Marathon Ventures has offices in New York and Los Angeles.

David H. Brenner
Partner, Marathon Ventures
DHBrenner <@> marathonventures.com

David H. Brenner founded Marathon Ventures in October 2000. He also founded HalfthePlanet.com, a gateway Internet site for the disability community where he served as President and Chief Executive Officer from its inception until July 2000.

He concluded a 16-year career with MCA/Universal Studios, Inc. in 1997 as Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing of Advertiser-Supported Programming for the MCA/Universal Television and Home Entertainment Groups.

He served on the executive committee of the USA Networks and as Executive Vice President of Premier Advertiser Sales.

A graduate of Stanford University, he is a past president and current member of the board of directors of the Richmond Group, a nonprofit organization serving people with severe disabilities in Westchester County, New York.

Jake Brenner
Partner, Marathon Ventures
NJBrenner <@> marathonventures.com

Jake spearheads Marathon's Emerging Media consulting initiatives, advising established media companies on emerging media opportunities and early stage media and technology companies on growth and revenue strategies.

Jake manages the sale of branded entertainment and direct response inventory to advertisers and clients across multiple programming and distribution channels.

Jake previously worked for GlaxoSmithKline in brand management in Puerto Rico and is fluent in Spanish.

He is a graduate of the University of Michigan and was a Fulbright Scholar to Singapore.

Jake is Vice-President of the New York Chapter Fulbright Association in addition to a certified Pilates and salsa dancing instructor.

Thomas Woska
Senior Vice President, Technical Operations
TWoska <@> marathonventures.com

Thomas Woska has been working in development and design for more than eleven years. His experience ranges from deploying intranet and Internet solutions for large organizations, managing complex database applications, implementing content management systems and creating ecommerce solutions.

His experience includes project management, software evaluation and implementation, budgeting and development.

He is a trained Macromedia professional and proficient in MySQL, PHP, Dreamweaver UltraDev, Photoshop, Flash, HTML 4.0, CSS, and Javascript. He has also worked extensively with the W3C and WAI guidelines on web accessibility.