BlockShopper.com

Founders

Brian Timpone, President

Brian Timpone, President of BlockShopper, founded the company in May 2006.

Formerly a television reporter, Brian is the founding publisher of courthouse legal journals in Southern Illinois, South Texas and Charleston, WV, as well as LegalNewsline.com, a national news service covering state supreme courts and attorneys general. He also serves on the board of directors at Manifest Digital , an interactive web design and development agency based in Chicago.

In 2003, he founded Greater Illinois Newsgroup, four community newspaper chain in Central Illinois. It was purchased by the Champaign News-Gazette in 2005. In 2001, Brian founded 1871 Media, a content management software provider for newspapers and associations.

Brian is a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism. He lives in Lincoln Park with his wife, Patricia, and three children.

Edward Weinhaus, Chief Operating Officer

Eddie Weinhaus, Chief Operating Officer of BlockShopper, is a founder of the company.

Most recently, Eddie founded and operated a real estate development company in Houston, Texas, raising $15 million in bank financing.

Formerly a derivatives trader with Swiss Bank/O'Connor, Eddie also worked as a consultant with The Boston Consulting Group and as a derivative structurer at the American Electric Power Company (AEP).

Eddie is a graduate of The London School of Economics and holds a master's degree in business administration from the University of Chicago. He lives with his wife, Natalie, and four children in St. Louis.