Eric R. Mathewson is the founder and CEO of WideOrbit, the leading provider of advertising management solutions for media companies. Prior to founding WideOrbit, Eric worked at Kidder Peabody in Palo Alto, primarily focused on Equity Derivatives, and Montgomery Securities in San Francisco and New York, managing portfolios for wealthy technologists. Eric has been an active private equity technology investor since 1994 and maintains controlling ownership of WideOrbit. Prior to WideOrbit, Eric was an early investor in Infospace, Xoom (NBCi), CommerceBid (Commerce One) and OpenTable.com.