Management Team
Geoffrey Allen Bautista Nuval
CEO / Co-founder
Geoff helped to conceptualize EVO Media Group in the summer of
2007 and now steers the Company's strategy and direction.
On a day-to-day basis, Geoff covers business development, partner relations, and company operations. Prior to EVO, Geoff was the CEO of down2night, inc. a nightlife social networking and event notification platform spanning over 20 cities in the U.S. and Canada.
Prior to d2n, Geoff was with Lehman Brothers Venture Partners, working on over 14 investments with a focus on the mobile and Internet spaces. Geoff holds a Bachelor of Science in Management Science & Engineering with Honors from Stanford University (nerd) and initiated a course in Hi-tech Entrepreneurship at Oxford University's Said Business School. Geoff has spoken and presented at numerous conferences on the topics of entrepreneurship and domain development.
Daniel Lee Rust
CTO / Co-founder
Daniel created the DevHub platform architecture and continues to define EVO Media Group's technical vision and structure.
He currently heads EVO's team of highly-skilled engineers. Daniel has been at the edge of emerging search engine technologies and Internet design for over 8 years.
His past creations include down2night, SynapseLife (acquired Q1'07), and BuyersVine (acquired Q4'06).
Daniel attended Central Washington University studying Business Administration. He is completely a self-taught chief architect and his technical prowess is legendary.
Mark A. Michael
SVP Sales & Strategic Marketing / Co-founder
With a Bachelor of Science in Strategic Marketing Relations from Central Washington University, Mark has the ultimate responsibility of making sure the innovation that happens at EVO is communicated to the masses: timely, effectively and strategically.
Mark is a business brut, having handled over 120 corporate clients over 8 years while heading operations at Synapse Corporate Solutions.
He also worked with Geoff and Daniel on down2night, SynapseLife, and BuyersVine. Mark is the diesel engine behind the EVO movement.
Alan Steele
VP of Engineering
Alan brings a wealth of engineering experience to EVO, having headed the buildout of major platforms across a range of business environments, from startups to public companies. Prior to EVO, Alan was the VP of Engineering at Identity.net and prior to that was the Senior VP of Products at Jobster.com.
Alan has also founded Mergelab and worked in the past at Openwave systems, eRoom Technology (acquired by Documentum/EMC), Midnight Networks, and Teradyne. Alan is a graduate from MIT in Writing & Computer Science.
Jeff Schrock
Executive Chairman
Mr. Schrock provides structural, financial, and strategic
guidance as EVO's Executive Chairman. He also serves on the board
of Transpera and LearnLive Technologies and is part of the Intel
Capital investment team. Prior to this, Mr. Schrock was
RealNetworks' Vice President of Corporate Development. During his
tenure, Real's corporate development team executed multiple
transactions, including the $600 million joint venture between
MTV Networks (Viacom) and Rhapsody, as well as the $350 million
acquisition of WiderThan. Schrock also led content licensing and
distribution negotiations for RealNetwork's consumer business.
Prior to joining Real, Schrock worked in corporate development for Yahoo! and also served as Vice President and General Manager of Yahoo! Broadcast following it's acquisition of Broadcast.com.
Before joining Yahoo!, Schrock honed his entrepreneurial abilities. He co-founded and served as CEO of Activate, from 1996 to 2001. Under his leadership, Activate was the second fastest growing private company in Washington state from 1998-2000. The company was financed by leading venture capitalists, including Madrona Venture Group, until it was sold to CMGI in 1999 for $100 Million.