Mark Walsh

Mark is the executive chairman of Homesnap.com, a Revolution Ventures investment. He was formerly the CEO and Co-Founder of GeniusRocket, a pioneer in “crowdsourced” advertising media. Prior, Mark served as Chairman and CEO of VerticalNet and was Senior VP and corporate officer at America Online. He also was the President of GEnie, General Electric’s online service, and director of New Business Development at Home Box Office in New York.
Since 2002, Mark has managed a small angel/venture fund and has served as advisor or board member to many of his investments. They include: NutriSystems, Blackboard, Half.com, LifeShield Security, Day Software, Transactis, MobilePosse, SpectrumK12 Solutions and others. He is currently lead director for TheStreet.com and a board member of Tribeca Flashpoint College.
Mark was the first CTO of the Democratic National Committee and head of Internet Strategy for John Kerry’s presidential campaign. He serves as chairman of the board of the Bipartisan Policy Center in Washington.
He has served as Trustee Board Chair of his alma mater, Union College in NY, serves as Board Chair to the Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship at the University of Maryland School of Business (Smith), and was Founding Board Chair of the New Leaders Council, a training organization for young adults focusing on political entrepreneurship. He served on the boards of the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Baltimore Symphony. Mark received a BA from Union and an MBA from Harvard Business School. Directly out of college, he was a TV anchorman and news director for a CBS Television Affiliate Station in West Virginia. He was the youngest in the nation.