Jamie Thingelstad
Jamie Thinglestad is chief technology officer and vice president for the Wall Street Journal Digital Network, the internet services division of Dow Jones & Company. His team creates, builds and supports the web platform behind such popular sites as the Wall Street Journal, MarketWatch.com and Barrons. Additionally the team runs a number of smaller sites such as BigCharts and Virtual Stock Exchange.
Mr. Thingelstad joined Dow Jones in January 2005 when Dow Jones acquired MarketWatch Inc. where he was the chief technology officer for that online news, information and licensing business.
Mr. Thingelstad started his information technology career at the University of Minnesota in 1992, building a database to serve disabled students. He moved in 1994 to WebSpan, an internet services startup, as vice president for technology.
In 1995, he joined BigCharts as vice president and chief technology officer. When BigCharts was acquired by MarketWatch in June 1999, Mr. Thingelstad became the MarketWatch chief technology officer. He left for one year to take a comparable position at Breakstep LLC before returning to MarketWatch in 2002.
Mr. Thingelstad attended the Institute of Technology at the University of Minnesota. He lives in Minnetonka, Minnesota with his wife and daughter.