Board of Directors
Kanth and Clark built a strong marketplace business for us at Powell's, and I was proud to back their efforts to bring marketplace selling to other businesses. I am thrilled to see so many sellers benefiting from the practices we have employed at Powell's for years. Michael Powell, Monsoon Board Member, President, Powell's Books
Kanth Gopalpur, CEO
Kanth Gopalpur is an e-commerce pioneer. In 1994, he saw the Internet as a new market for Powell's Books — the largest independent retailer of new and used books in the US. Kanth is responsible for the broad strategic direction of Monsoon and he continues to work closely with Monsoon's users and markets. Before Monsoon, Kanth led Powells.com from its inception in 1994 through a period of steady, profitable growth. Powells.com now accounts for almost 40% of Powell's sales. Following that success, Kanth joined Django's as VP of e-commerce and marketing, where he oversaw virtually every aspect of the company's online business. Under Kanth's guidance, Djangos.com grew to account for almost half of the company's revenues within one year. Powell's and Django's were among the earliest and largest marketplace sellers and Kanth was instrumental in developing the tools that helped them integrate into major marketplaces such as Amazon and Half.com.
David Nute, EVP, Emerging Markets
David Nute is responsible for managing the development of emerging product categories, new markets and strategic partnerships. David previously served as Monsoon's COO. Prior to joining Monsoon in 2004, David was the founder and CEO of Awardant, a government procurement software company in Boston. At Awardant he successfully launched a purchasing network used by 280 local governments and over 29,000 suppliers to perform over 3,000 procurement events annually. David has also worked as a consultant for Bain and Company and as an investment banker at Sumitomo Trust.
Michael Powell, Powell’s Books
Michael Powell is the founder and President of Powell's Books, the largest independent bookstore in the United States. Powell's also operates one of the earliest and most successful online bookstores, Powells.com, and is one of the largest marketplace sellers. Michael is actively involved in the business and social community in Portland, Oregon and has held Board positions in several private and public organizations, including Creative Multimedia Corporation, Sapient Health Network, Cenquest, the American Booksellers Association, the Port of Portland, and the Portland Public Schools Foundation.
Sandra Morris
Sandra Morris has spent over twenty years in technology marketing and general management positions. Most recently, Sandra was Corporate Vice-President at Eastman Kodak and served as the General Manager of the Digital Imaging Services Group where she had responsibility for the Kodak EasyShare Gallery. Sandra was formerly a senior executive at Intel Corporation where she served as the Vice President of several business units, as well as co-CIO of Intel and the Director of Intel.com. She is widely respected for her strong strategic vision and operating skills, and has been involved in a variety of start-up product groups at Intel in both multimedia and communications products. Her expertise spans large system implementations for business and consumer applications that support business growth world-wide as well as online-related marketing and industry standards activities. Sandra currently resides in the San Francisco Bay area.
M. Albin “Al” Jubitz, Jr.
Al Jubitz worked for 34 years in several positions at the Jubitz Corporation, a family-owned business that provides services to the freight industry. Part of his responsibilities included being the CEO of DAT Services, a 300-employee wholly owned subsidiary of Jubitz Corporation, and the nation's leading spot market for truck load freight and available trucks. Under his leadership, DAT evolved from a nationwide closed circuit TV advertising network to the nation's largest and most sophisticated computerized freight matching system.