Venture Capital and how to find, approach and work with VC firms

Panel Speaker

Tom Stockham is the former CEO of MyFamily.com Inc. which operates the most popular genealogy Web sites in the world, including Ancestry.com, RootsWeb.com and MyFamily.com.

 

Previously, Stockham was president of access and emerging markets for Ticketmaster, the world's leading ticketing and access company and part of USA Networks Interactive (USAI). In previous roles at Ticketmaster, Stockham was president of online ticketing, which in 2000 generated in excess of $860 million in online ticketing and reservations; vice-president of international development; and general manager of one of the original Citysearch offices. Prior to Ticketmaster, he was a founder and president of Sonic Innovations and was an associate at the Boston Consulting Group. Stockham received his Bachelor's degree from Dartmouth College and holds a Masters of Business Administration from Stanford University.