Jay Cross

Past

• Consultant at IdeaBuyer
• Independent Researcher at Consortium of Anti-Spyware Technology Vendors

Education

• Housatonic Community College

Connections

12 connections

Industry

Writing and Editing

Websites

• My Blog

Jay Cross’s Summary

I got my start in 2003 doing spyware research with my best friend. The FTC is using some of it as evidence in federal court. Wired.com did an article about us. There's just something about high school kids chasing backweb scammers.

We tried to parlay this into an emerging market: desktop anti-spyware tools. We called ourselves ThreatSense and got angel funding from an extremely ironic source. Then, our programmer bailed on the project. Microsoft entered the market, Webroot got big-time funding and that was that. So we called it a lesson learned and sold what we did have to Eset. (See NOD32's real-time reporting of new threats by desktop users.)

My current activities include freelance writing, a startup (TopTorials.com), and philosophy scholarship.

Jay Cross’s Specialties:

Writing, technical writing, networking, etc.

Jay Cross’s Experience

• Consultant

  IdeaBuyer

  (Writing and Editing industry)

  2007 — 2008 (1 year)

• Independent Researcher

  Consortium of Anti-Spyware Technology Vendors

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  2004 — 2005 (1 year)

Jay Cross’s Education

• Housatonic Community College

  Business 2005 — 2006

  Using a community college as a backdoor to a school I could never otherwise afford! Transferring to Sacred Heart next year.

Additional Information

Jay Cross’s Websites:

• My Blog

Jay Cross’s Interests:

Business, startups, technology, the Amazin' New York Mets, WFAN, Ayn Rand, dogs, working out, running, hiking, trips to Philly, meeting new people.

Jay Cross’s Contact Settings

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