Lee Hancock

Lee is a serial inventor and technology entrepreneur with a particular emphasis on hyperlocal information delivered over mobile devices. He was the founder of go2, which launched the world’s first mobile, local directory, search and information service in 1999 and grew to over 100 employees and $7 million in revenues in less than 3 years while serving over a billion page views of mobile local search results. While at go2 Lee raised several rounds of institutional venture capital and/or strategic financings, obtained dozens of marquee brand customers like Coca-Cola, McDonald's, Burger King, Ramada, Howard Johnsons, Purina, Acura, and Mastercard, established key strategic alliances with leading technology companies like VeriSign, Amdocs, Microsoft and Yahoo, and achieved industry-leading placement, distribution and mobile traffic on every major wireless carrier in the U.S., including Sprint, AT&T Wireless, Verizon and T-Mobile. Lee was also a co-founder of inBuilding Systems Corp. and was a corporate and venture finance partner with two major law firms, including Allen Matkins, a major California law firm, where he served as the chair of the corporate law department. Lee is also a CPA, a member of YPO/WPO, and a member of Ernst and Young’s Entrepreneur Of The Year Hall of Fame.