Management
The Tastemakers executive team has spent years launching a broad range of community-oriented products at successful consumer-technology companies.
Josh Hug
CEO & Co-Founder
Prior to founding Shelfari, Josh Hug was in senior engineering roles at RealNetworks, where he gained exposure to a wide range of digital media and how consumers wanted to experience their media. While at RealNetworks, he drove the technical vision and eventual product engineering for the company’s strategy in music devices, including Rhapsody. He led the development team for digital rights management and embedded consumer applications, and ended his career as Director of Devices. Josh represented RealNetworks on various standards committees, and holds a BA from Whitworth where he was a double major in Computer Science and Mathematics.
Dave Hanley
Vice President of Marketing
Dave Hanley has been working in web media for years, most recently as director of product management at RealNetworks. He oversaw product management for Rhapsody.com and Rhapsody’s web services program. Dave specializes in creating and marketing massively popular media web properties and loves applying his talents to the book world. Dave spent a half a decade working in economic development, helping NGOs and banks in Asia and Latin America implement and assess microcredit programs. This included a stint as a Fulbright scholar with Grameen Bank in Bangladesh. Dave has an MBA from Stanford and Bachelors and Masters degrees in Public Policy from Brigham Young University.
David Nudo
Director of Sales & Marketing
David was most recently Vice President and Publisher at Publishers Weekly, where he is credited with integrating print and online advertising packages that resulted in 50% growth in online revenue for the industry powerhouse. Prior, David was Managing Director of book advertising at the New York Times.
Kevin Beukelman
Chief Architect & Co-Founder
Kevin Beukelman most recently served as designer and engineer for a music customization platform with RealNetworks. As a part of this endeavor he also worked on a team redesigning the data access system and strategy for several key initiatives and applications within the company. Prior to this Kevin was a consultant with Accenture in the Communications and High Tech practice, spending most of his project time with Microsoft. There he helped plan, architect, design and build a heavily-trafficked internet portal and content management system for the Microsoft Partner Program as a development team lead. He also helped to develop the Xbox reverse logistics system within Microsoft Operations IT. Kevin has a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from Western Washington University.
Timothy Gray
Director of Design
Tim has designed and built web sites and applications for a variety of corporations and organizations over the past ten years. Most recently he worked as an independent consultant in the Atlanta area, helping improve the web presence of clients such as The American Red Cross, U.S. Surgeon General, PGA, PGA Tour, NASCAR and the NBA. Tim has a bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design from Bob Jones University. When he’s not working, Tim enjoys hiking, photography, gadgetry and video gaming.
Mark Willamson
Co-Founder & Board Member
Mark Williamson is currently employed by Dash Navigation, a Silicon Valley start-up. Prior to his current role, Mark was the Director of Product Management & Marketing in RealNetwork’s Digital Music group where he focused on developing portable music solutions. His main area of expertise is strategic marketing and product strategy. Mark has an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management and a Bachelors Degree in Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.