Tim DiScipio, Co-Founder

As the original founding member of ePals, Tim's leadership and vision helped build the company into one of the K-12 education industry's most recognized and leading global brands now reaching over 10 million teachers and students in 200 countries and territories. His role at ePals has been directing company partnerships, marketing, product strategy and building the company's global user base. Having created one of the first "social networks" on the web, Tim is sourced by the industry as an early pioneer in the field of safe, collaborative education technology and online community building for learners and educators worldwide. An innovator in online media and eCommerce since 1989, Tim founded several early Internet design and media agencies placing some of the Internet's first major media on behalf of clients including Bell Atlantic, GE, AT&T and Infoseek. Previously, Tim spent seven years as Director of New Business Development for TMP Worldwide (parent of Monster.com), where he led TMP's early interest and entry into interactive media. He is on the advisory board of Hygeia®, a non-profit organization improving universal access to healthcare information, technology and services relating to Maternal and Child Health. A former top collegiate NCAA Track and Field competitor, he is also a musician and a collector of vintage guitars.