Neill Kramer

Current

CEO at bunnybot.com

Past

Partner at Sand Hill Angels, LLC
VP Product Design at Brokerbot / xigo
Technical Marketing Manager at Pictra, Inc.

CEO at CyberPuppy Software
Product Marketing Manager at Storm Technology

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Education

University of Oregon
The Evergreen State College

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Computer Software

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Neill Kramer’s Summary

Neill has over 15 years of experience in developing new user experiences:
- Developed a unique interface for instant messaging and online shopping as founder of Bunnybot Inc.
- Developed the user interface for a financial trading system for Xigo, Inc. (formerly BrokerBot, Inc.).
- Developed experimental interfaces for desktop and web photo software for Pictra, Inc.
- Developed the UI for a "Powerpoint for kids" desktop application, Kid's Studio, winner of the 1994 Codie Award for Best School Productivity/Creativity Program.
- Also responsible for product definitions, marketing, (including lifecycle management), product requirements, feature tracking, delivery schedules, product collaterals, competitive analysis and tracking, product presentations, and product positioning.
- Managed small teams of software developers.

Neill Kramer’s Specialties:

Neill keeps the novice user in mind throughout all aspects of a product's design.

Neill Kramer’s Experience

CEO

bunnybot.com

(Internet industry)

August 2006 — Present (3 years)

Trying to grok the web 2.0 shopping space and make it more fun.
Partner

Sand Hill Angels, LLC

(Partnership; 11-50 employees; Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)

October 2005 — January 2007 (1 year 4 months)

Joined as partner. Currently on leave of absence.
VP Product Design

Brokerbot / xigo

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

August 1998 — June 1999 (11 months)

Designed a user interface for real-time news and technical alerts for active stock market traders.

- Responsible for defining the web site and the feature-set for an interactive program trading and investment monitoring system.

- Co-author of two patent-pending user experience processes.

- Assisted in business development and raising a seed round.

- Managed a team of designers and programmers on site design and feature integration.

Patents Granted:
Leonard G. Raymond, Neill Kramer, Daniel R. Bornstein, and Jeremy J. Bornstein. "For financial trading system." Patent #AU7611200, published 2001-04-24.
Leonard G. Raymond, Neill Kramer, Daniel R. Bornstein, and Jeremy J. Bornstein. "For user interface for a financial trading system." Patent #AU7712200, published 2001-04-24.
Technical Marketing Manager

Pictra, Inc.

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

August 1997 — May 1998 (10 months)

- Responsible for discovering new technologies and to consider how such technologies might work best for early adopters of digital photography.

- Coordinated the development of partner plug-in software that enabled partner customers to publish to PictraNet, an early web-based photo serving platform.

- Acted as Pictra's technical liaison to partners and priority accounts.

- Created demos that made use of new, emerging technologies.
CEO

CyberPuppy Software

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)

October 1992 — August 1997 (4 years 11 months)

Founded CyberPuppy with the idea of making kids creativity software way better. In 1994 we won the Codie Award for Best School Productivity / Creativity Program from the Software Publishers Association for our first product, Kid's Studio.

In 1994 we sold the product to Storm Technology.

- Responsible for all phases of the business.

- Co-creator and producer of an innovative communication program for children, PigMail. Licensed PigMail to Elliott Portwood Productions, creators of "Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego."

- Obtained an Affiliate Partner Label relationship with Maxis, creators of SimCity and other top-selling software. Licensed Kid's Studio to Keisoku Giken, for Japanese localization.

- Licensed Kid's Studio to Hearst New Media and created a new version of the product, Imaginator, for release as a KidSoft title.

- Managed a small team of engineers and designers.

- Raised capital to fund product development.
Product Marketing Manager

Storm Technology

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

March 1994 — February 1995 (1 year)

Sold a children's multimedia software creativity product (Kid's Studio) to a larger startup and served as Product Marketing Manager.

- Managed the production of various components of Storm's line of photoware products, including Kid's Studio and EasyPhoto. Facilitated product design meetings; managed the interface between marketing and engineering teams; coordinated product release schedules with the sales group.

Neill Kramer’s Education

University of Oregon

M.S. , Education , September 1981 — June 1983
The Evergreen State College

B.A. , Liberal Arts , 1978 — 1980

Produced and directed a video documentary of the creation of the Whale Museum in Friday Harbor, San Juan Island, WA.

Activities and Societies:

Member, Evergreen Foundation Board, 1996-1997