CrossMine
Keeping millions of hungry hotel guests happy
Keeping millions of hungry hotel guests happy
CrossMine is now live in Northern Virginia at properties representing 5 of the largest hotel chains in the world enabling their guests to find Special Offers from 14 local restaurants including the BlueFire Grille, The Capital Grille, Clyde’s, Harth, Lebanese Taverna, Maggiano’s, Legal Seafood, and the Silver Diner. Our Tysons Corner restaurant partners are sending daily Special Offers to CrossMine which the hotels share with their guests, both individuals and groups, to help them find a dining option for breakfast, lunch, dinner, or entertaining.
Over the coming months, CrossMine is expanding our service to more hotels and restaurants in the Tysons Corner area and then to a larger geographic area on our way to nationwide rollout. We are broadening our service to include all of the restaurants surrounding each of our hotel partners to provide hotel guests with a complete set of search capabilities for finding the optimal dining option.
While CrossMine’s service is designed to help restaurants find new customers and help hotels provide a superior ability to match their guests’ dining needs with nearby options, our true focus is on meeting the needs of travelers. Importantly, we will be assisting hotels and their guests in finding dining information using whatever means they prefer, including computers, tablets, smartphones, and even paper flyers. While we know that within a few years the majority of hotel guests will have smartphones, we will always work to provide travelers with the restaurant information they want as simply and efficiently as possible.
If you happen to be in Northern Virginia and staying at any of our partner hotels, please share any suggestions or questions at questions@crossmine.com.
Bob Nelson is a serial, and parallel, entrepreneur with 25 years of experience in structuring strategic partnerships, winning initial clients, and raising capital for early stage companies. He served as VP of Partner Development and board member at the voice authentication company, TradeHarbor, where he structured an investment by Nokia and marketing alliances and client relationships with Fortune 500 companies. From 1999 through 2001, he served as Entrepreneur in Residence at Network Solutions and then at the VeriSign Ventures Group (after their acquisition of Network Solutions for $21BB) where he directed the launch of a series of new businesses. Prior to that Bob was cofounder and CEO of CrossMedia Networks, a market leading service to access email by voice, and worked in alliance marketing at MCI. Earlier in his career, Bob worked for a U.S. Congressman, two U.S. Senators, and a Retired Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Bob also advises technology ventures including Augaroo, Clarabridge, GiftRocker, and Socialize.
Bill is a serial entrepreneur with over 25 years of experience in engineering, operations, and finance. Most recently, Bill joined TradeHarbor as their Vice President of Services Architecture and Deployment and has led pilots with some of the world’s leading financial services companies allowing their customers to be authenticated by their voices. Previously, Bill consulted to the VeriSign Ventures Group and helped research and develop their Global Voice Registry offering. Bill was a co-founder of CrossMedia Networks and directed its industry leading MyInBox service that allowed consumers to retrieve and manage their email over their cell phone using only their voice in 1997. CrossMedia was acquired by a UK Telematics firm. Earlier, Bill was COO of the speech research products company, Entropic, which was acquired by Microsoft in 1992. He joined his first venture funded company in 1984. Bill lives in Herndon, Virginia. He graduated from the University of Virginia with a BSEE and from the George Washington University with an MSEE.
Jay is a seasoned technology executive with 30 years of experience working for premier information, software and IT service companies. Most recently Jay was Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota.
Jay’s industry experience is diverse. Prior to entering the healthcare IT field, Jay worked in the financial services sector as EVP & Chief Technology Officer for Wolters Kluwer Financial Services. Along with setting the strategic technology direction for the company, Jay oversaw the development and launch of numerous fast selling enterprise and SaaS products.
Prior to WKFS, Jay spent nine years at the Thomson Corporation in numerous technology leadership roles, including six years as Vice President of Software Development at Thomson West. During his tenure at Thomson West, Jay led the development, deployment and support for a wide variety of enterprise-class and ASP products, including the award-winning WestKM and WestLegalEdCenter.com platforms. Jay also served as Chief Technology Officer for Thomson Prolaw and Thomson IAC, and began his career at Thomson in 1995 as the first Director of Thomson Technology Labs.
Prior to 1995, Jay worked for several IT consulting and service firms, whose primary customer base was the U.S. Intelligence Community.
