Jerry Ropelato

Jerry Ropelato founded TopTenREVIEWS, Inc. in 2003 and serves as Chief Executive Officer. Jerry's extensive 28 years in technology and management, combined with his entrepreneurial experience, has helped him start two successful businesses and bring to market dozens of software products - totaling more than 30 million software installations. Mr. Ropelato has gained a reputation for his contributions to Internet marketing and ability to lead websites to top traffic rankings.

Prior to TopTenREVIEWS, Mr. Ropelato served as Chief Operating Officer of ContentWatch and Chief Technology Officer of iAccess. In 2003, he founded Vitrex, Inc., an IT outsourcing company. Vitrex grew to 200 employees and received an Inc. Magazine #57 growth rating in 1998. Jerry has held positions with notable Iomega Corporation as manager of their software development team and various consulting positions that span a 12-year period in his early career.

Mr. Ropelato is an accomplished public speaker, recognized Internet Safety expert and author of two technology/marketing books iSeries Visual Age for Java and soon to be released Internet Catapults. He is an active member of many corporate and university boards of directors. Mr. Ropelato received his bachelor's of science degree in accounting and data processing from Weber State University

Stan Bassett

Stan Bassett is President of TopTenREVIEWS. With his strategic marketing and sales experience in the retail channel, Stan drives TopTenREVIEWS' review strategy.

Before TopTenREVIEWS, Stan was Executive Vice President of MarketStar, an Omnicom company, where he was responsible for the strategic management and business development of retail clients such as Sony, LG, Canon, Motorola, Office Depot and Whirlpool. He developed innovative field marketing campaigns to deliver predictable, measurable results, including account satisfaction, retention, profitability and loyalty.

Stan received a bachelor of science degree from Brigham Young University in financial planning. He has completed Omnicom's Senior Management Program and is a two-time Omnicom Catalyst Award Winner in Marketing and Sales Integration.

Bo Peabody

Bo is co-founder and Managing General Partner of Village Ventures. Village Ventures is itself an early stage venture firm with $150 millionunder management as well as services and knowledge sharing platform serving a network of 14 venture funds with $500million under management.

In 1992, Bo founded Tripod, Inc., one of the original social networks. Tripod was sold to Lycos in 1998 and Bo became Vice President of Network Strategy. Lycos was sold to Spain's Terra Networks in 2001. In 1998, Bo co-founded Streetmail (now called Waterfront Media); in 2000, he co-founded VoodooVox; in 2004, he co-founded FullTurn Media; and in 2006 he co-founded UplayMe. Bo also co-owns Mezze, Inc, a hospitality group consisting of three award-winning restaurants.

Bo is an expert in consumer-oriented businesses and is an investor and board member in Makeover Solutions, Mixaloo, and Kluster, as well as an investor in DigiSynd. He is featured regularly in major business and consumer publications, and he has received numerous honors. Bo wrote a book for entrepreneurs called Lucky or Smart?, which was published by Random House in January 2005.

A graduate of Williams College, Bo resides in New York City and Williamstown, Massachusetts. He is on the board of The Academy at Charlemont and The Williamstown Theater Festival.

Mark Solon

Before co-founding Highway 12 Ventures in 2000, Mark was a general partner at Atlantic Capital Group, a Boston-based private equity firm which provided early-stage funding to companies worldwide. ACG also provided consulting services for local governments and companies in the former Soviet Union. While at ACG, Mark made investments in manufacturing, high-tech, and retail distribution sectors.

Prior to his career in venture capital, he spent nearly 10 years in the financial services industry.

Mark is a director of multiple Highway 12 portfolio companies as well as the Rocky Mountain Venture Capital Association. He is also on the advisory board of the College of Engineering at Boise State University.

Active in the Boise community, he is formerly President of the Board of Directors of the Discovery Center of Idaho and currently serves on The Idaho Business Coalition for Education Excellence. Mark attended Lehigh University. He continues to chip away at a lifetime golf habit, and enjoys camping in the back country of Idaho with his family and friends.