Prior to joining BPC, Kurt spent 4 years working as a consultant and corporate development executive with several technology and marketing companies, including NewView Technologies, Inc. (formerly eSteel, Inc.), a supply chain software company backed
by $ 100 million in funding from leading venture capital
investors (Goldman, Sachs & Co.,
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Bessemer Venture Partners), and CM Media Inc., a leading
new media company.