Mike McQuary | CEO
Prior to joining Wheego, McQ was focused on the music business as the CEO of Brash Music. Before that he was the president of the ISP EarthLink after its merger with MindSpring in February 2000. McQ developed the concept behind MindSpring with Charles Brewer, and was the president and COO of MindSpring. Prior to MindSpring, McQ served for 9 years in a variety of sales, marketing, operations, and management positions with a division of Mobil Corporation. McQ was on the varsity wrestling team at the University of Virginia and managed to receive a bachelor’s degree in psychology while missing few (if any) parties. He did the nights and weekends thing to get a masters degree in business administration from Pepperdine University. McQ serves on the Board of Inner Strength – an at risk youth education program, and is on the Chastain Park Conservancy Advisory Board.
Brian Dean | Field Technical Support
Brian Dean is from Marietta, Georgia, on the northwest side of Atlanta. He graduated from Kennesaw State University in 1985 with a BBA in Accounting. After 3 years with a local CPA firm, he accepted a position with an industrial manufacturer’s representative firm in Kennesaw, Georgia and was with the company thru 2004. In 2005 & 2006 he worked in sales positions and then joined Wheego in the spring of 2007, opening the Ruff & Tuff of Marietta dealership and also working as a Sales Representative for Wheego. He is currently working for Wheego in Field Technical Support, primarily training new Wheego dealers and providing technical support for both dealers and customers.
J.Gilman | Creative Director
J handles all of our print, design, and web development. If anything is mispelled or “funny-looking,” it’s probably his fault.
He enjoys negative space; brevity; the color gray; pointing and laughing; and collecting old books, gas masks, & pencil sharpeners. He has been known to become hostile upon hearing the following terms: “outside the box,” “more edgy,” “colorway,” and “email blast.” He holds a BFA in graphic design from Georgia State University.
Susan Nicholson | VP PR & Corporate Communications
Susan has twenty years’ experience with Atlanta technology companies. After graduating from Georgia Tech with a degree in Electrical Engineering, she joined Hewlett-Packard. From there, she worked as a freelance technical writer, and then joined AudioFAX, an Atlanta technology startup. Susan also worked for MindSpring for five years, managing Public Relations and Corporate Communications. Forays away from technology included owning and operating a local folk art gallery.
Leslie Nolen | Project Manager
Leslie is also a MindSpring/EarthLink alumni. There she served in several roles including PR Manager, Project Manager for Web Design and Senior Manager for the Interface Design Team. She also has experience in journalism, sales, restaurant management, real estate, jewelry design and kitchen and bath design. Leslie graduated from Georgia Southern University with a BA in Communications and a Minor in Business.
Les Seagraves | VP Marketing & Legislative Counsel
Before coming to Wheego, Les Seagraves spent 12 years at internet service providers MindSpring and EarthLink where he held various positions in sales, customer service, web design and the legal department. As Vice President and Chief Privacy Officer, Les helped EarthLink establish a national reputation as a privacy leader and customer advocate against spam and online fraud. As an internet law expert, he testified before the US Senate on privacy issues and has advised federal, state and local governments on consumer protection issues. Before his internet days Les was a prosecutor and a congressional press secretary. A native Atlantan, Les has degrees in Journalism and Law from the University of Georgia. Go dogs.
Joe Friedmann | VP – West Coast Operations
Joe graduated from University of California Los Angeles in 1983, and began his own private company, National Wholesale the same year. Joe recently left Sabre Holdings where he served as President of their Hotel RFP business unit after Sabre aquired his dot.com (www.bidstork.com) in June of 2008. Joe was born and raised in San Jose, Ca. He is an active member and volunteer math teacher at Skyline elementary school and the UCLA Alumni Association. Joe loves all outdoor activities and especially enjoyed playing Pop Warner football (circa 1974) where he met and played with Wheego founder Mike McQuary. Joe and his wife Michelle have been married for nine years and have two daughters. Joe is based out of San Diego, California.