Aaron LaBerge

Current

• CEO & co-founder at Fanzter, Inc.

Past

• SVP, Technology & Product Development at ESPN
• VP, Technology & Business Operations at Walt Disney Internet Group
• Senior Software Engineer at Starwave

• Software Engineer at Renaissance Interactive

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Education

• University of South Carolina-Columbia

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Connections

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Industry

Internet

Aaron LaBerge’s Summary

Internet and media executive with experience in Internet, television, wireless, sports, and fashion; product builder.

Aaron LaBerge’s Specialties:

New media, Internet development, general management

Aaron LaBerge’s Experience

• CEO & co-founder

  Fanzter, Inc.

  (Privately Held; Internet industry)

  April 2007 — Present (2 years 4 months)

  Fanzter, Inc. is a new media development company with a simple mission: to create the world's best consumer Internet products. Our first product, http://coolspotters.com launched in May, 2008.

• SVP, Technology & Product Development

  ESPN

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; DIS; Broadcast Media industry)

  2002 — April 2007 (5 years)

  Oversaw technology and product development for all of ESPN’s new media platforms, on-air software development, technology integration across media platforms and the company’s technology research and development.

• VP, Technology & Business Operations

  Walt Disney Internet Group

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; DIS; Sports industry)

  1999 — 2002 (3 years)

  Ran ESPN.com's premium product businesses - Insider and Fantasy Games. Set strategic direction for products; managed P&L. In this role I also oversaw product development for ESPN New Media's digital products.

• Senior Software Engineer

  Starwave

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Online Media industry)

  1997 — 2000 (3 years)

  Developed the application and software platforms that powered the world's most popular consumer web sites -- ESPN.com, NBA.com, NFL.com, Nascar.com, and Disney.com.

• Software Engineer

  Renaissance Interactive

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

  1995 — 1997 (2 years)

  Developed dynamic, data-driven websites at a time when everything on Internet was still published statically. Some of our projects included developing the first online class registration system for several universities (Duke, Clemson).