Jerrell Jimerson

Jerrell Jimerson brings his deep understanding of consumers, technology, and the web to create a new media experience built entirely around the user. One that is more accessible, easier to use, open to the web, and that has the potential to build a community of passionate users, developers, and partners.

From his earliest days as an undergraduate at UC Berkeley, where he worked as a student rep for Apple, Jerrell Jimerson has understood the transformational power of technology. Joining Apple after Cal, Jerrell worked in product marketing where he saw first hand the elements that were required to build a great company: great people, innovative technology, passionate users.

At Netscape Jerrell served as VP in charge of online content and programming. After Netscape’s acquisition by AOL, Jerrell led the online broadband efforts at Yahoo!, bringing a range of rich media experiences to consumers around the world.

When he’s not leading Songbird, you can spot Jerrell at the Greek Theater for Macy Gray, riding down the coast on the California AIDS ride (catching Tracy Chapman in camp!), and watching the Black Eyed Peas or Kayne West videos with his son.

Mark Jung

Chairman of the Board Mark Jung has spent the last 20 years as a successful internet media CEO and entrepreneur.

Most recently, Mark was the CEO at Vudu, a leading provider of digital home entertainment and interactive television services. Prior to Vudu, Mark was the Chief Operating Officer of Fox Interactive Media (FIM) where he was responsible for all of its internet properties including MySpace, IGN Entertainment, FoxSports.com, AmericanIdol.com, and Scout Media. Prior to Fox Interactive Media, Mark was the co-founder and CEO of IGN Entertainment, an internet media and services company for video-gaming and other forms of digital entertainment that he took public in 2000 and then private in 2003. Mark led IGN's sale to NewsCorp, the parent company of Fox Interactive Media in 2005.

Mark currently serves as the Chairman of the Board of Epic Advertising, as well as the Chairman of the Board of Songbird. He is a member of the Board of Directors of 3PAR (NYSE: PAR). He is also a member of the Management Board of the Stanford Graduate School of Business, the Leadership Council for the Princeton School of Engineering and Applied Science, the Board of Directors of the League of American Orchestras, the Board of Governors of the San Francisco Symphony, as well as the Young Presidents Organization (YPO).

Mark holds an MBA from Stanford Business School and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Princeton University.

Jeff Fagnan

Jeff Fagnan, investor, is a partner in the technology group, and focuses on emerging companies in enterprise and internet infrastructure as well as alternative energy technologies / advanced material science. He works closely with MIT, Harvard University, Boston University and other innovation engines, to commercialize technologies developed in technical labs.

Before joining Atlas Venture, Jeff was a Partner with Seed Capital Partners and he opened the firm's Boston office. While at Seed Capital, Jeff was the lead and founding investor in DataPower Technologies, Way Systems, and Polychromix. Before venture, Jeff worked for Booz Allen & Hamilton and Nortel Networks. He also started a coffee business in Rochester, New York.

Since joining Atlas Venture, Jeff led the Atlas investment in DataPower Technologies which was acquired by IBM in 2005. He was the founding investor, and currently sits on the boards, of Atlas portfolio companies AEB, Bit9, DataXu, Keas, Songbird, and Veracode. He also sits on the Board of portfolio company SimpleTuition and led the firm's investments in Mascoma. Jeff received his M.B.A. from the William E. Simon Graduate School of Business at the University of Rochester and a B.S. from the University of Alaska.

Mika Salmi

Board member Mika Salmi is a Finnish-born American entrepreneur and pioneer in new media. His success in establishing one of the world's first online entertainment companies, Atom Entertainment, and in helping transform MTV Networks into a leader in new media have earned Mika Salmi widespread recognition as a visionary.

Salmi was President of Global Digital Media for MTV Networks/Viacom, where he oversaw more than 1,500 employees in 60 countries and worked across MTVN's brands, including Comedy Central, Nickelodeon, MTV, and 30 others. Upon joining Viacom, Salmi predicted the trend towards fragmentation online, championed an open approach to media, and increased Viacom's presence in games—helping Viacom more than quadruple its digital revenues.

Previously Salmi was CEO and Founder of Atom Entertainment, which sold to Viacom for US$200 million in 2006. In 1998 Salmi established the company's first brand AtomFilms, having recognized the promise of short-form content and the use of new digital platforms for its distribution. AtomFilms merged with Shockwave.com in 2000. Later renamed Atom Entertainment, the company purchased AddictingGames in 2005, which has become the largest casual games company on the web.

Salmi started in the music business, where he discovered and signed the Grammy-awarded, multi-platinum Nine Inch Nails. In the early 1990s, he was among the first Western music executives to explore opportunities in post-communist Eastern Europe for EMI Music. Later, at Real Networks, Salmi successfully cemented the first relationships between an Internet company and major media players.

Salmi speaks Finnish, French, and English fluently, with proficiency in Spanish. He graduated with honors from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and earned his MBA from INSEAD in Fontainebleau, France.

Jim Pitkow

Jim Pitkow brings wide media connections, deep technology background, and Silicon Valley entrepreneurial experience to his role as Songbird board member. CEO and co-founder of Attributor, Pitkow also serves as the Chairman of Anchor Intelligence. Prior to Attributor, Jim was CEO and Chairman of Moreover Technologies, where he successfully restructured the company through acquisition by VeriSign in October of 2005. Before Moreover, Jim was the President and Chairman of Outride Inc., a spinout from the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (PARC), which was acquired by Google. Jim received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the Georgia Institute of Technology and graduated Cum Laude in Psychology from the University of Colorado.