Tallwave CEO and leadership

Skilled at continuous context switching while maintaining sanity. Ed is driving the strategic and tactical execution for Tallwave and its startup/early venture clients. He also oversees all business operations with his primary focus being client delivery and P&L management. Prior to Tallwave, Ed was doing independent consulting for early stage and growth companies and their executive teams and was the VP of operations for a publicly traded company in the utilities technology space. Outside of the office you can find Ed enjoying films, food and quality time with his two sons and his better half.

Stephanie Leach is a VP/CTO at Tallwave.

Prior to joining Mobivity, Meinerz served as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Chief Compliance Officer (CCO) at Spindle, Inc., an innovator of mobile commerce solutions for financial services providers and consumer-facing merchants. In this capacity, he was responsible for the company's financial planning, treasury management, and compliancy activities. Meinerz previously served as CFO and CCO at Next Generation Insurance Group (NGI), a national specialty insurance marketing firm located in Phoenix, AZ. Before his tenure at NGI, Meinerz was Executive Vice President of Finance and Treasury for DDi Corp., an Anaheim, CA-based provider of circuit board engineering and manufacturing services. In addition, he served as Global Vice President of Finance for eTelecare of Scottsdale, AZ, where he successfully helped launch that company's initial public offering in 2007 and ultimately its sale to Stream International in 2009 for $300 million. Meinerz is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin with degrees in accounting and finance and is a Certified Public Accountant. He began his career in public accounting with BDO Seidman in Chicago, IL, and Grant Thornton in Madison, WI.

An accomplished financial executive with strong technical and operational accounting experience gained in both public accounting and industry. Results oriented professional geared towards improving financial performance, creating efficiencies in processes, managing overhead costs, ensuring data integrity and successfully integrating acquisitions. Experienced in initial public offerings, SEC reporting, Generally Accepted Accounting Principles “GAAP”, financial statement preparation, strategic planning and budgeting, investor relations, corporate development, cost containment, board presentations and global staff management. Provides strong leadership in both hyper-growth and contracting environments.

Specialties: Certified public accountant with substantial mergers and acquisition experience.

Chairman of two publically traded companies audit committees

Member of the AICPA since 1990.

Past Member of the NYSCPA SEC and audit practices and procedures committees