Wes Shepherd, Chairman & CEO, Channel Velocity

Speaker - Reverse Logistics Conference & Expo

Topic - "Direct to Consumer Asset Recovery Strategies" - Las Vegas 2007

A serial entrepreneur, Mr. Shepherd has over 12 years of proven experience in starting and growing businesses. Prior to co-founding ChannelVelocity, Mr. Shepherd held executive positions as a founder at numerous technology enterprises, including two that ended in successful acquisitions. Among these companies were the first online home improvement e-commerce company, an automotive software firm, and an online comedy entertainment site.

He started his first company at age 20 and reached profitability and approximately $1 million in sales in the first year of full-time operations. Mr. Shepherd has been featured in a recent Northwestern University publication as an entrepreneurial technologist and has received both state and national recognition for his entrepreneurial and marketing efforts.

Mr. Shepherd graduated "cum laude" from the University of Washington Business School with a focus in Finance and Entrepreneurship and minor in Geographic Information Systems. He is completing his MBA at Northwestern University's J.L. Kellogg School of Management.