
In June, 2005, Joshua Manley decided to try to shake up the world. He and his partner, Bob Schober, saw the huge opportunity at the nexus of the social networks and e-commerce and created Cartfly. He spans six years of experience in sales, marketing and business development while working for Discovertel Communications and Haagen Multi-Media Corporation. Joshua was elemental in securing Cartfly’s seed funding, and his leadership and organizational skills have taken the company to where it is now.
For the bulk of his career, Bob Schober was a National Sales Manager at TGP. Over nine years there, Bob made an astounding 100,000 cold calls, trained 500 sales people, and wrote the entire sales manual that the company uses to this day. Hit with the entrepreneurial bug in 2003, Bob co-founded Bliss Beverage, makers of the Socko energy drink. Over 18 months, Bliss had expanded its distribution into 20 states and built a stronghold in Utah, Arizona, Oregon and Washington. In June of 2005, Bob decided to aim even higher, and co-founded Cartfly with the aspiration of revolutionizing the e-commerce space.
Combining technical skills developed at MIT and refined as an engineer
at both Silicon Graphics and CNET Networks with a talent for strategy
honed in the business development departments at Photobucket and
Clearspring, Kurt brings a capability-focused strategy to partnership
development. Kurt’s ability to create and maintain strategic
partnerships that empower other organizations to easily integrate
commerce into their social applications will enable Cartfly to offer
value for any company looking to incorporate
Dan Milliron has over 25 years of professional software engineering experience, ranging from web applications and consumer electronics firmware to high-end engineering software for electronic circuit design. Dan has worked with international clients in Europe and the Pacific Rim, including Toshiba, Siemens, Ericsson, and Nokia. He has led projects in a wide variety of settings, from startup ventures to global powerhouses like Intel, Tektronix, and Mentor Graphics. Dan holds two degrees from MIT, in computer science and electrical engineering.
Majoring in Mathematics and Computer Science at Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio; Michael was prematurely plucked away by a leading international technology consulting firm. He has expertise in over 20 unique programming languages with a client list that includes the likes of Alcoa Aerospace, Nationwide Financial Services, CBS Radio, Clear Channel Entertainment, International AIDS Vaccine Initiative, Limited Brands, Universal Music Group, Reebok, and SRA/McGraw-Hill.