Pheedo’s mission is to unlock the full potential of our customer’s content to make them more successful. Pheedo provides content distribution services to help our customers increase visibility, traffic and revenue.
Our core values:
- Passionate: We love what we do and respect those we work with.
- Smart: We welcome new ways of doing things and are constantly learning.
- Team Player: We have a just-do-it attitude. We work together to solve problems. We place the team above ourselves.
- Sensitive to Work/life balance: We embrace our hobbies and spend time with our families.
- Customer Focused: We communicate with each other and our community. We listen to feedback and engage in constructive dialog.
Pheedo was founded in 2003 and has offices in the San Francisco Bay Area, Portland, Oregon, and Tokyo. Pheedo received strategic investment from Transcosmos Investments & Business Development.
Leadership
Bill Flitter
CEO | Founder
Bill is a veteran entrepreneur with over 15 years experience in the advertising industry. Prior to Pheedo, Bill founded Email Shopping Network and directed its sales and marketing activities until its acquisition by eUniverse in 2002 (now: News Corporation; NYSE: NWS).
Bill is widely recognized as a leading expert on content marketing and emerging internet advertising trends. Raised in Wisconsin, Bill graduated with a degree in advertising from the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh where he started the Scholarship for the Advancement of Interactive Advertising. He serves on the St. Perpetua School Board where he also coaches his son’s basketball team.
Charles Smith
President | Founder
Charles is a technology entrepreneur and executive with over 10 years experience in media and online advertising industries. Prior to Pheedo, Charles played founding and executive roles at Email Shopping Network (acquired by eUniverse, now: News Corporation; NYSE: NWS) and Gigabeat (Kleiner Perkins, acquired by Napster).
He is a frequent speaker on the convergence of technology, media and law. Charles was raised in Oregon, graduated from UC Santa Barbara with a degree in Anthropology, and earned his J.D. from Stanford Law School.
Debra Garber
Vice President, Finance & Operations
Debra is a seasoned financial executive with over 20 years experience managing finance, operations and human resources for both large and small online, educational and media oriented companies. With a passion for the startup environment, Debra has guided several startups from early stage financing through exponential growth. A native Californian, Debra has a degree in Managerial Economics from UC Davis and an EMBA from UC Los Angeles.
Debra enjoys tennis, travel and wine country living. She lives in Sonoma with her family, sits on the Sonoma Valley Education Foundation board as Treasurer, and has a surprise passion for penning her thoughts.
Jeff Prellwitz
VP Publisher Relations & Client Services
Jeff is a technical support and product veteran with over 15 years’ experience for products both on and offline. Prior to Pheedo, Jeff played key roles in complex products including electronic toll collection systems (FasTrak) with MFS Transportation Systems, computed radiography systems with Alara and electronic prescription systems for physicians with iScribe.
He has an affinity for technology and enjoys the challenge of translating customers’ problems, market requirements and trends to engineering to help the product development cycle be more efficient. Jeff was raised in Wisconsin, graduated from Marquette University with a degree in Electrical Engineering. He currently resides in Dublin with his wife and two boys. Outside of work and home, Jeff enjoys regaining his youth through an adult ice hockey league.
Timothy Skennion
SVP of Sales & Strategic Development
Tim has over 12-years of experience building and managing successful digital media organizations. Prior to Pheedo, Tim served as the General Manager of Infogroup’s digital media business, and has held executive management positions at both NetCreations and Return Path. A startup veteran, he previously served as Pheedo’s VP of Eastern Region Sales in 2007 before rejoining the company in 2011.
Tim is passionate about emerging media and technologies, and in helping companies master digital media to grow their businesses. He is an active member of the NYC-area startup community and an avid rugby player, who has competed in 7 countries. Born and raised in upstate New York, Tim earned his degree from the State University at Buffalo and now resides in Hoboken, NJ.