Eric Best, Chief Executive Officer

Eric is a veteran entrepreneur and experienced manager of strategy, people, and process. Founding MindCorps in 1996, Eric created a profitable, high-growth software consultancy that served the Internet and Fortune 500 markets before its acquisition by Amazon.com. Joining Amazon.com, Eric managed business development for the Amazon.com Commerce Network, working on the deal team for Amazon's first major brick-and-mortar partnership. Eric founded the software product firm Emercis Corporation in 1998 to provide e-commerce infrastructure tools to enterprise businesses. Emercis was acquired by Impressa, Inc. in 2000. Serving as Director of Ubarter.com, Eric helped facilitate the sale of the business to Network Commerce in 2000 for $45 million. Eric is currently Chairman and CEO of Mercent Corporation. In addition, he serves as chair of Seattle-based Morse Best Innovation, a technical marketing agency serving clients such as Microsoft, Lexmark, and WRQ, and as director of Bellevue-based ITEX, a technology company that provides a business-to-business payment system for non-cash transactions. Eric is a graduate of Seattle Pacific University and a member of the SPU Entrepreneurial Studies Council and Society of Fellows.

Todd Sherman, VP, Business Development

Todd has 20 years of successful experience in executive management, sales, marketing and technical roles in both established F100 companies and startup organizations. Previously, Todd managed the strategic third-party seller program at Amazon where he helped start the ecommerce partnership program and drove it to where it delivers more than 40% of Amazon’s total units across more than a dozen product categories. Todd was also a founding member of the Amazon’s enterprise sales team and set up Amazon’s multi-year relationship with Sears Canada to use Amazon’s ecommerce technology drive the Sears.ca site. Prior to Amazon, Todd held executive sales and business development positions at NetMotion Wireless, iCopyright.com and SGI (formerly Silicon Graphics). Todd graduated from MIT with a degree in mechanical engineering.

Alan Brozovich, VP, Products and Services

Alan has been building and delivering technology solutions for the online retail industry since 1999. Alan spent seven years at Amazon.com where he worked on new product line launches in the US and Canada, international website expansions in Europe and Asia, and building retail systems for product merchandising on the Amazon.com website. Alan also served as Director of Internet Production at World Vision where he drove ecommerce initiatives. Alan is a graduate of Seattle Pacific University.

Joel Mosby, Director of Technology

Joel is a veteran software engineering professional with 14 years of software development and technical management experience. Joel currently oversees product development, software quality assurance and information technology teams for Mercent, responsible for driving the development of Mercent Retail, an on demand software solution serving online retailers, using iterative software development practices as well as ensuring the infrastructure and processes are in place to meet the demands of a hosted software solution. Prior to joining Mercent, Joel worked at Seattle Public Utilities where he designed and architected software solutions to expand the online services available for the community. At ImageX.com, Joel contributed to the successful IPO and subsequent acquisition by FedEx/Kinkos. Joel also spent almost three years developing tools to manage network infrastructure for The Boeing Company. Joel holds a B.S. in Business, Accounting from Montana State University.

John A. Wade, CPA, Director of Finance

John is a veteran Chief Financial Officer with over 25 years of accounting and management experience. From 1998 to 2007, Wade served as the Chief Financial Officer for publicly traded Aptimus, Inc. (NASDAQ: APTM). Aptimus was a pioneer in the then new medium of the Internet and ultimately became a leader in online direct marketing. While serving as Aptimus’ Finance Chief, Wade managed the company’s Series A and B finance rounds, initiated bridge Lines of credit with Banks, completed an investment of $24 million from a strategic investor and then brought the company into the public arena through a successful IPO in 1999. In addition, Wade guided the company from a small early stage company of 25 employees to a public company with over 220 employees, managed five acquisitions and completed a series of successful reorganizations required due to changes in the Internet business climate. Wade completed his journey with Aptimus by way of the successful sale of Aptimus to the Apollo Group (NasdaqGS :APOL) (The University of Phoenix) in October of 2007. Prior to joining Aptimus, Mr. Wade served as the Chief Financial Officer for a large Sacramento, CA based real estate Development Company from 1990 to 1998. Wade began his career out of college as an auditor and taxation specialist at the international accounting firm of RSM McGladrey. Mr. Wade has a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration with a concentration in accounting from the San Diego State University School of Business and has been a CPA since 1987.