About Lexy
Lexy delivers a new kind of customized, on-demand audio entertainment for the mobile market. Thousands of shows cover sports, food & wine, news, humor, horoscopes and much more. Posts are short-form audio, generally 1-3 minutes, and are interactive. Anyone can leave a voice comment on a post they listen to. Best of all, you can use Lexy on the web or even better from any mobile phone. For publishers, Lexy offers an easy yet powerful platform to create, manage and distribute audio content.
Executive Team
Dave Hills | CEO
Dave Hills is currently General Partner at KPG Ventures and CEO at Lexy where he uses his strong strategic and operational experience to drive massive growth.
Hills has more than 30 years in the media industry and 16 years in online media, with extensive experience in online advertising, search marketing, audience development, technology development and subscription services.
Prior to joining KPG, Dave was President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of LookSmart, Ltd, (NASD - LOOK), where he rebuilt the company´s ad network, quadrupled audience to LookSmart sites and licensed the company´s ad center to sites such as ask.com. Hills has also served as president of Media Solutions for 24/7 Real Media, overseeing its domestic media, search and technology. Before 24/7 Real Media, he was CEO and president of sales for About, Inc., which owned About.com and the pay-per-click service, Sprinks.
He also has held various media executive positions for subsidiaries of Cox Enterprises, including Cox Interactive Media, Cox Interactive Sales and Telerep.
Dave holds an M.S. in communications from Boston University and a B.A. in communications from Bethany College.
Anish Srivastava | COO
Anish is responsible for product management, operations and audience growth at Lexy. Anish has held various executive and senior management roles at startups and large public companies in the mobile and internet arena. He is a results driven entrepreneurial leader with 15+ years of operational experience.
Before Lexy, as SVP of Business Operations for Geodesic, Anish led worldwide Business Development & Marketing and expanded the business internationally across various channels.
Prior, Anish was Director of Business Development at Orange, responsible for strategic partnerships and leading mobile innovation activities from the U.S. into the European market. For much of the 90s he was actively involved in the internet revolution as a software consultant at Sun, Bank of America and Egreetings.
Anish has a BS degree in Computer Science and French from Carnegie Mellon University.
Joey Trevino | CTO
Joey Trevino is responsible for research, development, and operations. For the last few years, Joey has held various lead and management roles at startups in the bay area. Prior to that, Joey spent 17 years consulting to everyone from startups to public companies, including Sun, HP, IBM, and AOL.
He's a results driven leader with a focus on achieving the very best return possible on investment. He has a diverse background developing technologies across a broad spectrum, including security, finance, music, database, and large scale. At Lexy, Joey developed the content server, the data warehouse, and Lexy's iPhone app.
Board of Directors
Robin Abrams
Former CEO, FireflyFormer President, Palm
Former SVP, Apple
Professor Charles Holloway
Keliner Perkins Caufield & Byers Prof. of Mgmt, EmeritusDirector of the Center for Entrepreneurial Studies
Stanford University Graduate School of Management
Tony Levitan
Founder, LexyFounder Clip-on Pro
Founder Egreetings
Keng Lim
Chairman and CEONextLabs
Vince Vannelli
Founder & General PartnerKPG Ventures
