Ben Behrouzi

Current

Founder & CEO at DotNext Inc.

Past

President & CEO at ePERKS.com
Co-Founder, CTO & Chief of Product at Reply.com
Co-Founder & EVP, Technology at iMotors.com

Co-Founder & EVP, Technology at AgentConnect.com
Founder & President at Adovis.com

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Education

University of California, Davis

Recommended

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Connections

272 connections

Industry

Internet

Ben Behrouzi’s Summary

Ben Behrouzi is a CEO from the San Francisco Bay Area specializing in high-tech companies. He is co-founder of Reply.com and Founder of DotNext.

Ben Behrouzi’s Specialties:

- Internet Startups & Innovations
- High Scale Technology Architecture and Infrastructure
- Rapid Product/Concept Definition & Development
- Enterprise Software Engineering
- Agile Software Engineering
- Sales Force Development
- Business Development
- Corporate Infrastructure
- Venture Capital Financing
- Sarbanes Oxley Compliance
- Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

Ben Behrouzi’s Experience

Founder & CEO

DotNext Inc.

(Internet industry)

October 2006 — Present (3 years 2 months)

DotNext was founded to create and grow ground-breaking Internet companies that challenge the status quo. DotNext has given birth to some of the most innovative products and services online.

In the search arena, LeapFish, the first multi-dimensional search portal online, offered a revolutionary new way for Internet users to search their most frequently searched online destinations in one search. LeapFish empowered users with a radically simple way of searching major Internet portals including, Google, Ebay, YouTube and many more in a single easy to use search interface.

In the social arena, iHype, an innovative social marketing platform, empowered online marketers with a platform to market their products and services through the growing web of individual and institutional web publishers known as the blogosphere.

DotNext continues to innovate. More innovative Internet companies continue to grow inside of DotNext.
President & CEO

ePERKS.com

(Internet industry)

February 2007 — October 2008 (1 year 9 months)

Developed a premier online discount local services platform for local service professionals in real estate, automotive and home improvement. We grew and managed the platform to more than $5M in annual revenues before facing harsh 2008/2009 challenges in real estate, lending and home improvement

- The first online marketplace of discount local professional services in real estate, automotive, and home improvement.

- Over $22M in incentives and discounts offered back to consumers.

- Platform signed on and served over 30,000 local professionals.

- Over $5M in annual revenues.
Co-Founder, CTO & Chief of Product

Reply.com

(Internet industry)

June 2001 — December 2006 (5 years 7 months)

Forged the premier lead generation destination for local service professionals in automotive, real estate, home improvement and lending services online with a state-of-the-art lead distribution technology infrastructure and multi-million annual revenues.

- Over 20 multi-million dollar retail and wholesale lead generation service products developed in less than 5 years, including CarClub.com, OpenAuto.com, RealtyNow.com, iCastle.com, iMotors.com and AgentConnect.com.

- One of the most sophisticated lead acquisition, validation and distribution platforms in the nation, managing over 50M transaction calls per month.

- One of the most comprehensive consumer portals online for automotive research and values, real estate values, statistics and mapping, as well as home improvement and lending research.

- Over $27M in funding.
- Served over 60,000 customers nationwide.
Co-Founder & EVP, Technology

iMotors.com

(Internet industry)

June 2001 — December 2006 (5 years 7 months)

Developed one of the largest automotive lead generation platforms online. We grew and managed the platform to multi-million annual revenues and integrated the division to Reply! Inc’s suite of lead generation services.

- Over 35M transaction calls per month.
- Served over 5,000 major franchises nationwide.
- Multi-million annual revenues.
Co-Founder & EVP, Technology

AgentConnect.com

(Internet industry)

June 2001 — December 2006 (5 years 7 months)

Developed one of the internet’s first and most successful real estate lead generation platforms online. We grew and managed the company to multi-million annual revenues and integrated the division to Reply! Inc’s suite of lead generation services.

- Multi-million annual revenues.
- Over 20,000 retail customers served.
- Over 10M transaction calls per month.
- One of the highest in quality for real estate leads in the country.
Founder & President

Adovis.com

(Internet industry)

January 2001 — September 2002 (1 year 9 months)

Developed one of the Internet's top web hosting lead generation destinations, delivering high volume web hosting, internet security and data center solution leads to small - large size businesses nationwide. Clients such as Web.com, NTT Verio, RackSpace and EV1.