Taylor Mingos, Founder & CEO

Taylor Mingos leads the day-to-day operations of Shoeboxed and drives its strategic vision.

In 2006, he helped grow studiVZ.net, an apartment-based start-up in Berlin, into a major European Internet presence. The social network now has more page impressions than any other website in Germany and was acquired by Holtzbrink GmbH in January 2007. He has previously owned a video production company and launched other online social networks.

Taylor graduated cum laude from Duke University with a triple major in Biomedical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, and German.

Tobias Walter, CFO & COO

With extensive experience in investment banking and start-up financing, Tobi is responsible for Financing, Legal and HR, and overall Business Planning and Strategy.

He worked in Capital Markets for Société Générale in Paris, France and in Mergers & Acquisitions for Morgan Stanley in Frankfurt, Germany. In 2006, Tobi joined studiVZ (now the largest website in Germany) during its founding days and became part of the six person management team of the 180 employee company. As the company’s VP International Markets, Tobi led the site’s roll out to eight foreign markets, leading a team of 60 people and managing a one-digit million Euro budget. He was also intimately involved in the acquisition of studiVZ for €85 million.

Tobi studied Economics and Business Administration at top business schools in Germany, France, and the US.

Joel Bush, VP Business Development

Joel develops and manages strategic partnerships and alliances for Shoeboxed.

Veteran of several start-ups, Joel has been creating and managing strategic, technology-based partnerships for more than 13 years. Prior to joining Shoeboxed, Joel was VP Marketing of Near-Time, a hosted collaboration and publishing environment that easily facilitates cross-organization communication, and founder and President of Leverage Factory, a trade book and content syndication company. Previously, Joel has been involved with several successful technology start-ups in North Carolina including Extensibility, eTix.com, Bandwidth.com, iO Systems, and Ventana Communications Group.

Joel attended New Mexico State University where he earned a BS in Marketing.