Jay Gallinatti

Who is Jay Gallinatti?

Since leaving Overture, now Yahoo! Search Marketing, in 2002, Jay

Gallinatti has been providing consulting and advisory services to small

and growing Internet businesses. He joined the Zango Board of Director

in November 2004. From June 2003 through June 2005 Jay served on the

Board of Directors of Local Matters, Inc. and was named Chairman in

December 2003. Local Matters is a technology company developing search

solutions that cultivate connections between merchants and consumers.

He joined Overture (previously GoTo.com) as one of the founding members

of the executive management team in March of 1998 as vice president of

sales and customer service. GoTo.com pioneered the concept of “paid

search sponsored listings.” In less than four years, the sales

and service organizations within GoTo grew from a dozen employees to a

team of 250, while the company grew to more than 600 employees

generating over $600 million in revenue and $100 million in net profit,

and executed an initial public offering. Overture was acquired by

Yahoo! in 2003 for $1.6 billion. Prior to joining GoTo, Jay served as

vice president, sales and marketing at Austin ‐ James, Inc., a consumer

software company. He spent nine years at Lotus Development Corporation

in a variety of roles, including West Coast regional director of sales,

and director of marketing for cc:Mail. Jay received his B.A. in Human

Biology from Stanford University in 1978.