Gerry Campbell is CEO of streaming real-time search startup Collecta. Collecta brings you instant results from across the web as they happen. It pulls news sories, blog posts, images and videos from social networks as well as blogs and traditional media to give you a comprehensive picture of what is going on this very second.

He is an experienced Internet/media executive who is currently also advising and investing in early stage companies. His portfolio is comprised of companies that help make the Web more useful, more human and more profitable.

Gerry’s attention is focused on creating sustainable, profitable companies in the realm of search, semantics, social and local experiences. As an entrepreneur himself, his passion is helping to unlock the spark of innovation and inspiration in the emerging entrepreneur. When all of these things converge, all the better.

Current investment and/or advisory activities include Twitter, Betaworks, Outside.in, Challengepost, OpenCalais and iBelong.

Gerry most recently led Reuters’ Search and Content Technologies group, bringing deep domain expertise to existing Reuters’ products while driving breakthrough innovation in the delivery of relevant information and insight to customers. Previously, Mr. Campbell was SVP for AOL’s Search and Directional Media group, where he managed the AOL Search, Local Search, Yellow Pages; Netscape Search; and eCommerce Search properties, including all search-based revenue and advertising initiatives. Earlier, Mr. Campbell led Product Strategy for AltaVista’s commerce group – the original Shopping.com. He has also held marketing and management positions with Compaq and CompuServe, and co-founded Bounce Networks, a digital media startup. Mr. Campbell holds an MBA and a BA in Mass Media from The Ohio State University.

His hobbies include family, running, autosports, and he has an undying interest in alternative energy for transportation.