About GeniusRocket. The team behind the brand.

Mark Walsh

CEO and Chairman

Mark Walsh has distinguished himself by being "ahead of the curve" on a number of social and business evolutions throughout his career. Mark continues that trend as CEO and chairman of GeniusRocket, a leading provider of user generated advertising media. At GeniusRocket Mark has built the leading "crowdsourcing" advertising solution, creating marketing content for businesses ranging from Fortune 500 corporations to local retailers. Through Mark's leadership, GeniusRocket has grown a community of over almost 14,000 creative artists across 110 countries generating video, animation, graphic design, copy, and more.

Prior to GeniusRocket, Mark served as Chairman and CEO of VerticalNet from August 1997 to July 2000. Before joining VerticalNet, he was a Senior Vice President and corporate officer at America Online, Inc. He founded and managed AOL Enterprise, the business-to-business division of AOL. Mr. Walsh also served as the President of GEnie, General Electric's online service, and as the director of New Business Development at Home Box Office in New York.. He first got into the “online services” business in 1986, serving as General Manager or CEO of several internet and technology start ups.

Since 2001 Mark has been active in politics, serving as the first Chief Technology Advisor to the Democratic National Committee during 2001 and 2002, and as the Head of Internet Strategy for John Kerry for President. He was the founding CEO of Air America Radio in 2003-4 where remained an investor and director until 2009. In 2006, Walsh began serving as co-host of XM Satellite Radio's “Left Jab”, a weekly political radio show.

Since 2000, Mr. Walsh has managed a small angel-investment fund, Ruxton Ventures. At this venture capital company, he has invested in a number of small to medium technology/startup companies and serves on a number of their boards. Investment and/or board highlights include Day Software, NutriSystems, Blackboard, Half.com, Transactis, MobilePosse, SpectrumK12 Solutions and ARPU. He is also active in a number of non-profits, serving or having served on the boards of the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Baltimore Symphony and In2Books, and is a senior fellow at The Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship at the University of Maryland Business School.

Mark graduated from Union College (where he serves as a trustee) and received his MBA from the Harvard Business School.

Peter H. LaMotte

Executive Vice President of Marketing and Operations

Peter LaMotte is Executive Vice President of Marketing and Operations at GeniusRocket overseeing all marketing and communication initiatives as well as the execution of all client engagements. He came to GeniusRocket from Corporate Executive Board where he was a Marketing Consultant and Executive Educator. He has worked in the marketing and sales divisions of IBM, Apple, and Intrepid Aviation. He holds BA in International Business from Rhodes College, and Masters in Business Administration from Vanderbilt University.

James A. Punteney

Vice President of Technology

James Punteney is Vice President of Technology at GeniusRocket, responsible for developing and overseeing execution of strategy for all technology initiatives. James joined GeniusRocket after serving as Director of Technology at digital marketing firm Transcendigital where he gained extensive experience in planning, developing, and implementing technical solutions to marketing challenges. He holds a BA in Management Information Systems from Washington State University.