from the University of Northumbria at Newcastle – Nick worked for Pindar Set Inc as a Graduate Management Trainee. Securing a position with AlphaGraphics (a division of Pindar) in Salt Lake City, Nick worked in all facets of the company starting at the Franchisee level before entering into the Corporate level specializing firstly in Business Continuity before transferring into Marketing and fronting the AlphaGraphics Web Based Marketing program.
Mr. Thorpe is a licensed attorney with extensive transactional experience. In his legal practice, Mr.
Thorpe represented clients in a variety of business matters such as the disposition and acquisition of
assets, the management and resolution of disputes, the collection of outstanding accounts, the
performance of contractual obligations and the formation of business entities, including corporations,
limited liability companies, joint ventures and partnerships. Mr. Thorpe has also advised corporate and
real estate clients on the risks associated with proposed transactions and offers solutions to mitigate or
eliminate such risks.
In addition to his legal experience, Mr. Thorpe has been exposed to broad business and real estate
experience through domestic and international employment. Mr. Thorpe gained real estate experience
through several years of employment at a real estate development company where he provided assistance
with acquisitions, marketing, sales and market analysis. He was also formally positioned at an
international law firm in London and Japan, where he gained insight into international legal systems and
business methods. Mr. Thorpe has worked with a Japanese Market Development Group, where he created
and presented international marketing and business expansion plans to corporations, government agencies
and private individuals. In addition, Mr. Thorpe speaks Japanese and has served as a translator for a
Japanese travel firm providing translation for tours, meetings, and social functions.
