About Us

The Team

Scott Morrow – President and CEO

Prior to joining ThisNext, Scott Morrow worked for IAC/Citysearch as Executive Vice President, Product & Marketing where he repositioned the brand and successfully launched the merchant and consumer Web sites, including integrated video. Prior to IAC, Morrow worked for more than five years for CNET Networks where he served as vice president, marketing and sales for the Download.com business unit. Earlier, Morrow held executive marketing and sales positions at the Edison Schools division of Whittle Communications. Morrow has also launched several entrepreneurial ventures. Morrow holds a bachelor of arts in economics from the University of Tennessee and a MBA from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University.

Dan Paik – VP of Technology

Dan joined the ThisNext team in 2009. At ThisNext, Dan leads the technology and IT infrastructure of the company. Prior to ThisNext, Dan served as Co-Founder and CTO of Juice Wireless, a mobile wireless software company. At Juice, Dan successfully built and launched JuiceCaster, the award winning mobile social networking application connecting the mobile phone to online social networking and multimedia sharing websites. Prior to Juice, Dan worked as an engagement manager and technology lead at KPMG Consulting primarily focusing on B2B and B2C web applications. Dan has a bachelors degree in Computer Science from the University of California at Berkeley and will be graduating in May 2010 with an MBA (major in Finance) from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Quinn Goldstein – VP of Business Operations

Prior to joining ThisNext, Quinn spent six years at Roll International: (Fiji Water, Teleflora, POM Wonderful Pomegranate juice) where he served first as Director of Operations and finally as Director of Marketing for Teleflora. He was also an early member of the DotTV team, an idealab company that eventually was sold to VeriSign (NASDAQ: VRSN). Quinn holds a BS degree from MIT.

Tyson Woeste – Director of Product

Tyson joined the company before launch in 2006. He leads the Product and SEO teams as well setting brand and community direction for the company. Prior to ThisNext he has worked as an engineer in all kinds of industries including aerospace, fiber optics and lithium ion batteries. Tyson has an Engineering degree from The University of Victoria where he was Valedictorian and graduated with honors, and an MBA from UCLA where he was a Deutschman Venture Fellow.

Dennis Cogbill – VP of Sales

Dennis joined ThisNext in July 2009 and brings more than 10 years of advertising agency and sales experience to the table. Before social shopping, Dennis ran the West Coast Consumer Media sales team for Move. He has also grown successful sales teams and territories for Realtor.com and Headhunter.net. Dennis is passionate about shopping and media. ThisNext allows him to bring these two passions together to help companies discover and achieve their goals in a unique, positive and engaging way. He holds a BA from the University of California, Berkeley and MBA from Pepperdine’s Graziadio School of Business Management.

Kevin Ayers – CFO

Kevin Ayers has been with ThisNext since early 2006. His background in senior finance and accounting roles in technology companies, including venture-funded manufacturers such as Fibermux and Xylan. He has also served as the CFO of En Pointe Technologies, a publicly-traded supplier of PCs, as well as shopping comparison engine PriceGrabber.com. Ayers holds an MS in finance and a BS in business administration, both from California State University, Northridge.

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