T. A. McCann

Current

CEO at Gist, Inc
Consultant at Vulcan Capital
Founder at Jump2Go Interactive

Consultant at Vulcan Capital
Owner/Partner at Icarus Partners
Founder at HelpShare (www.helpshare.com)

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Past

Consultant at Atlas Accelerator
Entrepreneur in Residence (EIR) at Polaris Venture Partners
President at MOD Systems

Director - Mobile Services at Microsoft
Group Product Manager at Microsoft - Exchange Server

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Education

Purdue Universtiy

Recommended

7 people have recommended T. A.

Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Internet

Websites

T. A. McCann’s Summary

T. A. McCann’s Specialties:

Online community development, e-commerce, communications software, email, search, web news

T. A. McCann’s Experience

CEO

Gist, Inc

(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

June 2008 — Present (1 year 6 months)

Gist is an online service that helps you build stronger relationships. By connecting your inbox to the web, you get business-critical information about key people and companies. You’re also the first to know about the news and events that give you a competitive edge.
Consultant

Vulcan Capital

(Internet industry)

2007 — Present (2 years )
Founder

Jump2Go Interactive

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Broadcast Media industry)

October 2006 — Present (3 years 2 months)

Providing interactive solutions to the radio and broadcast industry to help them connect more deeply with their customers and advertisers. Our solutions enable rich data and consumer scenerios centered around discovery, sharing and community.
Consultant

Vulcan Capital

(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Internet industry)

September 2006 — Present (3 years 3 months)
Owner/Partner

Icarus Partners

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)

June 2004 — Present (5 years 6 months)

Business strategy, product management and business development strategy for emerging companies.
Founder

HelpShare (www.helpshare.com)

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)

September 1999 — Present (10 years 3 months)

HelpShare provides intelligent knowledge sharing solutions for web sites and corporations.
Consultant

Atlas Accelerator

(Internet industry)

2007 — May 2008 (1 year )
Entrepreneur in Residence (EIR)

Polaris Venture Partners

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

June 2004 — June 2006 (2 years 1 month)

Working on new start-up ideas and assisting Polaris in review of new investments.
http://www.polarisventures.com
President

MOD Systems

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

March 2005 — March 2006 (1 year 1 month)

MOD Systems provides physical retailers with an end-to-end solution for delivery, merchandising, end-user discovery and fulfillment of digital media, with an initial focus on music. The solution allows users to sample as well as create custom CDs or deliver their content to mobile music players, giving retailers a flexible, efficient and unique means to profitably deliver media to their consumers.
Director - Mobile Services

Microsoft

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MSFT; Computer Software industry)

September 2003 — May 2004 (9 months)

Responsible for creation of new group with a focus on mobile operator services/servers including creation of Microsoft Service Delivery Platform (SDP).
Group Product Manager

Microsoft - Exchange Server

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MSFT; Computer Software industry)

April 2001 — August 2003 (2 years 5 months)

Responsible for product planning and business development for Exchange Server.

Additional Information

T. A. McCann’s Websites:

T. A. McCann’s Interests:

Startups, sailing, moutian biking, travel

T. A. McCann’s Groups:

www.artwithheart.org, www.orcaatcolumbia.org, Tretulia

On Startups - The Community For Entrepreneurs
Purdue Alumni
Getting Things Done - GTD - SolutionPeople Innovation's Network of Action Innovators
H-Farmventures
Art with Heart
Think Green
Friends of Gist
Seattle 2.0
Atlas Networks
Atlas Accelerator
Purdue Swimming Alumni