Jacob Weiss

Mr. Weiss is a veteran of the Baby Products industry. He was the founder and President of Cotton Times, inc., a wholesale distributor and manufacturer of baby products. Within the scope of his business, he Read Moresupplied retailers in the domestic and international markets with baby products. His duties as President of Cotton Times, Inc., included managing a strong sales force, merchandising and overseeing the company's product and back office administration. His extensive background in the Baby Products industry has helped him develop and maintain relationships with various manufacturers throughout the industry. Through Mr. Weiss' leadership, BabyAge, receives preferred pricing from its vendors.

Prior to founding Cotton Times, Inc., Mr. Weiss directed Precious Baby, an infant and juvenile bedding manufacturing business. His keen sense for managing manufacturing efficiencies and controlling quality has helped him prevail in the industry. Mr. Weiss is also a specialist in the merchandising and manufacturing industry. His proficiency extends to managing and maintaining a profitable business.

Julie D. Space

As Vice President of Marketing and The Customer Experience for BabyAge.com, a leading baby products eTailer, Julie is responsible for developing and delivering innovative marketing, communications Read Moreand customer service strategies to drive the continued growth of BabyAge.com as well as the Today's Baby®, Today's Tot and Today's Mom product lines. In this role, she manages all of the marketing, advertising and branding activities along with customer relationship programs designed to deliver the best possible customer experience.

Ms. Space has nearly 20 years of experience in the marketing, advertising and customer service arena. Prior to joining BabyAge.com, Ms. Space was senior manager of marketing communications at Frontier Communications Solutions, where she was responsible for leading the development of national marketing campaigns and customer service strategies to drive revenues in the consumer segment. Prior to this role, she worked for Commonwealth Telephone Enterprises where she served in several senior management roles and was instrumental in developing innovative marketing and customer experience programs that drove industry leading penetrations for High-Speed Internet, Phone Bundles and Satellite TV.

She attended College Misericordia, Dallas, Pennsylvania, where she studied business with an emphasis on consumer marketing and is a graduate of Leadership Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. She is a member of the Leadership Wilkes-Barre Alumni Council and active volunteer for non-profit organizations including the Wyoming Valley Children's Association and American Cancer Society.

Marty Nealon

Marty is a 15-year veteran of retail planning and inventory management and his experience in planning and forecasting merchandise and developing streamlined shippingRead More systems support BabyAge's current record-breaking sales. As one of his major goals, Nealon will refine and expand merchandising strategies to grow BabyAge's private label brands Today's Baby, Today's Tot and Today's Mom.

Marty coordinates merchandising and operations management with Vice President of Sales, Jacob Weiss and Julie Space, Vice President of Marketing and the Customer Experience.

Marty resides in Moscow PA with wife Christine, 3 children Patrick (age 9), Martin (age 8) and Rylie (age 6), and 2 golden retrievers Sydney and Shelby.

Currently pursuing APICS certification in Supply Chain Management, Marty enjoys mountain biking, Xterra and road triathlons.

Pete Mercatili

Mr. Mercatili has over 12 years of corporate finance experience working with companies that had over a billion-dollar market capitalization. His experience encompasses accounting, budgeting, and financial modeling. He Read Morehas extensive experience with margin analysis and margin improvement as well as long term financial planning. Mr. Mercatili is adepts at and enjoys complex data analysis and modeling.

Prior to joining BabyAge, Pete was senior manager of finance for Commonwealth Telephone Company, widely considered the most efficient ILEC in the telecom industry. Monitoring, analyzing and working with operations on improving margins and adhering to financial plans were Pete's main focus. Prior to Commonwealth, Pete was a senior financial analyst for First USA Bank NA (now Chase). There, he assisted in the rapid expansion of the business and worked through multiple consolidations and integrations while constantly improving efficiencies.

Pete received his undergraduate degree from Marywood University and is a member of the Institute of Management Accountants and is also an alumnus of Leadership Lackawanna.

Cameron K. Brown

Cam is President and Founder of King Fish Media, an Inc 2000 custom media company specializing in community-driven communication techniques for both b-to-b and b-to-c customers. King Fish is located inRead More Salem, MA, and can be visited at www.kingfishmedia.com. Prior to King Fish, Cam was at Ziff Davis Media for 11 Years, where he was Managing Director and Publisher of their custom media division, Associate Publisher of PC Magazine, and held various sales positions at PC Week. Prior to Ziff Davis, Cam was at Arnold Advertising's Media Group.

In addition to his work with Baby Age, Cam is also on the Advisory Board for the Giving Planet, a program of complimentary enrichment workshops for youth in developing countries and within the United State. He serves on the Board of Advisors for Pixel Bridge, Inc, a Boston-based Internet consulting firm, and on the Advisory Board of Give Us Your Poor, an organization that brings together the latest research, multimedia, celebrities, non-celebrities, homeless people, and partner organizations to help end homelessness.

Cam and his wife Colleen live in Topsfield, MA with his three amazing and active kids.

Ned Williams

Ned has spent a total of 21 years in private equity investing and has been responsible for dozens of rounds of financing in both early and expansion companies. Ned joined Brook Venture Partners in 1999 as a General PartnerRead More and a member of the fund's Investment Committee and is an active investor in and serves on several of Brook's portfolio company board of directors in both medical and information technology. Ned is a steering committee member of The Massachusetts Medical Device Development Center, which offers inventors and executives of the state's smaller medical device company's easy, affordable, and coordinated access to world-class researchers and resources.

Prior to joining Brook, Ned was a Managing Director at Saturn Asset Management, a Boston-based private equity firm. He was involved with all aspects of the firm's investment activities, including leading the financing of both Roving Software (CTCT) and FreeMarkets Online a Pittsburg based company that was brought public by Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs and closed on its first day of trading with a market capitalization in excess of 10 Billion Dollars.

Earlier in his career he was with Morgan Stanley in New York City where he was involved with over 25 Initial Public Offerings including the Netscape IPO as well as the spinout of Lucent Technologies from AT&T.

Ned holds a B.S. from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.