Mitch Solomon

Mitch joined VDC as its CEO in 2007 and brings a range of operating experience in technology companies large and small, public and private, focused on hardware, software and services. From 1994 to 1996, Mitch was a Product Manager at General Instrument (now Motorola Solutions) where he led the development of a new online gaming platform called Sega Channel, a joint venture with Time Warner and Sega of America. In 1997, as the Web was first emerging as a new medium, Mitch joined Organic, Inc., one of the first major Web consultancies, as a consultant to premier consumer brands that were establishing their presence on the Web for the very first time. The company had a successful IPO in February of 2000. Mitch subsequently went on to co-found Collabridge Technologies, an innovative venture capital-backed start-up focused on the online advertising market. Mitch’s early career was as an analyst with Merrill Lynch & Co. where he provided analytical and deal structuring support on large debt offerings, including the financing to build The Honda Center, home of the Anaheim Ducks hockey team. Mitch holds an MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College and a BA from Northwestern University.