The Slingshot Labs leadership team has a proven track-record of entrepreneurial success, with it's key underpinnings coming from two of the founders of MySpace.com, both of whom have proven track records of successfully building and running Internet businesses. Slingshot's overall approach embodies the continued entrepreneurial spirit and vision of NewsCorp.

JOSH BERMAN
President

Josh has a long track-record in building and running Internet businesses. In addition to being a co-founder of MySpace.com, he most recently served as the company's Chief Operating Officer. MySpace created a new platform for a generation to communicate and discover culture based around the self expression and connectivity of the site's 120 million active users.

Berman formerly co-founded and managed successful Internet companies, ResponseBase Marketing, and Xdrive Technologies. Prior to his start up life, Berman was a management consultant with PricewaterhouseCoopers, and an international marketing manager and a senior financial analyst at Twentieth Century Fox.

Berman received his MBA from the University of Southern California, his BA from UC- Santa Barbara, and is a CPA in the State of California.

DIEGO BERDAKIN
EVP Strategy & Product

Diego is a serial entrepreneur who specializes in building business from the ground up. He has taken an innovative approach to many established business ideas, adapting them to shifting technological paradigms. Most recently, Diego co-founded a pioneering online escrow service, iEscrow.com, where he served as President. Concurrently, he served as a principal adviser to online marketing company, Bzzing, Inc. He also co-founded a Los Angeles based internet incubator, MD Capital, where he helped incubate successful start ups.

Berdakin is the Executive Vice President of Strategy and Product at Slingshot Labs. In this role, Diego is responsible for Product Strategy, Corporate Strategy, Business Development and Marketing.
Berdakin holds a Bachelors of Science from Northwestern University in Political Science with a specific interest in campaigning on the social web.

MATT FOJUT
General Counsel/SVP Business Affairs

Matt brings many years of experience managing business and legal affairs for internet businesses. He served as VP, Business & Legal Affairs for Intermix Media, Inc. (formerly eUniverse, Inc.) overseeing all business transactions and legal matters of the company’s network of entertainment websites, including MySpace. Following News Corp’s acquisition of MySpace and Intermix, Fojut served as VP, Business & Legal Affairs of FOX Interactive Media where he was responsible for deal flow and legal matters in several areas of FIM’s business, including MySpace business development, acquisitions, search and advertising.

Prior to MySpace, Fojut worked as an associate in the Venture Capital/Emerging Growth Transactions Department of the international law firm O’Melveny & Myers.

Fojut received his JD from Loyola Law School in Los Angeles and his BA from UCLA.