Executive and Advisory Team

SmartyPig's Executive Team is laced with entrepreneurial spirit and comprised of experts in banking, security, privacy, consumer and financial Internet, start-up business development and e-commerce solutions for top companies such as eBay, The Principal Financial Group, Wells Fargo, Bank of America and The Federal Reserve.

Bob Weinschenk

Bob Weinschenk serves as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Company. Mr. Weinschenk is a serial entrepreneur having founded two companies and successfully grown four companies as CEO over the past ten years. Most recently, Mr. Weinschenk was co-founder and CEO of Barfly Interactive Networks, a social network enabled advertising medium targeted at 21-34 year olds, until it was acquired by TouchTunes in September 2008. Mr. Weinschenk is also co-founder and a director of www.smartfoodshealthykids.com, a video streaming site empowering parents to make educated food and environmental choices for their children. Previously, Mr. Weinschenk was: President and CEO of Britestream Networks, a supplier of the highest performance commercial encryption/encryption technology which was sold to nCipher a public company listed on the LSE; CEO of Pixim, a premier supplier of innovative semiconductors and software platforms for digital image capture and processing that was spun out of Stanford University; and General Manager of the Microelectronics Division of Lucent Technologies, where he oversaw nearly $400 million in annual sales, and $1.3 billion in product development. Mr. Weinschenk earned his Master of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering, and his Bachelor of Engineering Degree from the Steven's Institute of Technology in Hoboken, NJ.

Michael Ferrari

Michael Ferrari co-founded SmartyPig and serves as Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the Company. Mr. Ferrari is responsible for both internal and external design and innovation as well as managing and prioritizing web developer projects and workload. Mr. Ferrari has more than 15 years of entrepreneurial experience in developing strategic marketing and technology initiatives on behalf of Fortune 500 companies. Previously, Mr. Ferrari served as a director at The Integer Group, an Omnicon Group affiliate, which is one of the largest promotions agencies in the country. Mr. Ferrari earned a B.A. in psychology and business administration from DePauw University.

Jon Gaskell

Jon Gaskell co-founded SmartyPig and serves as President for the Company. Mr. Gaskell is responsible for exploring new partnership possibilities, international research, and maintaining relationships with financial partners. He also works with public relations firms both in the U.S. and abroad acting as the main press contact. Mr. Gaskell is an accomplished journalist and entrepreneur, whose experience includes the formation of a publishing company sold to a group of investors led by the former president of NBC News. Mr. Gaskell has significant experience in the media industry and is a published author. Mr. Gaskell earned an M.A. in media studies and journalism from Drake University and a B.A. in English from Lake Forest College.

Sean McMurray

Sean McMurray serves as Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of SmartyPig and is principally responsible for managing the integration with SmartyPig partner banks. Management of integration includes satisfying all regulatory and compliance issues, monitoring risk and security during and post integration, designing accounting and tax solutions on the financial aspects of SmartyPig, and managing training and interaction between SmartyPig and the partner bank. Mr. McMurray is also the founder and director of DataVision, Inc. DataVision provides security and infrastructure for a variety of financial and technology related institutions including SmartyPig. Mr. McMurray specializes in the development and implementation of information technology platforms designed to enhance software conversion, statistical analysis and web enablement solutions. In conjunction with DataVision, Mr. McMurray has provided such assistance to notable financial services companies including Wells Fargo & Company, Bank of America and The Principal Financial Group. Mr. McMurray received his B.A. in business administration from Iowa State University.

Dan Schulz

Dan Schulz serves as Chief Information Officer (CIO) of SmartyPig. Mr. Schulz's responsibilities include coordinating and managing the programming team as well as programming solution designer. Mr. Schulz has more than 20 years of information systems experience, focusing primarily on large-scale software development projects in the insurance, healthcare and financial services industries while working with a multitude of Fortune 500 companies including Accenture Ltd., Ameriprise Financial, Inc., The Principal Financial Group, 3M Co., and Wells Fargo & Company. Mr. Schulz earned a B.B.A. in Finance from the University of Iowa.

Suzin Wold

Suzin Wold serves as Senior Vice-President, Product & Marketing where she oversees the development and management of the redemption product suite (General Purpose Reloadable and Gift Cards) as well as SmartyPig's marketing efforts. Most recently Ms. Wold was Group Vice-President at Blackhawk Network, a market leader in card-based financial solutions and the largest provider of third-party prepaid cards. While at Blackhawk Ms. Wold was instrumental in the creation and development of the first retail Gift Card Mall program and was a pioneer in the Open Loop category. Prior to Blackhawk Network Ms. Wold held leadership positions at LeapFrog, PlanetRx.com, Clorox and Procter & Gamble. Ms. Wold earned an MBA from the University of Virginia and a BBA in Finance and Marketing from the University of Texas-Austin.

Rad Weaver

Rad Weaver is the Vice President of Business Development for McCombs Enterprises and serves on the SmartyPig Board of Managers. He is a partner in many companies including: Plum Grove, Ltd.; Patton Medical Devices; 21st Century Foods, and European Divergence Fund. He is a board member of Media Excel; General LED; and Aridien. Mr. Weaver also serves on the board for National Broadcast Company and on the Advisory Board for Emergent Technologies Fund IV.

Bruce Knox

Bruce Knox is a member of the McCombs Partners team that manages investments in a diverse group of portfolio companies including SmartyPig and Red McCombs Media. Previously, Mr. Knox served as CEO and director of Interactive Remarketing, a company he co-founded to acquire the assets of an eBay Motors' subsidiary. Mr. Knox's involvement with eBay began in 1999 when he negotiated the sale of his company to eBay and subsequently served as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Marketing Officer of an eBay Motors subsidiary.

Shawn Rosenzweig

Shawn Rosenzweig serves as Managing Partner of SmartyPig and sits on its Board of Managers. Mr. Rosenzweig concurrently focuses on infrastructure development projects at McCombs Enterprises. Previously, Mr. Rosenzweig held the position of Executive Vice-President at Bayoud & Company, a private investment firm concentrating in public-private partnerships and strategic ventures. He began his career in the mergers and acquisitions division of PricewaterhouseCoopers. Mr. Rosenzweig holds a position on the Board of Advisors for Fluid Innovation Group, a software commercialization firm whose partners include Boeing, Microsoft, and the Mayo Clinic.

Michael Coppola

Michael Coppola is President of Coppola Enterprises, a real estate development and management company, is an independent director and advisor for SmartyPig and a past director of West Bank. Mr. Coppola has a diverse entrepreneurial background having co-founded several companies with Sean McMurray in the technology Industry, including DataVision, Businessolver.com, which partners with Fortune 500 Company Principal Financial, and Workcomp.net, which was acquired by Ingenix.