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Scott Kurnit is currently an investor and strategic adviser to technology and media companies. As founder, chairman and CEO of About, Inc. (currently owned by The New York Times Co.) he helped the company move to a public market value exceeding $1.5 billion and the fifth most visited of all Internet sites. He has been involved in many firsts, including four patents. Scott led the team that put the first Web browser into an online service, started the first Pay Per View cable network, and co-led the team that implemented the first use of national caller ID. He was president of Showtime Event Television when it generated the largest one- night gross in the entertainment business, and aired the first rock concert from the former Soviet Union. Scott has worked at the highest levels of Warner, Viacom, News Corp., PBS, IBM, MCI and Sears. He has been inducted into the American Advertising Federation's Hall of Achievement and won the prestigious Vanguard Award from the National Cable Television Association. Scott currently sits on the boards of Brightcove, Dotomi, Goodmail Systems and advises Black Arrow, Critical Mention, Digital RailRoad, Flock, Found Value, Sphere, Verid and Wink. He is also a trustee of the Mianus River Gorge Preserve, the founding land project of the Nature Conservancy and the first National Natural History Landmark. | 