John Pollard Founder and CEO

Over nearly two decades in technology, John has worked in some of the most innovative product categories. Prior to Jott, he was a Senior Director in the Mobile Devices group at Microsoft, leading the division's Strategy and Services efforts. John was an early employee at Expedia with which he spun out of Microsoft and went public. He led the international rollout of Expedia subsidiaries in Germany and the UK, and started the Expedia Corporate Travel product unit. John was also an early employee on Sidewalk.com, a groundbreaking local search and advertising web service. In the eighties, he worked in Cambridge Technology Partners' rapid development systems integration teams, and in International Public Health at Harvard. His teams have won significant industry awards, including Outstanding Achievement in Digital Marketing, Best European eCommerce Site, and Best of CES.

He holds a MBA from the University of Michigan, and a BA from Kenyon College.

Shreedhar Madhavapeddi Founder and CTO

Shree started his career at Microsoft in 1994 as a Software Engineer in the Windows Operating Systems team, but soon sought out start-up groups inside Microsoft, and made significant contributions to Mobile Information Server (now in Exchange), Smartphone and MSN Messenger. Most recently, he led the successful effort to connect MSN's IM network to Yahoo! Messenger, Vodafone Live!, Enterprise IM networks and Mobile text messaging networks worldwide. For the Windows Mobile group, Shree created Mobile2Market, a key platform bringing thousands of partner applications and services to market. Shree has two patents and six patents pending (all in the field of computer systems & network applications), and co-invented Deficit Round Robin (DRR), a scheduling algorithm for data networks currently used by Cisco Systems, Juniper Networks and others.

He holds a M.S. from Washington University, and a B. Tech from BITS, Pilani, India, both in Computer Science.

Doug Aley Vice-President of Business Development and Marketing

Doug brings more than 10 years of experience managing business development, marketing, and product management initiatives for high-tech enterprise and consumer-focused companies. Prior to joining Jott in 2007, Doug worked at Amazon.com in a variety of product management roles for Amazon's digital, retail, and 3rd party seller groups including launching one of the company's first digital initiatives. Prior to Amazon, Doug co-founded the SSB BART Group, a software and technology consulting firm focused on helping organizations make applications and web sites accessible to people with disabilities. Doug led the sales, marketing, and business development teams, responsible for all revenue generation and channel partnerships. Doug continues to serve on the board of SSB BART Group today.

He holds a MBA from the Harvard Business School and a BA from Stanford University.

Michael Walton Vice-President of Product Management

Michael brings more than 10 years of experience managing and developing high-tech consumer and enterprise products. Prior to joining Jott, Michael worked at Orbitz Worldwide where he lead the CRM and personalization efforts for the company's web properties including Orbitz.com, Cheaptickets.com, eBookers.com and Away.com. Michael has also held various roles across the consumer and enterprise technology space including serving as a product manager in Amazon.com's digital media group where he lead the digital video product launch, as a consultant with eAssist.com, a provider of enterprise marketing and customer service software, where he led client engagements across the Media, Retail, High-Tech, and Telecom industries, and as an entrepreneur - founding a company specializing in the development and implementation of open source software and services.

He holds a MBA from the Kellogg School of Management and a bachelor's degree in Computer Science from NC State University.