Board of Directors and Investor, ShopVisible
Greater Atlanta Area
- Current
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- Director, Business Development at Radiance Energies
- Board of Directors and Investor at ShopVisible
- Co-Founder at RingBranch http://www.ringbranch.com
- Past
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- Entrepreneur in Residence at Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC) at Georgia Tech
- SVP, Business Development at SearchIgnite http://www.searchignite.com and AdConsole at http://www.adconsole.com
- Co-founder at HyperMart, acquired by Go2Net
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- Education
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- Tulane University
- Connections
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- Industry
- Internet
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Allen Graber’s Summary
Allen has been instrumental in starting, growing, and profitably exiting Internet and
software companies for over a decade.
From 1994 to 1997, Allen sold websites and web applications to major corporations. In his capacity of Director of Sales at HomeCom Communications and subsequently iXL, he regularly exceeded sales quotas and led company sales efforts.
In 1997, Allen self-funded and co-founded HyperMart, a pioneer in the web hosting industry. Graber was responsible for all operational, financial, and business affairs of this start-up venture. HyperMart was subsequently bought by Go2Net, a publicly traded Internet company in Seattle where he remained in an operating capacity through 1999.
During 2000 and beyond, Allen has focused his efforts on investing in and consulting with early stage technology companies, primarily in Atlanta, GA. Allen was a founding member of the Atlanta Technology Angels and served on the investment committee for their seed fund. He has invested his personal funds in over 15 Atlanta-based Internet and software companies, achieving an overall positive return on investment through the process. He has taken an active management role in a couple of these companies, including SPI Dynamics, a web application security company that was acquired by HP in July, 2007.
From 2004 to 2007, Allen invested in and worked as SVP, Business Development for SearchIgnite. SearchIgnite is a leading search bid management and portfolio optimization technology (software delivered as a service) that helps internet marketers optimize, manage and track search campaigns across all of the major search engines.
In 2008, Graber invested in a solar company called Radiance Energies. Radiance designs and installs commercial solar PV and solar thermal systems throughout the southeast. He is currently an advisor and "voluntary" employee, assisting with business development and sales efforts.
