PicksPal.com has raised another $3 million from Bay Partners and Canaan Partners

By admin at November 2, 2007 | 11:45 pm | Print

What Company is Offering:
PicksPal.com has created a virtual gathering place for sports fans to prove who really knows their American sports.

PicksPal.com is a free, national competition for sports fans to compete daily in a pick’em game, earning points by correctly predicting sports outcomes. PicksPal then displays the picks of the best of the best in its own “Genius Picks” service. In a way, like an “American Idol” for sports fans.Each member’s success is tracked to determine the members with the greatest sports IQs. PicksPal honors the best with a Wall of Fame designations and prizes.

How Much They Got From VCs:
Silicon Valley sports fan website PicksPal, has raised another $3 million from previous investors Bay Partners and Canaan Partners.
Who is Behind This Site:
Tom Jessiman, CEO
Tom Jessiman previously helped lead two of the most renowned online sports companies, CBS SportsLine.com and a larger sports portal in Europe. Under his operational direction, CBS SportsLine’s traditional fantasy sports and premium information services became the most popular on the Internet while the European sports portal, which he founded, became Europe’s leading online sports and entertainment portal, with 15 million monthly unique users and revenues of $4 million per month. He has an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Doug Knepper, VP Sales
Doug Knepper has nearly two decades of experience in the sales and marketing field. His expertise lies in online ad sales and business development and he has been successful in turnaround and developmental roles throughout his career. He has sold integrated marketing programs to Worldwide brands such as Coca Cola, General Motors, Pfizer and General Electric. Prior to PicksPal, Knepper has held executive roles at Pulse 360, formerly Kanoodle.com, Publishers Clearing House, iVillage and Intuit Corporation. He graduated from New York University with a BS in Economics.

Tony Karpinski, Director, Odds
Tony Karpinski creates the exclusive lines, odds, and proposition picks at PicksPal.com. He finished 8th out of 505 handicappers in the exclusive Las Vegas Hilton 2005-2006 NFL Super Book Contest, by selecting the highest number of correct picks in football. With 15 years experience providing premium sports information, he is a sought-after sports expert and frequent guest on sports talk radio shows throughout the country.

Hugh Jessiman, Director, Premium Services
Hugh Jessiman is in charge of Premium Services at PicksPal.com. He has extensive experience in the sales and marketing of cable and pay television and interactive services.

Tom Dittmann, Director, Programming
Tom Dittmann is responsible for ongoing development of PicksPal.com. Previously, he was the national sports producer and lead editor/producer at the last three Olympics for Knight Ridder Digital. Additional interactive sports media positions held, include: play-by-play announcer and color analyst for the Interactive Network, producer for cbs.sportsline.com, content manager for AOL Productions, producer for VegasInsider.com and managing sports editor for Excite.com. He is a graduate of UC Santa Barbara.

Joe Green, Director, Content and Programming
Joe Green joined PicksPal.com in 2006 and leads the entertainment division. Joe has more than 12 years of content management, writing, editing, product development, and marketing experience from leading media and Internet companies including Yahoo!, Internet Shopping Network, and Autodesk
More at:http://www.pickspal.com/

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