Steve Jillings

Chairman & Chief Executive Officer

Steve Jillings brings a unique blend of vision and ability to execute to the companies he leads. Steve began his association with Vantage Media in September 2006 and was instrumental in raising $70 million of investment capital. He joined the company as CEO in February 2007, concurrent with the closing of the investment.

Prior to Vantage Media, Steve was President and CEO of FrontBridge Technologies, Inc. Steve joined FrontBridge in March 2002 and was responsible for taking the company from a startup to a global leader in managed messaging services. Tasked with driving the company's strategic direction and growth, Steve built a management team focused on execution. Raising $27 million in three rounds of funding, the team proceeded to build a broad portfolio of managed services combined with at the largest global distribution footprint in the managed messaging space. This led to the successful sale of the company to Microsoft in August 2005 for more than $200 million.

Steve has more than 25 years of business building experience, successfully creating seven companies from concept to commercialization and eventual liquidity.

Rob Chrone

Chief Financial Officer

Rob Chrone, Chief Financial Officer, has more than 20 years experience in private and public company environments. He spent three years at FrontBridge Technologies, working with the CEO to grow the company from 15 employees and 35 customers to almost 200 employees and more than 3,000 customers. At FrontBridge, Rob was responsible for finance and administrative functions, and managing the company’s operations. During his tenure at FrontBridge, the company completed a recapitalization and three VC-led rounds of funding. Rob was instrumental in the negotiations that led to the sale of FrontBridge to Microsoft in August 2005. Prior to working with FrontBridge, Rob was CFO and COO of Atlas World Holdings, a private equity investment firm. Rob took an active role with Atlas portfolio companies and personally led the growth and sale of three Atlas companies. Prior to Atlas, Rob was Corporate Controller and then Manager of Finance, Legal & Administration at Dual Drilling, a $400 million publicly-traded offshore oil and gas drilling company. Rob holds a B.A. degree in Business Administration from Stephen F. Austin University and is a Certified Public Accountant.

Darren Wiebe

Chief Operating Officer & Chief Technology Officer

Darren Wiebe brings 20 years of experience in the technology services industry as a consultant, executive, and entrepreneur. As CTO of Vantage Media, Darren currently leads a number of critical teams including Strategy Incubation, Business Intelligence, Network Operations, and Implementation and also oversees several emerging business channels. With an extensive background in both technology and business integration, Darren provides a unique ability to bridge the two worlds. Prior to Vantage Media, he led a technical operations center for Microsoft/FrontBridge which he grew from concept to 50 employees in 18 months. This group was instrumental in facilitating growth by scaling email spam analysis, expanding network operations, and enhancing technical support capacity. Prior to Microsoft, Darren was CTO of a national Managed Services provider in Canada and was previously President of a leading technology integration and consulting firm.

Neil Kaplan

Senior Vice President, Business Development

Neil Kaplan, Senior Vice President, Business Development, leads the business development team at Vantage Media. Neil has launched numerous successful Web businesses, taking them from start-up to tens of millions of dollars in revenue in rapidly changing, highly competitive consumer environments. He has specialized in the migration of consumers and revenue from old media to new media. In a 20-year career before joining the Vantage Media team, he held leadership positions in management, marketing, sales and strategy with Internet Brands, Universal Studios, The Los Angeles Times and Bain and Company. Neil holds a B.S. in Economics from the Wharton School – University of Pennsylvania and an M.B.A. in Marketing from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management.

Jason Anderson

Vice President, Search

Jason Anderson, Vice President of Search, oversees SEM operations for Vantage Media. As the first business employee at Vantage Media, Jason played a critical role in developing the processes and strategies that led to the company’s award-winning growth. During his decade-long online marketing career, Jason has held production, editorial and promotional positions at Overture Services (now Yahoo! Search Marketing) and ARTISTdirect.

Max Powers

Vice President, Client Development

In her role as Vice President, Client Development, Max Powers is responsible for the management and development of Vantage Media’s Client Services group. In addition, she plays an active role in business development and the client acquisition process. Max has more than a decade of experience managing the client services efforts of both young companies and Fortune 500 firms. She came to Vantage Media from Microsoft, where she led the day-to-day management of the global Client Services Team for Microsoft Exchange Hosted Services. Prior to Microsoft, Max held client development and client services roles with FrontBridge Technologies, Inc. and SageMaker, Inc. Max is a graduate of University of Kentucky where she was on a four year athletic scholarship and attended graduate school at Fairfield University, Connecticut.