Graeme Thickins is Founder & President of GT&A Strategic
Marketing Inc., a web marketing, strategy, and branding consultancy that
has worked with dot-com startups for more than five years, and with
a wide variety of emerging tech firms for 12 years prior to that.

Since founding GT&A in 1982, Mr. Thickins has been a consultant to more than
60 technology and Internet firms -- most from the concept, pre-funding, or launch
stages. He has most recently been active in helping BestBuy.com, a new
startup dot-com spinout of the world's largest electronics retailer,
build (and soon launch) its all-new commerce site.

He also provides business and market intelligence on the New
Economy and has an extensive national network of leaders and influentials
in the technology industry. His regular email reports on Internet and e-commerce
developments are read by an exclusive email list of 2000+ executives, which has grown
out of his frequent travel to major technology conferences worldwide. (Executives
involved with Internet Economy startups may request to be added to this
complimentary list by submitting their contact info here.)

Mr. Thickins currently serves as an advisor to several Internet
startups and has alternate bases of operation in LA and San Francisco.

His focus in naming and branding grew out of extensive
involvement earlier in his career in building and managing
many major brands. He served in marketing communications
management positions with such leading Fortune 500 corporations
as Medtronic and Control Data. As an account executive with
top-10 worldwide agency D'Arcy-MacManus & Masius, he
also worked on multimillion dollar advertising
campaigns for the 3M Company.

His firm, GT&A Strategic Marketing, helps startups and emerging firms:

• get named and branded
  
• develop Internet strategy, content, and partnerships
  
• launch or introduce new products
  
• develop marketing and communications strategy
  
• position or reposition
  
• ramp up quickly with fast-track web branding
  and marketing program execution
  
• gain timely market intelligence
  
• and make valuable contacts and connections, to secure
  critical funding, partnerships, and industry relationships