CardTapp wouldn’t be what it is today without Ben’s sales leadership or his challenges to rapidly innovate, test, and iterate on new products and features. Before serving as President and CEO of CardTapp, Ben had a successful mortgage career and a media company where he produced and hosted radio, including Richard Sherman’s Celebrity Softball Game. Ben lives in Kirkland, WA with his wife and two children who are all very big Seahawks fans.

Dustin came to CardTapp from ACT! where he was the Development Director and Lead Software Architect. While at ACT! he designed, developed, and lead development teams on over 50 product releases including desktop, mobile, localized and web products. He’s responsible for every technical working function of the CardTapp app family, leveraging over 20 years of web and app development experience. When Dustin’s not coding he’s on the ice either playing or coaching ice hockey. He lives in Mukilteo with his wife and kids.

Mike has sat on over 30 boards for public and private companies and advised over 100 startups. As an advisor, Mike focuses on funding strategy, corporate governance, go-to-market strategy, board and executive compensation, and contracts. He began his work in startups as a CFO where he served over 75 companies in that capacity. In his current role, Mike manages Atlas, the nation’s largest venture accelerator and advises startups.

Ian is a seasoned chief executive, board member, and strategic advisor with a track record of creating high growth, high performance internet and SaaS businesses. As a CEO, he has delivered high returns for investors through both ends of the business cycle. With 9 years experience in managing a public company board, Ian has had successful fundraising efforts including an 18x over-subscribed IPO, selling Market Leader (NASDAQ: LEDR) for $380m.

Advisory Board Member

Gary is the former CTO of Search & Data Science at Salesforce, which bought Clipboard, Inc., of which he was the founder and CEO. Gary received his bachelor’s degree from Clemson University and then went on to receive his PhD from the University of Maryland. Gary currently resides in Seattle, WA and serves as an advisory board member.

Edward Yim is the founder and CEO of Full Beaker Inc. and an active angel investor. He has advised and invested in more than 15 companies in the last few years, including Cheezburger (icanhascheeseburger.com, failblog.org, failbook.com), Minted.com, Bonanza.com and Heatmax (acquired by Kobayashi Pharm Co Ltd) and others. He has been a board member for several companies including Cheezeburger, Minted.com, Capability Healthcare and ClassifiedAds.com. Edward also serves as a Tech Stars mentor to early stage technology companies in the Seattle area. Edward received a bachelor’s degree in economics from Harvard University and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Keith has been a leader in the mortgage profession for over 15 years, running Cobalt Mortgage as president for over 13 years. He has deep roots in the Seattle area and is a University of Washington graduate.

Ernie is a seasoned mortgage professional and served as the Vice President of Sales for Cobalt Mortgage. Ernie now serves as the Regional Manager for Caliber Home Loans in Kirkland, WA.