Geoff Clendenning most recently held the position of co-founder and CEO of ePod Corp., a provider of interactive marketing services and technology.  As CEO, Geoff secured $21 million in venture funding from leading U.S. venture capital firms, including: Brand Equity Ventures, Macromedia Ventures, i-Hatch, XDL Capital and U.S.Trust (Schwab). Over an 18-month period Geoff grew ePod into a leading provider of interactive marketing services and technology, securing deals with DoubleClick, Macromedia, CDNOW, NBCInternet, IBM, and Columbia-TriStar Interactive.

Prior to launching ePod, Geoff served as a senior consultant at iNautics Inc., a strategic management-consulting firm specializing in Web marketing. Before iNautics, he was a sales consultant at AureCom Systems Inc., where he was responsible for business deals including the deployment of a nation-wide information service for Canadian businesses.

Geoff Clendenning is a recognized expert in the interactive marketing and technology community. He has appeared on CNN and has been featured in articles in the Wall Street Journal, Business 2.0, industry Standard, ADWEEK, and CNET. He has spoken at numerous events, including AdTech New York and Affiliate Solutions.

Born in Oxford England, Geoff grew up in Ottawa, Canada and attended Lisgar Collegiate high school prior to completing his BAH in Economics/Marketing at Queen's University.

Michael Carpentier most recently held the position of Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing for VerticalScope a leading international niche digital and print media company. In this capacity he developed and implemented a clear and sustainable sales and marketing strategy coupled with the supporting infrastructure to establish focused and profitable growth for the core group of business-to-business technology media products/portals and the consumer automotive enthusiast publication, portal, and permission based e-mail platform (Modified Magazine, www.modified.com, and Modified Update).

Prior to this Michael was President of Canada Computer Papers a $25 million per annum specialty technology print publication and internet property distributed throughout Canada. Other positions held by Michael include Vice President and General Manager for Canada of TMPW (now Monster Worldwide), Vice President Sales and Marketing for Getty Images – Film Division, and Director of Marketing for Guess Jeans.

Michael began his career in marketing and advertising right out of university when he founded Art + Strategy which serviced clients like Reebok, Jordache Jeans, Seagrams (Captain Morgan’s Rum and Cutty Sark Scotch Whiskey) and Canon. He later merged with Anagram Communications to form a combined agency with billings in excess of $3 million/year. After six years in the advertising industry Michael sold his interest in the business to pursue other opportunities.

Michael attended Concordia University where he completed a Bachelor of Commerce in Marketing and Finance.