Joe Beninato

Current

• Founder & Director at Presto

Past

• Founder & Chief Strategy Officer at Presto
• Founder & CEO at Presto
• VP Product Marketing and Business Development at Roku

• Independent Investor and Advisor (Self-employed)
• Founder and VP Marketing at When.com
• Partner at ActiveSite
• Director of Product Marketing at Books That Work
• Multimedia Product Manager at S3 Incorporated
• Product Manager at Integrated Systems Incorporated

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Education

• Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Internet

Joe Beninato’s Summary

Repeat entrepreneur focused on consumer products (electronics, Internet services, etc.)

Joe Beninato’s Experience

• Founder & Director

  Presto

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

  June 2007 — Present (1 year 5 months)

• Founder & Chief Strategy Officer

  Presto

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

  June 2006 — June 2007 (1 year 1 month)

• Founder & CEO

  Presto

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

  January 2004 — May 2006 (2 years 5 months)

• VP Product Marketing and Business Development

  Roku

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Consumer Electronics industry)

  June 2003 — August 2003 (3 months)

  Business partner to the founder/CEO of this digital media consumer electronics startup.

• Independent Investor and Advisor

  Self-employed

  (Self-Employed; Myself Only; Internet industry)

  June 1999 — May 2003 (4 years)

  Served as board member, advisor, and/or investor to startup companies, resulting in 9 private equity financings totaling over $100MM. Companies included Ofoto (acquired by Kodak), Bigstep (acquired by Affinity Internet), eDaycare (acquired by Parentwatch), Topica (private), and Telespree (private).

• Founder and VP Marketing

  When.com

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)

  December 1997 — May 1999 (1 year 6 months)

  Co-founded this high-visibility Internet startup and sold it to AOL in 1999 after multiple rounds of venture funding and incredible user growth.

• Partner

  ActiveSite

  (Partnership; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

  December 1996 — December 1997 (1 year 1 month)

  Partner of this Internet consulting firm focused on designing highly interactive Web sites and performing marketing consulting. Served as acting VP Marketing & Business Development for Homestead, built corporate Web site for Arithmos (acquired by ST Microelectronics). Led the investigation of multiple Internet business opportunities, resulting in When.com.

• Director of Product Marketing

  Books That Work

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)

  January 1995 — October 1996 (1 year 10 months)

  Consumer software company acquired by Sierra On-Line.

• Multimedia Product Manager

  S3 Incorporated

  (Public Company; 201-500 employees; SIII; Semiconductors industry)

  November 1991 — August 1994 (2 years 10 months)

  Promoted through a series of positions as the company grew from 20 employees to over 300. IPO 1993.

• Product Manager

  Integrated Systems Incorporated

  (Public Company; 201-500 employees; INTS; Computer Software industry)

  July 1989 — November 1991 (2 years 5 months)

Joe Beninato’s Education

• Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  SB, Aerospace Engineering, 1985 — 1989

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