Bill Purcell, Chief Executive Officer, Market6
Wayne Levy, Chief Technical Officer, Market6
Dave McLean, General Partner, Sevin Rosen Funds
J. Mark Harran, Consultant, formerly Senior Vice President, Sales, Customer Development and Marketing Services, Kraft General Foods
George Garrick, CEO, Mochi Media.
Bill Purcell
Bill Purcell is the Co-Founder, Chairman, and Chief Executive Officer at Market6. Bill is a pioneer in bringing new technology to the Fast Moving Consumer Goods industry. Bill's career has been focused on bringing technology and information solutions to the industry as co-founder of Apollo Space Management, Efficient Market Services (ems), planet U and now Market6.
Bill started his career gaining operating experience from American Stores (now part of SuperValu/Albertsons) in a variety of store management, marketing, and technology roles.
Following the purchase of Apollo, Bill served as Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing for IRI. Similarly, after the purchase of planetU, Bill became the Chief New Markets Officer at Transora.
Some highlights of Bill's career include:
Bill's undergraduate study was in Computer Science and Business Administration and is a graduate of the Food Industry Management Program from the Graduate School of Business at the University of Southern California.
Wayne Levy
Wayne Levy is the Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer at Market6. Wayne has been developing practical forecasting technologies and models in the areas of promotion and price demand response, inventory estimation, consumer choice, inventory flow with major retailers and manufacturers for over 25 years. Wayne was a co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of efficient market services (ems). Previously Wayne served as the Executive Vice President of Product Development for A.C. Nielsen, Director of Sales and Logistics Information for H.J. Heinz, and Director of Decision Support Systems for Needham, Harper & Steers Advertising.
Some of Wayne's career highlights are:
Wayne received a Masters Degree in Sociology from and was a professor and doctorate student at the University of Chicago.
Dave McLean
Dave McLean is General Partner at Sevin Rosen Funds (SRF), and serves as a member of the Market6 Board of Directors. At SRF, Dave employs his extensive industry knowledge to investment opportunities in semiconductor, hardware, and software systems ventures. He also currently serves on Boards for HexaTech, NovusEdge, nTag and SensorLogic.
Dave's experience spans both established companies and startups such as Pliant Systems, Applied WDM, Cicada Semiconductor and IBM. His served as CEO of Applied WDM, then as CEO of Cicada Semiconductor, overseeing the company rapid growth phase and playing an instrumental role in the company's sale to Vitesse Semiconductor. While at IBM, Dave spearheaded the introduction of the company's DSP product line into Asia.
Throughout his 20 years in the semiconductor and networking industry, Dave has worn many functional hats, including marketing, engineering, business development, and operations. Dave utilizes his extensive operational experience to guide SRF portfolio companies to success.
J. Mark Harran
Serving as a member of the Market6 Board of Directors, J. Mark Harran is a strategic consultant, specializing in helping C-level management teams develop actionable business strategies. Mark's clients include AT&T, SUPERVALU, Catalina Marketing Services, IKON, Coles Meyer, and Bols Wessanen, among others.
Mark retired in 1995 as Senior Vice President, Sales, Customer Development and Marketing Services of Kraft General Foods (now Kraft Foods). During his 30 year career at Kraft General Foods, some of his most notable accomplishments include:
Mark received a B.A. from St. Lawrence University and a MBA from Northwestern University.
George Garrick
George brings to Market6 extensive marketing information technology experience domestically and internationally, in startup companies and large public corporations. As the former CEO of both of the two leading Consumer Packaged Goods syndicated information services (Nielsen and IRI), George brings a unique perspective to making CPG services companies thrive.
A few of George's notable accomplishments include:
George earned BS degrees in Math and Engineering as well as his MBA from Purdue University.