Philip Hotchkiss

Current

• Owner at Philip Hotchkiss
• Director at Rimage Corporation (RIMG)

Past

• Managing Principal at bswing, Inc.
• President and CEO at Talkingpoint, Inc.
• President at CBS MarketWatch

• Founder, president and CEO at BigCharts, Inc.
• Investment Executive at RBC Dain Rauscher

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Education

• Gustavus Adolphus College
• University of Durham

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Websites

• My Website

Philip Hotchkiss’s Summary

Phil Hotchkiss is a retired startup entrepreneur/CEO who actively advises entrepreneurs, senior management teams and venture capitalists. Hotchkiss helps his clients identify, execute and monetize white space to market™ opportunities.

Hotchkiss also serves on the board of directors for Rimage Corporation (2002-present) (NASDAQ: RIMG).

Previously, Hotchkiss served as Talkingpoint Inc.’s president and CEO (2003-2006). He also served as a member of the Company’s board of directors. Talkingpoint provided an interactive point-of-experience customer feedback and loyalty marketing application to consumer-driven companies including Best Buy, Target, Saks Fifth Avenue and Nissan.

Hotchkiss Founded BigCharts Inc. (1994). He served as its Chairman and CEO from inception through the company’s sale to MarketWatch.com Inc. for $166 million. By serving interactive financial content rich in consumer experience to the world's leading online brokerage and media companies, BigCharts® achieved profitability and quickly became the standard in interactive financial charting used by tens of millions of online investors worldwide.

After the acquisition, Hotchkiss served as the president of MarketWatch and as a member of it's board of directors. MarketWatch (NASDAQ: MKTW) was later acquired by Dow Jones, Inc.

Hotchkiss began his career an Investment Executive with Dain Rauscher Inc. (1991-1994). He graduated from Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, MN with honors (1991) and earned a Certificate in Legal Studies from the University of Durham in Durham, England (1990).

Hotchkiss is an Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year award winner and in 2001, the Gustavus Adolphus College Alumni Board of Directors named Hotchkiss the “2001 First Decade Award” winner for leading his graduating class in professional achievement. In addition, Hotchkiss was named a “Forty under Forty” winner by the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal.

Philip Hotchkiss’s Specialties:

Entrepreneurial Vision, Business Strategy, Angel Investor and Venture Capital Financing, Early Stage Company Due Diligence, Private and Public Company Board Experience including ISS Certified Board Training, Strategic Business Development, Conceptual Design, Brand Development and Strategy, Product Design, Consumer Experience Design, Beyond-the-Spreadsheet Business Modeling, Identifying and Recruiting Top Talent, Connecting the Dots...

Philip Hotchkiss’s Experience

• Owner

  Philip Hotchkiss

  (Management Consulting industry)

  March 2008 — Present (10 months)

  I am a retired startup entrepreneur/CEO who now provides advisory services to entrepreneurs, senior management teams and venture capitalists helping them go from white space to market™.

• Director

  Rimage Corporation (RIMG)

  (Public Company; 201-500 employees; RIMG; Computer Hardware industry)

  July 2003 — Present (5 years 6 months)

  Board Member: serves on the Audit and Compensation Committees

• Managing Principal

  bswing, Inc.

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

  October 2006 — March 2008 (1 year 6 months)

• President and CEO

  Talkingpoint, Inc.

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  January 2003 — February 2006 (3 years 2 months)

• President

  CBS MarketWatch

  (Public Company; 201-500 employees; MKTW; Online Media industry)

  1999 — 2000 (1 year)

• Founder, president and CEO

  BigCharts, Inc.

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

  1994 — 1999 (5 years)

• Investment Executive

  RBC Dain Rauscher

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Financial Services industry)

  August 1991 — September 1994 (3 years 2 months)

Philip Hotchkiss’s Education

• Gustavus Adolphus College

  Bachelor of Arts, English, Business Management, Political Science, 1987 — 1991

  Graduated with Honors

• University of Durham

  Certificate in International Legal Studies, 1989 — 1990

  Activities and Societies:

  Resident at Van Mildert College

Additional Information

Philip Hotchkiss’s Websites:

• My Website

Philip Hotchkiss’s Interests:

playing classical piano, hi-fi audio systems, recording live music, teaching music to kids, science, writing, reading, public speaking, the performing arts, and most of all, family activities

Philip Hotchkiss’s Honors:

Ernst and Young “Entrepreneur of the Year” award winner

Gustavus Adolphus College “2001 First Decade Award” winner for leading graduating class in professional achievement

“Forty Under Forty” award winner presented by the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal

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