Mark Westling

My biggest achievement is holding the Spotcast Communications core technical team together in 2001 between the time we lost funding and the time we were acquired by Leap Wireless (Cricket Communications).

When our investor pulled out at the last minute, all of us were left without jobs. I somehow managed to convince the 15 individuals at the center of my organization to keep the faith while I and the rest of upper management negotiated the sale of our assets and the transition of our team to Leap. It was gut-wrenching; almost everyone was being pulled by a spouse or friend to abandon Spotcast and take the first job they could find. I'm still amazed I made it work.