PIPELINE Mentors

IN THIS SECTION:

Tim Barton

Michael Beckoff

Mollie Carter

Gina Danner

Tom DeBacco

Scott Deeter

Jim Mitchell

Jeff Reene

Richard West

PROGRAM MENTORS:

Bruce Ferguson

David Forsee

Rob Herrington

Tom Lauerman

Tom Thornton

Tim Barton Chairman & Chief Executive Officer Freightquote.com

Entrepreneur Tim Barton founded Freightquote.com® in August of 1998. Barton’s accomplishments have been recognized by Entrepreneur Magazine listing him in the top five of their Hot 100 ranking; Ernst and Young with Entrepreneur of the Year and the Computerworld Honors Program for his leadership. Also, Forbes Magazine has listed Freightquote.com among their Best of the Web rankings.

Formerly, Barton was the President and Co-founder of UWI Association Programs, a telecommunications company that concentrated on long distance affinity programs for commercial trade associations. Under his leadership, the company reached $22 million in annualized revenues and became part of Network Long Distance, a publicly traded, switch-based carrier with $110 million in annualized revenues. As President of the resulting company, he merged the organization with IXC Communications (now Broadwing Communications) in June of 1998.

Barton holds an MS in Finance from LSU and a BS in Business from the University of Kansas.