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About Us Climber.com A Division of Mingle, LLC 701 B Street, Suite 540 San
Diego, CA 92101 Michael C.
O'Brien Chief Executive Officer Michael (Mike) O'Brien, CEO of Climber.com, was
most recently co-founder and CEO of financialaid.com, a pioneer in providing
college finance solutions online.
Founded in 2000, financialaid.com became one of the most successful student loan
companies in the U.S., capitalizing on Mike’s direction and innovative Internet
marketing strategies.
Today, financialaid.com funds more than $45 million in student loans each month.
At financialaid.com, Mike conceptualized and created CampusDirt.com (at the
time, the number one online college search engine), RateYourCampus.com (online
feedback community) and CampusClix.com (a college social networking website).
In October of 2004, Mike sold financialaid.com and properties to Education
Lending Group (now Student Loan Xpress) which in turn was purchased by CIT
(NYSE: CIT) for $400MM in January 2005.
He remained CEO/President of financialaid.com until his exit in December 05.
Utilized as a media expert in higher education finance and Internet marketing,
Mike has been interviewed by numerous national television and print news media
-- including The Wall Street Journal, CNBC, NBC Nightly News, Fox News Network,
the Chicago Tribune and Kiplingers -- regarding the widening college
affordability gap and the resulting growing demand for student loans, student
loan consolidation and online marketing trends.
Mike also has delivered speeches on Internet marketing trends and techniques at
the CEO West Conference (Collegiate Entrepreneurs Organization) and the National
CEO Conference in Washington, DC.
Currently, Mike is an investor and Board Member of UnderstandSurgery.com, LLC
and TopSwingLeasing.com, LLC and a consultant to College Player World Series.
With his brother Matt, O'Brien owns OBI, LLC a small venture capital and real
estate investment company.
Mike received a Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing from California State
University, Fresno.
O'Brien is currently board member for the Fresno State Alumni Association.
Nicholas M.
Jimenez, Executive Vice President, President Climber.com As Executive Vice
President of Mingle.com and President of Climber.com, Nick Jimenez works
directly with CEO Mike O’Brien and Executive Vice President Casey Gustus to
develop the strategic business plan and unique product offerings all Mingle.com
companies.
In addition, Nick directly manages the product development and sales strategy
for the Climber.com division.
Before joining Mingle.com, Nick served as Manager, Strategic Talent Acquisition
for James Hardie Industries (NYSE: JHX) a high growth company in the building
products industry with sales in excess of $1.4 Billion US.
He helped to design and lead the Strategic Talent Acquisition function that
fueled the company’s 20%+ annual growth, across a diverse set of recruiting
needs.
Prior to his role at James Hardie Industries, Nick represented Management
Recruiters International as an Account Executive.
This Fresno, CA-based recruiting firm is consistently ranked as one of the top
offices in the Pacific Region.
Nick holds a BA in Philosophy with a Minor in Criminology, from California State
University, Fresno.
He holds advanced certification via The Wharton School‘s Essentials of
Management Executive Education Program (University of Pennsylvania) in January
of 2005.
Casey R.
Gustus Executive Vice President Before joining Climber.com, Casey Gustus was the
Director of Web Marketing for financialaid.com where he was responsible for the
company's marketing and business development activities that generate $45
million in student loan volume each month.
Mr.
Gustus was directly responsible for the creation and launch of CampusDirt.com
(the number one online college search engine), RateYourCampus.com (online
feedback committee) and CampusClix.com (a college social networking website).
As the business owner of CampusDirt.com, Gustus led campusdirt.com to become the
#1 ranked college search website.
Currently the website is visited by nearly half a million people each month.
Casey was also responsible for making RateYourCampus.com into the most popular
college survey on the web.
Gustus is a graduate of Gettysburg College where he received a Bachelor of
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