Clonefone was founded on the premise that users should be empowered with the ability to discover, manage, and share the best aspects of their mobile experience. This is accomplished by providing a companion device or a “clone” on the webtop where users can use their full screens, keyboards, and mice to get the most out of their device.

The Clonefone management team is comprised of industry experts that pull together deep experience in the mobile industry, web application development, and interactive design. The Clonefone team is dedicated to bringing users’ devices to the web to enable the next great leap in mobile device usage and adoption of advanced capabilities

Dave Whetstone CEO

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With 13 years in the cell phone industry, Dave has an extensive track record of developing innovative services and marketing strategies for wireless companies. Most recently, Dave was the Chief Marketing Officer of MobiTV, the leading provider of live television on mobile phones. He was a co-founder and chief marketing officer of Virgin Mobile USA where he introduced the MVNO concept to the US market while leading the company's marketing and sales functions. Before Virgin, Dave held a variety of senior marketing positions over a seven year period at AirTouch Cellular (acquired by Vodafone in 1999, and now part of Verizon Wireless). He began his career after business school as a strategy consultant with Bain & Co.

Dave is a Board Member of the Mobile Marketing Association and serves as an advisor for several other companies in the mobile industry. He has an MBA from the University of Michigan and a B.S. from the University of Illinois.

Anuj Khandelwal CTO

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Anuj is the founder of off-shore development firm Sofmen in India, who recently developed the on-line karaoke application SingShot. He was previously the lead developer of the Rhapsody music service (now part of Real Networks). Anuj has extensive experience managing on-site and offshore development teams to create large scale, heavy traffic software systems, web applications, strong server infrastructures, large CMS systems, along with mobile and consumer-facing UI development.

Anuj has a Bachelors, Commerce, Accounting, Economics degree from Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya.

Mark McNeely CHAIRMAN

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Mark McNeely is a marketing strategy advisor and entrepreneur. Mark was the original founder of Qpass, recently acquired by Amdocs. Qpass is the leading digital transaction company in the wireless space providing the infrastructure for several of the largest North American and European carriers. Mark has founded several other businesses including Laptop Lane, a computerized office facility in airports nationwide.

Mark has an extensive marketing and advertising background. He was the Chairman of Ogilvy agency Cole & Weber in Seattle and former head of planning for Ogilvy & Mather in New York. He has an undergraduate degree from the University of Southern California and an MBA from Harvard.

Tim Smith DESIGN

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In 1993 Tim founded one of the first and premiere interactive agencies in San Francisco: Red Sky Interactive. Tim ran Red Sky as CEO for eight years as they designed many of the top sites of the nineties including Nike, Bank of America, Wells Fargo, Miller Brewing, Absolut Vodka, Hewlett-Packard, Intel, Quicken, Lands’ End, and many more. Red Sky was the third most awarded interactive design firm in the world by 2001.

Tim was the first interactive board member of the One Club in New York, served as the President of the Jury for the Cyber Lions in Cannes in 2001, and currently sits on the advisory board of the worldwide Ad Tech conferences.

Tim has 25 years of technology and technology marketing experience from large scale data center management to programming to Big Eight consulting. He has a B.S. from Berkeley School of Business with a dual emphasis in Marketing and Management Science.