Chairman Stephen R. Smith is a successful entrepreneur known to many as one of the true Texas mavericks. In the mid-1980’s, Mr. Smith developed an interest in the network marketing business model. He recognized the marketing and compensation strategy was ideally suited for the marketing and distribution of services, rather than physical products. Relying on his intuition, he designed and deployed his network marketing strategy at a telecommunication startup company. This concept quickly grew to become Excel Communications -- a billion dollar publicly traded long-distance company that, in total, paid out hundreds of millions of dollars in commissions to its Representatives for building a billion-dollar customer base.

Rayner Smith is the CEO of iJango and is no stranger to the relationship marketing industry. Old enough to recall the experiences and financial hardships his family endured through their struggles while his father worked to find success in relationship marketing, he learned at an early age that nothing good comes easy. “While all the other kids had heroes that were sports figures or movie stars, I was looking up to top earners like Chuck Hoover and Barbara & Mike Lammons,” said Rayner. Raised in Austin, Texas and educated at Texas Christian University, he graduated from the Neeley School of Business with a degree in Business Management. Rayner Smith has since started and managed several technology companies in Austin and has managed his family’s interests and investments. Bringing a unique perspective of a formal business education and a firsthand understanding of how relationship marketing affects families uniquely positions him to lead the operations at iJango.

iJango’s Chief Financial Officer Tom Brown brought a vast amount of experience and knowledge to the team. Educated at the University of Southern California, Mr. Brown earned a Bachelor of Science, Finance and is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) with memberships in multiple institutions including CFA Institute and Associate of Corporate Growth. He began his career as a Research Analyst training under the President of Paine Webber Group Inc. He went on to become CFO, co-founder, and President of several highly successful companies. His experiences range from founder of private investment banking firms that focused on evaluating, structuring, negotiating and fundraising major acquisitions to board member for many of his clients to sale coordinator of countless companies that total an amount of completed transactions exceeding $700 million. Tom is also an SEC registered investment advisor and currently serves on the boards of numerous public and private companies.

Danny Jacobs, an avid runner born in Chattanooga, Tennessee and educated at Texas Christian University, is the Director of Community Success. Danny brings over a decade of sales and operations management experience to iJango. His experience as an executive working with large numbers of independent contractors is evident when interacting with the Community Success Department. “The one trait I find common with all business owners…passion. The relationship between the entrepreneur and the iJango corporate office is vital to our mutual success,” says Jacobs.

Colin Murray, the Chief Information Officer, was and born and raised in Austin, Texas with a family of entrepreneurs. Technology and the birth of the Internet quickly caught the attention of Colin as a young man and he found an insatiable desire to learn more. Educated at Southwest Texas State University and an early member of the Dell team, Colin has developed proficient skills in software programming and Internet technology. Following trends in technology, Murray quickly became an expert in both. His expertise shows to Directors when interacting with their business websites and Back Office system. He continues to strategically orchestrate these systems as he monitors the technologies the industry is evolving towards. His goal is to ensure these tools and business interface are always on the leading edge of upcoming trends.

Tanya Smith brings with her over ten years of experience to the marketing and communications department. Raised in Dallas, Texas, Mrs. Smith graduated Cum Laude from the Neeley Business School at Texas Christian University with a Business Marketing major and Spanish minor. She was extremely active in college with various social organizations, associations, and business clubs, and has continued so in her career and community. She began her marketing career at one of the nation’s leading advertising agencies, GSD&M in Austin, Texas. From there she has held various marketing positions with a variety of brick & mortar as well as online businesses, where she quickly developed skills in branding, positioning and marketing, particularly in the online marketplace.