Management team

John A. Beaulieu, Chairman

John A. Beaulieu, a longtime Pacific Northwest financier and adviser to emerging-growth companies, joined Nozzl Media’s advisory board in May 2009 and became chairman in December 2009. Since 2002, he has also been chairman of Westport Innovations Inc. (TSX:WPT/NASDAQ:WPRT), a Vancouver, British Columbia-based developer of environmental technologies that enable vehicles to operate on clean-burning alternative fuels. Mr. Beaulieu co-founded Cascadia Pacific Management, LLP, a venture capital fund in Portland, Oregon, in 1990. Since 1986, he has been actively involved in finding, financing and assisting in the growth of more than 70 technology-based companies. Mr. Beaulieu has been president of Steelcraft Corp., and he has held general management and executive positions at American Standard, Evans Products, Procter & Gamble, Ford Motor Co. and Arthur Young & Co. He earned a Bachelor of Commerce degree (1956) and a Master’s of Business Administration degree (1963) from Santa Clara University of California. Mr. Beaulieu is also a member of the board of directors of Parran Capital Inc. (a publicly traded capital pool company), other privately held, venture-backed enterprises and one socially focused organization.

Steve Woodward, Chief Executive Officer

A veteran of the newspaper industry, Steve has led three journalism startups in more than 30 years as a general manager, editor, and reporter. After receiving his master’s degree from the prestigious University of Missouri School of Journalism, Steve worked as a reporter at The Kansas City Star. There, he participated in the paper’s coverage of the deadly collapse of a Kansas City luxury hotel’s skywalks – reporting that earned the staff the 1982 Pulitzer Prize for local reporting. He later served as business editor for two major metropolitan dailies: the Hartford Courant and The Oregonian in Portland, Oregon. In 1982, Steve joined the staff of the Kansas City Business Journal, a startup that would grow into American City Business Journals Inc., a 41-city chain of business newspapers. Steve has also served as the editor of the San Francisco Business Times and general manager and editor of the Business Journal of Portland, both members of the American City chain.

Steve Suo, Executive Vice President and Editor

A 2005 Pulitzer Prize finalist and 2007 Pulitzer Prize winner, Steve holds a master’s degree in public policy from Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government. During his 20 years as a journalist, Steve distinguished himself with projects that applied what people once called “computer-assisted reporting” to a variety of public policy problems. Steve possesses extensive training and experience in databases, GIS applications, statistical analysis and economic theory. Steve’s experience developing on-line interfaces for accessing public records guides Nozzl Media’s efforts to put public data directly in the hands of users.

Brian Hendrickson, Visionary and Lead Developer

Brian is one of the world’s leading authorities on open-source microblog development, having created the Internet’s second leading open-microblog network software, OpenMicroBlogger.com. In 10 years as a programmer, he has built and modified more than 75 proprietary and open-source applications. In 2005, Brian used PHP and PostgreSQL to place first in a worldwide programming race sponsored by IBM. From 1996 to 2004, Brian worked as a freelance photojournalist for National Geographic, Conde Nast, USA Today, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, the Associated Press, the Spokane Spokesman-Review and The Oregonian.

Greg Griffiths, Vice President of Sales and Marketing

Greg brings 15 years of marketing and sales experience to the team, focusing on developing new brands. Greg also has extensive experience in market analysis, launching new products and services, and electronic marketing. A former director of marketing for Kaplan International, consultant, and product marketing manager with GenevaLogic software, Greg has succeeded in bringing new brands into competitive markets, building strong sales and customer-service teams, and bridging the space between technological development and the needs of the market. As Nozzl Media’s VP of Sales and Marketing, Greg is responsible for developing and launching the corporate brand, forging strategic partnerships, and leading the sales and marketing teams.