Prior to founding BlackHawk Alpha, Mr. Lackey was a Managing Director for BlackHawk Management (a venture group focused on early stage companies), and a co-founder and manager of Mountain Khakis.

From 2001 to 2003, Mr. Lackey was Chairman and CEO of Ettain Group, Inc., a Microsoft Gold Development Partner and national provider of technology services. Mr. Lackey co-founded the company in 2000. Ettain Group is a profitable and growing company.

From 1999 to 2001, Mr. Lackey served as the CEO of North America for Team Talk Media Group (TTMG), PLC, an International Media Company based in Leeds, England and traded publicly on the London Exchange. TTMG purchased Mr. Lackey’s previous company, Internetsoccer.com - then the world’s largest provider of soccer media - and a network of over 40 Internet sites where Mr. Lackey was CEO and a co-founder.

From 1998 until its IPO in 1999, Mr. Lackey served as a SVP for iXL, Inc. iXL purchased Mr. Lackey’s previous company (InTouch Interactive - which he co-founded and ran from 1995 to 1998 as a custom software development company).

Mr. Lackey attended Wake Forest University on a soccer scholarship and received a BS in Psychology from Berry College, where he was named to the collegiate All American team. Mr. Lackey lives in Charlotte, NC with his wife and two children.