Meet the Modiv Media™ leadership team.

Paul Schaut, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Paul Schaut serves as Modiv Media’s Chairman of the Board and CEO, utilizing his over 25 years of deep sales, marketing and executive management experience in the digital, mobile technology and marketing industries to propel the company through its next stage of growth.

Paul is also an independent advisor to and director of several venture backed technology companies and has served as CEO for companies including Tira Wireless, a mobile porting technology enabler; Performaworks, an enterprise goal and performance management solution provider; and Engage, a broad based digital marketing thought leader. He led Engage through 10 acquisitions, worldwide expansion and a successful initial public offering. Paul holds a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration from San Jose State University.

Mike Grimes, President

Mike Grimes is an accomplished sales and business development executive with expertise in new customer acquisition, go-to-market strategies and strategic alliances for early-stage companies. Mike has been with Modiv Media™ since 2001.

Prior to Modiv, Mike was Vice President of North American Sales for PinPoint Corporation, a manufacturer of real-time proximity solutions for manufacturing and healthcare markets, where he built and managed the direct and channel sales teams. Prior to PinPoint, Mike held various VP-level positions at Telxon Corporation (now part of Motorola), a manufacturer of mobile wireless information systems. He ran Telxon's northeast division for four years and later built up its North American channel sales team.

Mikle Surilov, Vice President of Engineering

Mikle Surilov joined Modiv Media™ in 2002. With more than 10 years of engineering experience, Mikle brings extensive technical and management experience to Modiv Media™ from companies such as IBM, Seven Mountains Software and Adnet Technologies.

While at IBM, Mikle provided technical leadership in development of an order fulfillment and scheduling solution for ADVO, now Valassis Communications, one of the largest media buyers in the United States. At Seven Mountains, Mikle led the development of several projects: secure remote access software, identity management, application on-demand deployment and hosting platform. While at Adnet Technologies, Mikle was involved in an aerospace project that focused on building an inventory-and-bill-of-materials application of the astronauts' life-support packs, including a what-if analysis application that provided flight scheduling capabilities.

Mikle holds a BS in computer science and engineering from the University of Connecticut.

Matt Volpi, Director of Product Management

Matt Volpi joined Modiv Media™ in 2007 with more than a decade of experience in mobile and consumer Internet technologies. Matt is reponsible for product strategy, marketing and media operations at Modiv Media.

Prior to Modiv Media™, Matt was a Product Line Manager for Mobility Tools at Sun Microsystems. Matt also held various global product management and product marketing roles at Nokia, where he provided tools and services to nurture the nascent mobile browsing and application market. At CMGi, Matt created one of the first personalized mobile content experiences for mobile phones and pagers, as well as introducing the first free real-time stock quotes offering on the Internet.

Matt holds an MBA from Babson College and a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism from Penn State University.

Jason Carney, Director of Operations

Jason joined Modiv Media™ in 2007 bringing more than 15 years of experience in the development, implementation, and support of retail technologies.  As Director of Operations, Jason is responsible for  the implementation and ongoing support of Modiv Media’s products.

Prior to joining Modiv Media™, Jason held Information Technology management positions with Stop & Shop Supermarkets, Ahold USA, and BJ’s Wholesale Clubs.  While at Stop & Shop Supermarkets, Jason was responsible for the architecture and support of several generations of retail technologies including In-Store Processors, Point of Sale, wireless systems, network, mobile devices, and customer-facing self-service technologies.  Jason also managed the initial pilot development and rollout of Modiv Media’s Shopper solution.  At Ahold, Jason provided technical leadership for the strategic architecture of standardized in-store technology across five US operating companies. While at BJ’s Wholesale, Jason led the evaluation, selection, and implementation of their Self-Checkout strategy.