Tony Mingo
President/CEO
Prior to founding vWise, Tony Mingo served for eight years as a vice president in Financial Services Organizations, most recently as First Vice President of Investments at UBS Financial Services, Inc.  Mr. Mingo's experience managing more than $80 million for private individuals and companies prompted the idea for vWise. Prior to his work in investments, Tony was the Managing Director of Vena Engineering in San Jose, CA. His role included taking the company from a start-up with seed capital to profitability in 18 months. Vena Engineering continues to thrive today. In addition, Mr. Mingo serves on the Foundation Board at Mission Hospital in Mission Viejo, CA.

Gregory Newman
Chief Operating Officer
Gregory Newman started his career as an editor for a daily newspaper serving the Los Angeles legal community, and as a writer and illustrator serving national agencies such as Alcone, Chiat Day, dGWB, DMB&B, and Foote, Cone & Belding. From 1991 to 1993 he served as Advertising Manager at Procom Technology, a provider of network-attached storage solutions, helping grow sales by 283% and preparing the company for a successful IPO. He left Procom Technology to found Apollo Communications, an advertising agency serving fast-growing technology clients such as JVC, Vision Solutions, Emulex, CMS Peripherals, The Irvine Company, Rainbow Technologies, and Alpine Electronics. In 2000, Mr. Newman joined Island Data, a customer support ASP as part of an executive management team recruited with Series A funding. There, he helped transform them into a focused, customer-driven company, evidenced by a 569% annual revenue increase and honor as "Top 100 Companies to Watch in 2001" by industry peers. Mr. Newman holds a B.A. from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and a J.D. from Chapman University School of Law. He is licensed to practice law in California.

P.J. Palmer
Vice President, Production
P.J. Palmer is a filmmaker based in Santa Monica, California, where he runs his independent film company twenty2 media.  He began his career at Warner Brothers working in production on the TV series ER, where over several  years he was mentored to become an actor, director and producer.  He has acted in live theater, television series, national commercial campaigns, and feature films including Lions Gate's The St. Francisville Experiment.  He has produced and acted in several award winning 35 mm short films.  Current works include a documentary on the Hurricane Katrina relief effort, which he filmed on location while embedded with the American Red Cross in the days and weeks following the hurricane.

Alan Godfrey
Vice President, Sales - Enterprise
Before joining vWise, Alan Godfrey worked most recently as a mortgage lender in Newport Beach, where he and his business partner generated over $800 million in mortgages from 2001-2006 and earned a ranking as one of the top 50 loan officers in the United States.  Prior to that, Mr. Godfrey spent a decade as founder and operator of a chain of children's retail stores called Rag Baby.  Mr. Godfrey began his career at CB Commercial as a commercial real estate broker.  In Mr. Godfrey's younger years, he was a professional tennis player.

Shannan Mingo
Vice President, Client Services
Shannan Mingo has spent her career managing accounts for employee benefits firms, including CIGNA HealthCare for 15 years, where she supervised relationships with large corporate clients like Chevron, Intel, Harrah's, and Fluor Daniel, and led a team of more than two dozen account managers.

David Gorsline
Vice President, Customer Service
Before vWise, David Gorseline served as a manager for the city of San Clemente, California, where he was responsible for office operations and managing the city's relationships with its business partners.  Prior to his work with the city, Dave held customer services oriented positions in various industries.