Founder | CEO, Clearspring Technologies
Washington D.C. Metro Area
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- Founder & CEO at Clearspring Technologies
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- Carnegie Mellon University
- University of Pennsylvania
- Upper St. Clair High School
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Hooman Radfar’s Summary
Hooman is the founder and CEO of Clearspring Technologies, the leading provider of widget syndication services connecting online publishers and advertisers to audiences on the social web. He was recently named one of Tech's Best Entrepreneurs in BusinessWeek and was nominated for Ernst & Young's Entrepreneur of the Year.
Hooman is a frequently requested speaker in the areas of social networks, content syndication, and social media at industry-leading conferences like AdTech, AjaxWorld, Web 2.0 Expo, and CES. When he is not busy building a better web, you can find him writing his blog Widgify - ranked one of the top blogs of 2007 according to Software Development Times. He currently serves on the advisory boards of RateItAll.com, the leading rating service online, and the Social Gaming Network, the largest gaming network on Facebook.
Radfar graduated magna cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania with degrees in Economics and Computer Science. He holds an M.S. in Electrical & Computer Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University where he researched Social Networking Theory.
Hooman Radfar’s Specialties:
Web 2.0, Social Media, Social Advertising, Content Syndication, Semantic Web, Social Networks, Widgets, Social Applications, Modeling of Social Systems, Distributed Systems, User Interface Design, Networking, Technology Entrepreneurship, Technology History
