Cyan Banister

Cyan Banister

Making the world a sexier place

San Francisco Bay Area

Current
Past
  • Recruiter at Banister Advisors
  • Senior Manager, Security Operations at IronPort
  • Manager of Strategic Support and Anti-Spam Operations at IronPort
  • Manager of Support, Worldwide at IronPort
  • Standards and Practices Manager at IronPort Systems
  • Standards and Practices Manager at Savicom
  • CTO at Women's Economic Agenda Project
  • Tools and Automation Engineer at iAsiaWorks
  • Operations - Systems Administration - Development Support at NBCi
  • Systems Admin / Support Manager at Extreme Internet
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Cyan Banister’s Summary

Cyan Banister’s Specialties:

recruiting, hiring, management, anti-spam abuse investigation, scaling operations, technical fire fighting, customer support


Cyan Banister’s Experience

  • Owner

    Banister Capital

    (Internet industry)

    August 2008Present (1 year 4 months)

    Angel investment firm operated by Scott & Cyan Banister.

  • CEO

    Zivity - www.zivity.com

    (Privately Held; Internet industry)

    February 2006Present (3 years 10 months)

    Support the art you love!

    Zivity, a San Francisco start-up which launched at TechCrunch40 in 2007, is a subscription and vote-based artist/fan interaction platform that sits at the intersection of American Idol, MySpace and HBO.

    Zivity celebrates and rewards the greatest artists through crowdsourced curation and editorial moderation of photography and videos featuring comedy, music, animation and performance art.

    Fans interact with artists and vote for their favorite content. Zivity’s dollar-backed votes distribute cash payments to the content producers.

  • Recruiter

    Banister Advisors

    (Internet industry)

    February 20062008 (2 years )

    I no longer actively recruit, but I'll pass on resumes to companies I'm involved with, so if you are an engineer, please contact me.

  • Senior Manager, Security Operations

    IronPort

    (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Computer Software industry)

    December 2005February 2006 (3 months)

  • Manager of Strategic Support and Anti-Spam Operations

    IronPort

    (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Computer Software industry)

    May 2005November 2005 (7 months)

  • Manager of Support, Worldwide

    IronPort

    (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Computer Software industry)

    September 2004June 2005 (10 months)

  • Standards and Practices Manager

    IronPort Systems

    (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Internet industry)

    October 2003September 2004 (1 year )

  • Standards and Practices Manager

    Savicom

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

    March 2002October 2003 (1 year 8 months)

  • CTO

    Women's Economic Agenda Project

    (Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

    July 2001March 2002 (9 months)

  • Tools and Automation Engineer

    iAsiaWorks

    (Public Company; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)

    January 2001June 2001 (6 months)

  • Operations - Systems Administration - Development Support

    NBCi

    (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Internet industry)

    January 1999January 2001 (2 years 1 month)

  • Systems Admin / Support Manager

    Extreme Internet

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

    September 1997September 1998 (1 year 1 month)


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