Jay holds a B.S. in Computer and Information Science from the University of Maryland, an M.S. in Information Systems from George Mason University, and an MS in Technology Management at the University of Minnesota’s Center for Technology Development/Institute of Engineering.
Alex has over 20 years of experience successfully delivering large corporate cash management, billing, portal and customer relationship (CRM) applications for Fortune 500 financial and communications companies while working for British Telecom, Qwest Communications, and Perot Systems. Using an equal measure of vision, experience and hard work, Alex’s involvement typically spans the complete life cycle from concept to roll out. Following a liberation from the corporate world, Alex founded GiftRocker to provide smartphone based loyalty programs and gift card management to small businesses. GiftRocker’s offering rivals programs offered by retail giants while requiring no capital investment from shopkeepers. Alex graduated from Vanderbilt University with majors in Computer Science, Math and Economics. Following his undergraduate studies in Nashville, Alex moved back to his home town of Chicago where he earned an MS in Computer Science from DePaul University. Alex currently resides in Arlington, Virginia.
In addition to strategic consulting in travel marketing, distribution and business development Bill offers corporate and board level advisory services to identify new business opportunities, solve issues and improve performance. He has been a leader and innovator in the travel industry for over 25 years.
Bill also serves as the Chairman and EVP of TLX Inc a company that he co-founded offering an automated solution for airlines to manage their crew hotel layover process. He was formerly COO and EVP of Best Western International, the world’s largest hotel chain and served as Senior Vice President of Strategic Marketing at ITT Sheraton Corporation where he had responsibilities for travel industry marketing, worldwide strategic planning and the ITT Sheraton Reservations Corporation. He has been on the boards of public companies including Micros Systems Inc and Signature Inns and private companies such as Passkey Inc., which experience enables him to bring a unique focus to consulting clients.
Bill also served as the Chairman and Vice Chairman of Pegasus Systems, Inc., and the holding company for The Hotel Industry Switch Company (THISCO) and the Hotel Clearing Corporation (HCC). His work in developing THISCO was cited by Dan Tapscott in his book, The Paradigm Shift, as one of the top ten examples of “having the visionary thinking required for success in today’s world of electronic marketing.”
John has over thirty-four years of hospitality experience in all aspects of the service industry. His prior position was Vice President and Hotel Manager at the two thousand guest room Gaylord National Resort in National Harbor. He worked for Marriott Hotels for twenty-five years at some of the largest hotels in their portfolio including the two thousand guest room “Marriott Marquis Times Square.” He has held executive positions in Sales and Marketing, Food and Beverage, Rooms, Retail, and has managed other departments such as Finance, Safety and Security, and Engineering. Prior to Marriott, he worked for Renaissance Hotels, Hilton Hotels, and Stouffer Hotels. His knowledge of all aspects of the hospitality industry prepares him to manage multiple operations.
Michael has 25 years of experience in the hospitality industry that spans the elite in hotels, restaurants, airlines and concierge services. Most recently, Michael has utilized his proven “front of house” (FOH) strategy with the hugely successful Liberty Tavern Restaurant Group in Arlington, Virginia. Michael manages the community outreach and donations program for the group, as well. Previously, Michael spent seven years as the Maitre d’ at The Capital Grill in Tysons Corner, Virginia. Earlier, Michael worked with Virgin America Airlines during their startup years and subsequent award as the number one airline by Travel & Leisure magazine two years in a row. Michael played an integral role in Virgin America’s East Coast “front of house” program. In 1999, Michael created one of the first online concierge companies, growing it to a client portfolio that included 38 hotels, 150 Class A buildings and contracts with local governments to provide concierge service for all area hotels on behalf of their Convention and Visitors Service. Michael enjoys performing annually with his daughters in the BalletNova production of The Nutcracker.
Mike has spent the past fifteen years building early-stage companies in the digital media and mobile markets as a venture capitalist, operator, entrepreneur, and attorney. He currently serves as Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President at Millennial Media, the largest independent mobile advertising company, where he is responsible for the company’s overall financial, strategic, legal and corporate development activities. Prior to joining the Millennial Media executive team, Mike was a venture capitalist at Columbia Capital, a leading communications and media-focused venture fund, where he led the firm’s digital media, mobile media and consumer internet investments. In his role at Columbia, Mike was involved in the founding of several of his portfolio companies, including Millennial Media. Mike received a BA with distinction from the University of Virginia and a JD from the University of Virginia School of Law. He lives in McLean, VA with his wife and two children.
