Meet the Modiv board of directors.

Paul Schaut, Chairman of Modiv

Paul Schaut additionally serves as an independent advisor to venture backed technology companies and brings more than 23 years of sales, marketing and executive management experience as well as a deep expertise in the technology, digital and mobile marketing industries. Paul has served as CEO for several companies, including Tira Wireless, mobile porting technology enabler; Performaworks, enterprise goal and performance management solutions; and Engage, broad based digital marketing thought leader. Paul led Engage through a dramatic growth period, including the integration of 10 acquisitions, worldwide expansion and a successful initial public offering. Paul is a director of several private technology companies. Paul holds a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration from San Jose State University.

Bernhard Glock, Senior Partner, MediaLink LLC

Bernhard Glock founded the Bernhard Glock Media Leadership Company LLC in 2009 focusing on strategic media consultancy and business development. In January 2011 he joined the advisory and business development company MediaLink LLC as senior partner. Before joining MediaLink, Glock was Vice President, Global Media and Communication, and Vice President, Global Media Purchases, at Procter & Gamble (P&G), where he oversaw the company's global media budget, one of the world's largest. Glock joined P&G in 1985, and is credited with establishing many of the company's best practices for media purchasing and marketing communications. He was a passionate advocate of the holistic communications-planning approach that most of P&G's biggest brands now follow, and was among the first to integrate purchasing into media negotiations. He also set new standards for enhancing the company's ROI on consumer marketing.

In addition to advising on media issues with major advertisers, agency networks, and others, Glock is Chairman of the UK-based media-barter company Miroma, and serves on the advisory boards of four young technology companies: DataXu, TheTMSWay, Adpulse, and Modiv Media. For four years, until 2010, he was President of the World Federation of Advertisers.

Steve Hooper, Founding Partner of Ignition Partners

Steve is a founding partner of Ignition. He invests in telecommunications and wireless companies. Steve represents Ignition as director on the boards of several companies. Prior to Ignition, Steve worked closely with Craig McCaw for 18 years and was CEO of every major McCaw Company except Nextel. Most recently, Steve was the Chairman and CEO of Nextlink Communications (now XO Communications), where he was responsible for repositioning the company to a true Integrated Communications Provider offering a full complement of voice and data services.

Prior to Nextlink, Steve served as the co-CEO of Teledesic with Craig McCaw. In that capacity, he oversaw the operation of the company and the negotiation of the multi-billion dollar satellite contract with Motorola.

From 1994 to 1997, Steve served as CEO of AT&T Wireless. As President and CEO of AT&T Wireless, Steve grew the company from $1.8 billion sales to $4 billion. As CEO, Steve bought LIN Broadcasting for $3.5 billion; expanded AT&T's footprint via the PCS auctions; built national GSM networks in India, Hong Kong and Taiwan; worked with Nokia to build the cornerstone of AT&T's "Digital One Rate" offering; deployed the first nationwide packet-based data network; and launched the first nationwide digital air-to-ground network, achieving 40% market share. Steve holds an MBA from the Wharton School and a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Seattle University, where he serves as a Trustee of the Seattle University Board.

Tom Huseby, Managing Partner of SeaPoint Ventures

In 1997 Tom formed SeaPoint Ventures. Tom represents SeaPoint as chairman and director on the boards of several companies. Prior to forming SeaPoint Ventures, Tom co-founded and was the first CEO of Metawave Communications Corp., a manufacturer of cellular infrastructure equipment. Before Metawave, he was the first president and CEO of Innova Corp., a manufacturer of digital millimeter wave radios. Tom spent the first seventeen years of his career at Raychem Corp. where he held a variety of executive positions in Europe, South America and the U.S. His last position at Raychem was Group Vice President of the Industrial Products Group. Tom has a Bachelor's degree in Economics and a BSIE from Columbia University and an MBA from Stanford University.

Erik Keptner, SVP of AholdUSA

Erik Keptner serves as the Senior Vice President of Marketing for Ahold USA.

Erik oversees marketing, advertising, public relations, sales development, consumer research, and category management for AholdUSA. He is responsible for development and execution of consumer marketing strategies that drive sales, profitability, and brand image. Erik has also been responsible for the evolution of the chain’s loyalty program, and the development of a strong consumer insight capability that helps drive business decision making throughout the company.

Erik has a Bachelor's Degree in Public Policy from Penn State University and an MBA from Temple University.