Mr. Seippel has over 25 years of financial and operational experience. He has been involved in the successful negotiating of over 20 acquisitions in his career and played a leading role in structuring complex transactions that have raised $5 billion in capital, two of which received the prestigious Institutional Investor Deal of the Year Award. Mr. Seippel has also served as a consultant to various boards of directors on mergers and acquisitions and strategic business and financial planning. Prior to founding WorthPoint, he has served as the chief financial officer of MIVA, the vice president and chief financial officer for AirGate PCS, the chief financial officer and chief operating officer for Digital Commerce Corporation, the chief financial officer for Global Telesystems Groups, and the chief financial officer for Landmark Graphics Corporation. Mr. Seippel has a Masters in Business Administration degree from American University. He received a Bachelor of Science degree from George Mason University, where he currently serves on the Advisory Board of the School of Management.

Mr. Pattie has worked in the appraisal, antiques and auction industries for 40 years. He started and led Bull Run Auctions in Manassas, VA, tripling its revenue in five years. Mr. Pattie has managed other regional auction houses serving the Mid Atlantic States, and also performed onsite appraisals across the U.S. for international auction houses. He has been an estate specialist and a business development professional in the industry. Mr. Pattie has taught college courses on appraising antiques, has been a licensed auctioneer for 35 years, is a qualified expert witness in his field, and is a member of the National Auctioneers Association and the Virginia Auctioneers Association. Previously, he was a member of the International Society of Appraisers and the New England Appraisers Association. Mr. Pattie has taught college accredited courses in antique appraising at the Northern Virginia Community College, and has completed numerous ISA appraisal courses. He has done the Road Show Appraisals to benefit the Manassas Museum for over eight years and has generously contributed his auctioneering and appraisal talents to benefit numerous other charitable institutions.

Mr. Sapienza is a seasoned executive with more than 25 years of experience in marketing, business development, new product introductions and business start-ups with Wendy’s and CheckFree among others. He has directed new product launches, market research and support programs both domestically and throughout Europe, as well as in the Pacific Rim. Mr. Sapienza is responsible for the introduction of the CheckFree Electronic Payment Service, eventually leading to a successful IPO and market capitalization of $1.4 billion. He holds a B.S. degree from Northwestern University and an M.B.A. from Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management.

Mac entered Ohio State University’s Masters Program in Computer Science at age 15. He was a member of the CERN development team that established HTTP and HTML. He is active in the Linux Kernel, Groovy development and Haskell open source project.