Consulting and Developing New Ventures
Greater Boston Area
- Past
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- SVP Channels and Business Development at Mzinga
- VP and Founder at Prospero
- Vice President Sales and Marketing at Inforonics
- Vice President, New Internet Ventures at Individual, Inc.
- Vice President and General Manager at Delphi Internet - News Internet
- Education
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- Trinity College-Hartford
- Connections
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Rusty Williams’s Summary
Rusty is co-founder and Vice President of Prospero Technologies, LLC, a leading provider of social media applications for the online publishing industry.
Rusty first joined Delphi Internet, Prospero’s predecessor company, in 1986 and served as Vice President and General Manager through 1993 and for two years as part of the News Technology group within Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. From 1995 to 1997 he served as Vice President of New Internet Ventures for Individual, Incorporated, a publicly-traded provider of personalized news. He managed the development, design and ad sales for the NewsPage business news web site. He was involved in the acquisition and integration of several companies including ClariNet, CompanyLink, and Freeloader. A recognized authority on interactive media, Rusty has been a featured speaker at Internet World, The Breakfast Network, Interactive Services Association, Digital Convergence, Buying and Selling eContent, and investment conferences. He graduated with a BA degree in economics from Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, where he was also captain of the football team.
Rusty Williams’s Specialties:
Online communities (chat, message boards, instant messaging, blogs), group collaboration, publishing, broadcast media, personalized news, marketing, sales, and product management.
Rusty Williams’s Experience
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SVP Channels and Business Development
Mzinga
(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)
2008 — March 2009 (1 year)
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VP and Founder
Prospero
(Internet industry)
March 1997 — February 2008 (11 years)
Oversee all sales, marketing, and product management. Primarly liaison to major clients including AOL, iVillage, About.com, NASCAR, MLB.com, Boston.com, Meredith Interactive, Amazon, BusinessWeek, BabyCenter, Disney, ABC, ESPN, CBS, NBC, Hallmark, Weightwatchers, CBS, Fox, Wharton School, and Orange (UK), Tesco (UK).
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Vice President Sales and Marketing
Inforonics
(Internet industry)
2001 — 2001 (less than a year)
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Vice President, New Internet Ventures
Individual, Inc.
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)
March 1995 — February 1997 (2 years)
Managed development of the newspage.com service - one of the first web-based personalized new services. Also coordinated acquisition and integration of several companies including Bookwire, Freeloader, CompanyLink, and ClariNet.
Gained experience working with a top-notch board of directors including Kleiner Perkins, Microsoft, Charles River and others.
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Vice President and General Manager
Delphi Internet - News Internet
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; Internet industry)
September 1986 — February 1995 (8 years 6 months)
Delphi is one of the first online services. I managed all sales, marketing, business development and customer service. After becoming the first consumer online service to access the internet and growing rapidly, we negotiated the sale of the company to News Corp.
I worked with various divisions of News Corp including Rupert Murdoch and News Technology to help set up internet initiatives within the various brands.
Eventually, Alan Baratz was brought in to serve as CEO, he brought in a several new managers, and it was time to move on to something new.
Rusty Williams’s Education
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Trinity College-Hartford
BA , Economics , 1979 — 1983
Additional Information
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Rusty Williams’s Interests:
Music - jazz/rock drummer, and self-taught piano and guitar. Greentech: energy, housing, water, waste
