About Newsforce - Management Team

Newsforce Management Team

Our team is uniquely qualified with a combination of industry-wide credibility in the search optimization, public relations, and interactive marketing industries, as well as significant venture capital-backed technology company startup experience.

Vince Bianco our CEO has 20-years experience starting venture-backed technology companies such as Risk Data Corp & The Return Exchange from conception to acquisition as CEO, President, COO, Board Member, Investor and Founder. He has operated under many capacities and was responsible for raising capital (both from angels and institutional venture capital), business development, operations, sales, marketing, and above all managing growing and rapidly changing organizations.

Dana Todd has 12 years of Internet experience, formerly working in traditional advertising and journalism for another 10 years. She is currently Board member and President Emeritus of SEMPO (Search Engine Marketing Professional Organization) and serves on the Board of Advisors for Ad:tech and the Yellow Pages Association Local Search Guide.

Leslie Dame, Senior Editor, is a media professional whose writing career spans 20+ years and includes the editorial staff of Bon Appetit magazine, followed by writing/consulting for a myriad of traditional agencies before moving over to the new media side several years ago. She holds a BA in Communications, Journalism and an MBA.

Greg Jarboe has over 25 years of experience in public relations, marketing, and search engine optimization at Lotus, Ziff-Davis, and other companies. He is credited with "inventing" the tactic of optimizing press releases, is a frequent speaker at industry conferences, and writes for Search Engine Watch and other industry publications.

Jamie O'Donnell has 25 years of experience in public relations, direct marketing, and search engine optimization. He has held executive positions, including president of IDM Partners, president the JONA Group, and Vice President of Hi Tech Communications. Through the JONA Group, managed the marketing and PR launches for more than 30 Internet startup companies.

John Gaffney is a senior technology marketing executive with extensive experience in product management, software design and business development. He has served on SEMPO's Technical Committee and has formerly been a VP at Peregrine Systems, Akonix, and MusicMatch.

Gary Saner has over 30 years of software development and integration experience creating mission-critical applications for Boeing, Apple, Unisys, U.S. Air Force & other Fortune 500 companies. He is a former Board member of the Software Industry Council of San Diego County.