attended the University of Southern California and left during his junior year to pursue entrepreneurship. He successfully sold his first business at the age of 22 and then came to Silicon Valley. Matthew's passion is bringing together the worlds of technology, marketing, and design to build something new. He is an avid reader whose other interests include psychology, thinking about the future, and changing names.

John has done everything from recruiting early team members to landing major partnerships to sourcing analytics software. Before Inflection, John's impressive background includes VP positions at Quinstreet and DemandTec (both now public companies), President at Match.com (managing the sale to Interactive Corp), and Harvard Business School. John's interests include being a parent, cooking, and turning his office into a personal gym.

development team agile and the releases on time. Prior to Inflection, Paddy was the Co-Founder and VP of Product Development at Weblistic, an innovative software system for local online marketing (acquired by Spot Runner). Before that Paddy was the Director of Engineering at Yellowpages.com (acquired by AT&T) and spent several years at Sabre. Paddy likes hiking and music and aspires to conduct a Bollywood Orchestra one day.

continued growth in the family history market. Joe's background includes positions at Microsoft, Amazon, and Bain Consulting. He also received an MBA from Harvard Business School. Joe's other interests include snow boarding, hiking, world travel, and sounding like a broken record.

Nachi is the mastermind architect behind STORM, Inflection's e-commerce and marketing platform. Before Inflection, Nachi was the VP Software Development at Healinx and VP Product Technology at RelayHealth. As the Managing Partner of The Enticy Group, Nachi also consulted with Hot Topic Media, which led to his introduction to Inflection. Nachi's interests include snow boarding, spending time with his daughters, and writing code with 0% defects.

rambunctious attitude help set the pace for Inflection's marketing and business development team. Brian manages the company's affiliate program and traffic partnerships. Before Inflection, Brian was serving as a local hospital's Spanish translator and trading options as one of the founding members of a small private equity fund. He also co-founded Cash4Cartridges USA, a regional e-waste recycling company that he sold in 2007. Brian's interests include soccer, investing, politics, and sending beef jerky to partners.

manages the platform and people search releases. Before Inflection Rich spent three years at QuinStreet (now a public company) as Senior Project Manager and held prior Internet marketing roles with E-com Media Group, Avaltus, and Niku Corporation. Rich revels in being a new parent, not shaving during sprint burndowns, and reminiscing about his "domeslug days".

to bringing the Archives and Inflection brands to market, Tai is uniquely gifted at balancing visually-pleasing designs with results-driven direct marketing. Before Inflection, Tai spent over 7 years at Quinstreet (now a public company), where he served as the Lead Visual/User Experience Designer. Tai's passions include travel, art, and banging on drums.

sports betting exchange, which processes more than $50 billion in wagers annually. Josh also acquired eHow.com and subsequently sold it for a 400x return to Demand Media. Josh has advised and invested in several promising Internet companies, including Aardvark, Blingo, Huddle, Minted.com, uShip, and Wetpaint.

Matrix Partners has been partnering with entrepreneurs to build industry-leading companies since 1977. Over 50 businesses in its portfolio have gone on to initial public offerings and over 75 have had profitable M&A events. The firm consistently ranks in the top five venture firms in terms of returns to its investors.

80 full-time employees. Eben was the first person to teach Matthew and Brian online marketing and has been an instrumental mentor and advisor since the company started.

November 2006. He has nearly 2 decades of senior executive management experience, including president at American Express Company and CEO of IDS Financial Services.