Executive Team
William P. Harbin III
General Manager
Will is the Co-Founder and General Manager of Affinity Labs, a company focused on building a global network of world-class, online communities. Founded in 2006, the company is led by an experienced management team, initially backed by the Mayfield Fund and Trinity Ventures. In 2008, Affinity Labs was acquired by Monster Worldwide (Nasdaq:MNST), the nation's leading careers company.
Previously, he was part of the team responsible for restarting Netscape Communications Corp. where he led product management for the Netscape Browser and was responsible for various patents and increased market share by 50%.
Prior to Netscape, he founded MD Drinks, Inc (d/b/a Function Drinks) a maker of all natural physician developed functional beverages. He also founded Media1st, an e-learning provider responsible for numerous innovations in online education, and served as Vice President of Research and Development. He has also held positions at Yahoo, Internet Security Systems and Radiant Systems.
Will currently serves on the board of directors for MD Drinks and BountyUp and is an advisor to Flock. He holds a B.S. in Computer Science from Vanderbilt University.
Curtis Atkisson
Vice President of Finance & Operations
Curtis Atkisson is Vice President of Finance and Operations at Affinity Labs. Curtis has joined the founding
team of Affinity Labs after devoting five years to corporate entrepreneurship activities for
UAL Corp. Most recently at UAL Corp., Curtis served as Vice President Finance & Treasurer of
Ameniti Travel Clubs and MyPoints.com, two independently run subsidiaries. He oversaw all
finance and accounting activities for these two fast-growing and profitable companies. Curtis
assisted in the successful sale of MyPoints in April 2006 and of its ownership interest in
SmartDM in January 2005. Curtis joined UAL Corp.’s United NewVentures team as a Principal in
May 2001 where he built the financial plans from the ground up for a nationwide coalition
loyalty program with a major credit card association. As Senior Principal, he led planning
and financial analysis for UNV, whose sales had grown to $1 billion and developed business such
as united.com, Mileage Plus third-party mileage sales, and United Cruises.
Previously, Curtis worked at JP Morgan Chase as Vice President-Risk Management, Global Markets
Officer, and Associate Corporate Finance. He advised Treasurers and CFO’s on the management
of interest rate, currency, and equity risks and previously assisted in the raising of capital
in the automotive and trucking industries. Curtis also worked as a Research Assistant for the
banking industry at the U.S. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and interned at
the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Curtis has a B.A. in Economics from Brigham Young
University and an MBA from Stanford University.
Eric Kim
Vice President of Marketing
Eric is responsible for building the community membership base at Affinity Labs. Eric spent the
prior seven and a half years as part of the core team that built QuinStreet from the ground up to over
$150M in revenue. At QuinStreet, he played many roles including leading and building the Marketing
organization and pioneering QuinStreet's analytical approach to online direct marketing.
Prior to QuinStreet, Eric was a strategy consultant at The Monitor Company, Michael Porter's
consulting firm, where he worked on and led projects throughout Europe in multiple industries,
including Energy Production, POS systems, Medical Devices, Media and Beverages. His last project at
Monitor was working on Economic Development and Country Competitiveness in Lebanon. Eric has an MBA
from the College des Ingénieurs in Paris, holds 2 Masters degrees from MIT in Mechanical Engineering
and Technology and Policy, and has a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Illinois.
Andy Markham
Director of Engineering
Andy is responsible for leading the technology development and innovation efforts for Affinity Labs' product line. Andy brings over 15 years of experience with technical operations, software engineering and product development for companies across a variety of industries. Prior to joining Affinity Labs, Andy led the professional services and engineering teams at enterprise software company Pivia (acquired by F5 Networks).
Prior to Pivia, he was part of the startup management team of RelevantKnowledge, and was instrumental in the company's merger with Jupiter Media Metrix and subsequent IPO. At Jupiter Media Metrix, he oversaw technical operations during their global expansion into 15+ countries, assisting in generating revenues of nearly $40 million. He also held several software engineering and product development roles at Nortel Networks. Andy holds an M.S. in Computer Science from the Georgia Institute of Technology and a B.S. in Mathematical Science from the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill.