Mr. Whittingham has earned the reputation within the Internet Advertising industry as a marketing innovator, having introduced various outside the box Internet advertising campaign strategies which have become standard online direct marketing practices. His first Internet startup, WinDaily.com, was launched in 1999 and quickly became the incentive travel industry’s leading interactive lead generation programs. He later founded iLead Media, Inc., a proven leader in telemarketing sales lead generation, which was acquired in May 2006 by Think Partnership for approximately $19 million in cash and stock. Mr. Whittingham graduated from Brigham Young University in 1993 with a B.A. degree in Communication Studies and is currently Think Partnership’s single largest individual shareholder. |