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Scott Walchek

Scott Walchek is a renowned Silicon Valley technology entrepreneur whose career spans over 25 years building companies that deliver world-class innovation in software, emerging media, and commercial online marketplaces.

After leading Sun Microsystemsʼ product and marketing team for its Tops Division, Scott joined newly formed Macromedia as its product and marketing lead. Over the next 5 years he delivered some of the creative industryʼs most innovative software, ushering in the age of desktop multimedia communications.

Following Macromediaʼs IPO in 1993, Scott became CEO of the publicly-traded interactive media developer and publisher, Sanctuary Woods, an affiliate-label of Electronic Arts. Building four studios in North America, releasing over 50 titles, and securing licenses from NFL, MLB, the Ripleyʼs Believe it or Not franchise, and other Hollywood talent, the rapidly growing company helped lead the adoption of CDROM, rich-media immersive games, and educational software.

In 1996, Scott received financing from Draper Fisher Jurvetson to pioneer a technology company for the proliferation of consumer online shopping. Providing comparison and product search capabilities for some of the most trafficked portals on the web, his C2B Technologies was acquired in 1998 by then search-giant, the publicly-traded Inktomi, where he successfully ran its e-commerce division. Acquired in 2002, his companyʼs technology now powers Yahooʼs consumer shopping experience.

Following the acquisition, Scott – with some of his long-time partners – formed Integrity Partners, LLC, a boutique venture capital firm that leveraged their combined skills in emerging media, software, and marketplaces. From that venture, Scott served on several boards of directors and expanded his experience to include film and music publishing, med-tech nanotechnology, oil and gas exploration, and commercial real estate. In early 2000, Scott co-led the seed investment in Chinaʼs dominant search engine, Baidu where he served as a director until its historic IPO in August, 2005.

Scottʼs latest venture, of which he is founder, CEO and Chairman is DebtMarket – the nationʼs central marketplace for buying and selling loans. The world-wide economic crisis of 2008 highlighted the need to enable a more efficient and transparent secondary market. DebtMarket is pioneering the first online marketplace for portfolios of auto, student, commercial, and residential loans. When the company achieves its goals, it will stimulate consumer lending by providing increased access to liquidity for thousands of small and medium-size institutions in the US and abroad.

In 2006, with his wife and family, Scott formed the W Charitable Foundation – a philanthropic enterprise with a growing focus on human trafficking, sustainable solutions for poverty and homelessness, and cultural transformation in emerging economies. Additionally, Scott is an active director and key investor in a select number of growing enterprises, and a Venture Partner at ePlanet Ventures.