Michael Tippett founded The Webpool Syndicate, one of Canada’s first internet companies, in 1995. He has worked internationally. Recently he lived in New York and served as General Manager at Register.com (one of Deloitte & Touche’s Fast 50). In 2005 Tippett founded NowPublic, a commercial descendent of BlueHereNow.com, which in 2002 became the first to combine cameraphone photographs with breaking news events.

Michael is a member of the University of British Columbia’s School of Journalism Advisory Board and is on the Board of CABINET, a Vancouver-based arts organization.