Paul has contributed a number of innovations that shaped the telecom landscape during the past two decades. He is presently a partner with TurboBridge, an audio conferencing provider, and previously co-founded the nation's second largest residential Internet phone company, following a distinguished tenure with MCI.
Surendra is an experienced technology executive with over 20 years experience and held executive positions at StreamSage (A Comcast Company) VeriSign, AOL, and PLS. During his tenure with VeriSign, Surendra was responsible for the development of DNS resolution of .com and .net, a system capable of over 4 trillion queries per day. He is adept at recognizing talent and formed and nurtured teams to develop VOIP and Mobile Applications. His technical expertise enabled the development and implementation of infrastructure to monitor, detect, analyze and prevent DDOS attacks on VeriSign’s network applications. Prior to VeriSign, Surendra co-founded Wondir with several other AOL executives. Wondir is an organization with a simple mission: eliminate barriers between questions and answers. Wondir constructed a new and different kind of information service to connect people who have information needs with people and information that can help them. In 2005, Wondir was sold to Revolution Health, a Steve Case (AOL Co-founder) company. Prior to Wondir, Surendra was the Director, Search for AOL. He was responsible for the management and development of AOLSearch, Netscape Search and search engines for other AOL companies and led successful acquisition and integration of two cutting edge technology companies. Surendra is recipient of four patents and few pending in the area of Search Engines.
Daniel is a 20-year veteran of the computer industry. He is currently a Product Manager at Three Pillar Global where he works at PBS on mobile strategy, mobile apps and mobile web. Daniel is a seasoned veteran of managing the design, creation and delivery process of getting exciting consumer software products to the market. His passion is evident in every project he is involved with. He has an in depth knowledge in Collaboration, Messaging, Databases, Internet technologies and more recently, telephony and mobility products. His past positions include Director of Knowledge Management at iXL, Group Product Manager at Netscape (Navigator, Communicator product lines), Sr. Product Manager Collabra Software (Collabra Share) and for Borland International (Paradox). Daniel enjoys consulting on a regular basis with startup companies and other challenging software projects. He is a full time dad and enjoys teaching kids robotics, programming and electronics and is an avid Adventure Racer. Daniel studied Physics at the University of Colorado in Boulder.
Liddy is a seasoned technology and interactive media executive with almost 20 years of experience working with premier technology and information brands. Liddy is currently President of BeClose, a remote home monitoring system designed to allow people to age in place independently. Previously, she served as CEO of DigitalSports, a web service providing detailed information and coverage of high school sports throughout the country. Prior to DigitalSports, she served as the Chief Operating Officer of Freewebs Inc., a venture backed, early-stage Internet company focused on user-generated content and social publishing. Previously, Liddy spent nine years as Vice President and General Manager at Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive, the online subsidiary of The Washington Post Company. In those years she served in both functional roles (sales, marketing, business development) and ran the largest P&L at the company, Local Commercial Products and Online Classifieds. Liddy holds an MBA and Certificate in Public Management from Stanford University and a BA in Music from Yale University. She lives in Washington, D.C., with her husband, three children and a boisterous Irish setter.
Mike is a Research Associate for the Leading Edge Forum at CSC. Mike is also currently Visiting Professor of Internet Studies in Georgetown University's Communication, Culture, and Technology (CCT) Program, a unique, trans-disciplinary masters program for students and researchers interested in how information technology is shaping society and vice versa. Since January 2008, he has been conducting research and teaching courses on The Future of the Internet, innovation, technology forecasting, and e-government, as well as consulting and speaking on Internet technology and policy. Before joining the Georgetown faculty, Mike spent almost ten years as Director of Internet Technology and Strategy at IBM, where he managed a team helping define and implement IBM's Next Generation Internet strategy. Prior to that, Mike was Director for Technology Policy at the FCC, where he helped craft policies to spur the growth of the Internet. Before joining the FCC in January 1997, Mike was Special Assistant for Information Technology at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy where he worked with Vice President Al Gore on telecommunications policy, encryption and online privacy, electronic commerce, and information policy. Mike has a PhD from MIT and a BS from Caltech.
