Sharon Goldstein has served as a member of our Advisory Board since July 2008.
In June 2006, Ms. Goldstein founded SYG LLC and currently serves as its chief executive officer. SYG LLC assists startups and technology companies in fundraising, market positioning, strategic partnerships and product management.
From September 2005 to June 2006, Ms. Goldstein served as vice president of content business of Volantis Systems Ltd., which operates in the mobile content adaptation industry, where she managed the hosting services business focused on mobile content adaptation for content brands, including Walt Disney Co. (NYSE:DIS), Discovery Communications, LLC, Ebay Inc. (NadaqGS:EBAY), and World Wrestling Entertainment (NYSE:WWE).
From February 2003 to June 2005, Ms. Goldstein served as a director of RealNetworks Inc., where she built the mobile products business and developed relationships with operators and handset manufacturers including Nokia Corp. (NYSE:NOK) and Vodafone Group PLC (NYSE:VOD).
Under her leadership, RealNetwork's platform was deployed at over 40 mobile carriers and the mobile player grew from an install base of zero to over 25 million units.
Ms. Goldstein holds a Bachelor of Science in industrial and systems and engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology, an M.B.A. from Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University and a Masters of Engineering Management from McCormick School of Engineering at Northwestern University.
Ms. Goldstein is involved with several philanthropies, including Share Our Strength, which feeds at risk children, the Jewish Community Federation and the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.