Prior to starting Global Internet Advisors, Mr. Gerritsen was Senior Vice President of Global Alliances for Terra Lycos S.A. and Vice President – International Business Development for Lycos Inc. of Waltham, MA. Lycos was sold to Terra Networks S.A. of Spain in October, 2000 for $5.4 billion. Under his international leadership Terra Lycos became the largest international Internet media network in the world, with services in 43 countries and 22 languages, serving over 100 million users.
Mr. Gerritsen served on the boards of Lycos Europe N.V. (a joint venture with Bertelsmann AG), Lycos Japan Inc. (a joint venture with Sumitomo KK), Lycos Korea Inc. (joint venture with Mirae Corp.), and Sympatico-Lycos Inc. (a joint venture with Bell Canada). Mr. Gerritsen was also Chairman of the Board of Lycos Asia Pte. (a joint venture with Singapore Telecom Pte.).
Mr. Gerritsen is currently Chairman of Global Internet Advisors and Principal and founder of Global Seed Capital LLC, a Boston-based seed venture financing company with investment interests in the United States, Canada, and Asia covering Internet, media, infrastructure software, and bio-IT companies. He is a Director and former Chairman of the Board of Recombo Inc. (Vancouver) and serves as a Director for Hip Logic Ltd. (Christchurch).
Mr. Gerritsen has held a variety of senior editorial and management roles for publishers Plesman Publications Ltd. in Canada and the Asian Sources Media Group in Hong Kong and was the founder of Multimedia Asia Ltd. (Hong Kong). Mr. Gerritsen started multimedia software business units for Longman Asia Ltd. and Philips Media (Asia/Pacific) Ltd., both of Hong Kong. His media experience includes the launch of seven magazines, one newspaper, numerous consumer software titles, and over 100 Web sites in all corners of the world.
Mr. Gerritsen holds a BA (Hons) degree in philosophy from Queen’s University and is a regular speaker at Internet, software, and media industry and academic events around the world. Mr. Gerritsen can be reached at: eric@globalinternetadvisors.com