Scott is a veteran executive with 20 years of experience in building organizations, driving revenue, and increasing market share. Currently, Scott is the Chief Operating Officer at software and services company GreenLine Systems. Previously, Scott co-founded the mobile applications software and services company, PointAbout Inc. (makers of AppMakr.com). He moved to Washington, D.C. in 2003 to be the General Manager for Public Sector Business Development for Microsoft where Scott directly managed a team responsible for complex Health and Human Services, Homeland Security, Defense and Education opportunities and was also responsible for leading Microsoft’s Dynamics (ERP/CRM/Supply Chain) sales team. He became a consultant to Microsoft in 1992 and in 1998 became the General Manager for the Midamerica Sales District for Microsoft in St. Louis, Missouri. He developed his first software at Texas Instruments in 1987 and later consulted to IBM via CTG inc. Scott graduated from the University of Pittsburgh with a B.Sc. in Industrial Engineering.
Jim is a seasoned veteran of the technology industry who has founded and run four successful technology companies over the past twenty years. Jim cofounded MITA Group, which provides a unique blend of business, technology, government policy, and political expertise to their clients, in 2006, and currently serves as a Partner specializing in federal sales acceleration for early stage companies with products and services to sell to government. Previously, Jim founded and served as President and CEO of Ernst & Young Technologies, Inc., leading it to $75 million in profitable sales after just three years of operation. Jim then orchestrated the sale of EYT in late 2000 to Cap Gemini and served as President of the newly created Cap Gemini Technologies. Prior to his work at EYT and Cap Gemini, Jim ran a number of firms including BDS, Inc., a systems integrator focused on sales to the federal government. In addition to his primary responsibilities as a line executive, he has helped launch and advise over a dozen companies in the high technology sector, with particular focus on software for federal and commercial markets. Much of Jim's expertise has been directed at federal government market penetration for software application companies, system integrators, and IT service firms.
Bill is one of the most sought-after advisors to public companies, boards of directors, audit committees and special committees dealing with corporate crises and related issues. Bill joined Wilmer Hale in 1998 and is the chair of the firm's Securities Department and a member of the Securities Enforcement Practice Group. He represents public companies, investment banks, accounting firms and advisors to mutual funds facing Securities and Exchange Commission investigation. Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business describes Mr. McLucas as "the preeminent SEC enforcement lawyer in the country." In 1977, Bill joined the Securities and Exchange Commission's Division of Enforcement, where he rose through the Division to serve as Director of Enforcement for eight years—longer than any other Enforcement Division Director in Commission history. Bill led the Division's Staff in numerous high-profile investigations and landmark enforcement actions, including settlement of the SEC’s cases against Michael Milken, hundreds of insider trading cases and numerous inquiries involving public companies, accounting firms and investment banks. Bill graduated from Penn State with a B.A. and from Temple University Beasley School of Law with a J.D.
Jim is currently Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Santa Fe Institute; Principal of JPR Ventures, which provides private equity investments; and Director of the Proteus Foundation. Previously he was Chairman of Analog Design Automation, CEO of Network Solutions, and Chief Technology Officer of The Thomson Corporation (now Thomson-Reuters). He has also started or advised many early stage information and software companies. Jim received his B.S. degree in Management from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1975. His other interests include: hunting, fishing, hiking, pyrotechnics, four wheeling, digital photography, war games, and computer based conferencing.
Tom has a 20 year record of leadership in the development of software technology and in growing companies. He was a co-founder of MicroStrategy and became its Vice President of Information Systems and Chief Information Officer. In 2001, he began making independent investments in early stage companies. He is currently President of Libra Ventures, LLC, a start-up web applications design company and also serves as Vice President of Jex Technologies which is focused on automating health care logistics. Since 2006, Tom has served on the Board of Directors of MicroStrategy (MSTR). In 2007, Tom agreed to lead the seed round of CrossMine, Inc. to help the company build out its vision of creating a directory of technology companies based on advanced search, geographic mapping, social networking, database, and textmining technologies. Tom graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with an S.B. degree in Aeronautics and Astronautics.
Mike is a Partner at Cooley Godward in Reston, Virginia.
Sean is a Senior Vice President at Silicon Valley Bank in Vienna, Virginia.
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