Meet Our Team
Mark Smith
Founder & CEO
Insurance broker veteran with over 20 years of experience. Former CEO, USI New England, Goldman Sachs Capital Partner Company. Expert in Sales Management, Property & Casualty and Employee Benefits. Founded miEdge™ with a vision that can provide the insurance industry the ultimate unfair advantage. Mark came to the United States in 1999 and in addition to being an (ACII) Associate of the Chartered Insurance Institute in London, UK, he is also a (CIC) Certified Insurance Counselor.
Jim St Jean
President & CTO
A repeat entrepreneur who has worked in the CRM and marketing sector for over 18 years. Jim was previously Executive Director and VP of Worldwide Engineering for Meltwater, where he led a team of over 300 employees across the globe. Prior to that he was the Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer of JitterJam, a NH SaaS based social CRM and marketing platform. Jim also held senior executive positions at Chordiant Software and Vantive Corporation.
Darin Vick
Chief Sales Officer
Brings over 25 years of extensive experience in the insurance industry to the miEdge team. Former VP of National Accounts at Prospx, and CEO of USI Northwest, Darin has served in leadership roles to launch several technology firms including Succeed Management Solutions, which developed a Web-based risk management center offered to brokers and carriers. He is also the past President of the Oregon Association of Health Underwriters.
Mary Weiss
Chief Marketing Officer
Brings over 20 years of experience with high-tech startups, managing both national and international direct and indirect sales organizations. Mary spent over 15 years with SoftLanding Systems in various positions in sales, marketing and customer service. Prior to miEdge, Mary held the position of Director of Business Development with Clearview Software, and Marketing Manager with Glacier Computer. She is a former member of the National Leadership Council for Trout Unlimited.
Dan Wyand
Chief Financial Officer
Dan has extensive financial and accounting experience working as a CFO for multiple entrepreneurial companies. He began his career as an Audit Manager with Ernst & Young specializing in the technology, communications and entertainment industry. He is a graduate of the College of William & Mary with an accounting degree and earned his CPA in 2003.
Darren Hewson
Chief Product Development Officer
Brings a wealth of experience in software development with specialization in agile leadership, facilitation, requirements analysis, product design and user interface design in a variety of business applications. Darren was VP of Development at Meltwater and has held Senior Positions at B2W Software and Chordiant Software.