WideOrbit Management

CEO | President | COO | CTO | VP Sales| SVP Engineering | VP Engineering

Eric Mathewson, Founder & CEO

Eric founded WideOrbit in 1999 after discovering that the software systems supporting media companies were very archaic. He has been an active private equity technology investor since 1994. Eric is also Managing Director of Prescient Capital as well as the majority investor and owner of WideOrbit.  

Bruce Roberts, President

Bruce is an experienced broadcast television veteran who joined WideOrbit after more than 15 years at ABC owned and operated television stations. Most recently he was General Sales Manager for KGO-TV in San Francisco as well as Sales Manager for KABC-TV in Los Angeles. Prior to working for ABC/Cap Cities, Bruce worked for HRP and Blair.

Nathan Gans, Chief Operating Officer

Nathan has worked for rapidly growing enterprise software companies for more than 20 years, including eight years at Columbine Systems from 1980-1988. Nathan brings an experienced skill set to WideOrbit managing the process of installation and training of mission critical broadcast systems. Nathan is responsible for all training, installation and customer service.

Eric Moe, Chief Technology Officer  

Eric joined WideOrbit as Chief Technology Officer, after co-founding OpenTable.com. Before OpenTable, Eric worked as a technology consultant to Fortune 500 companies, including Safe-way, Kraft, Silicon Graphics, Countrywide and the City of San Francisco. Eric is responsible for all hardware integration and advanced systems development.

Mike Zinsmeister, Vice President, Sales

Mike has been with WideOrbit for three years and in the broadcast software business more than six years. Mike is globally responsible for all product sales and new market identification at Wide-Orbit. Prior to WideOrbit he was Sales Director for the Eastern US at Encoda (now Harris) and the National Sales representative for Clear Channel’s Millennium Sales & Marketing. Mike began his career in local television sales at KXRM in Colorado Springs and also sold advertising for newspaper prior to being Millennium.

Igor Tsyganskiy, Senior Vice President of Engineering

Igor Tsyganskiy comes to WideOrbit from SAP where he spent more than a decade and was most recently Head of the Advanced Technology Group. Prior to SAP, Igor was Chief Architect and co-founder of TeaLeaf Software. Igor manages software development for all of WideOrbit’s new product lines. He brings to WideOrbit strong expertise in new software technologies, business process automation and optimization, enterprise system design, analytics and decision control systems, internet security and traffic analysis, and overall software development.

William Offeman, Vice President of Engineering

Bill joined WideOrbit as VP of Engineering in September 2000 and is responsible for WideOrbit’s software development for its core Traffic product line. Prior to WideOrbit, he was Co-Founder and CTO for WorthGuide.com. Before WorthGuide.com, Bill was Co-Founder and CTO of Castalia Technologies Inc. He has more than 15 years experience in software development, system design, client/server database development and network design. Bill holds a B.S. in Computer Science from UCLA.

Don Durand, Director of International Sales

Don manages Wideorbit’s rapidly expanding international sales teams and Program Management efforts. Don has more than 20 years of ad sales and trafficking software experience in the broadcast industry. Prior to WideObit, Don held the position of Director of Business Development at Pilat Media where he was responsible for managing the global pre-sales team, market and business analysis, and overall product strategy. Prior to Pilat, Don managed Columbine’s (now Encoda/Harris) international business development beginning his career at Columbine in training and implementation.