Technology Entrepreneur
San Francisco Bay Area
Technology Entrepreneur
San Francisco Bay Area
(Online Media industry)
March 2009 — Present (9 months)
privacychoice.org provides consumers and websites with free tools to make online privacy choices understandable and actionable. With the privacychoice widget, websites can instantly give users complete network privacy disclosure and choice settings, building goodwill and fulfilling industry best practices. More effective privacy education and choice can make it possible for everyone -- web publishers, advertisers and informed consumers -- to realize the benefits of responsible and accountable interest-driven marketing.
(Privately Held; Internet industry)
June 2005 — Present (4 years 6 months)
Attributor's content tracking and syndication platform enables publishers to better monetize their content as it syndicates naturally across the Web. Using advanced fingerprinting algorithms, a large scale crawling infrastructure and detailed contextual analysis, Attributor gives publishers complete visibility and control of how their content is monetized by websites, search engines and ad networks. Publishers can start by claiming and tracking their content for free at www.fairshare.cc.
(Public Company; YHOO; Internet industry)
January 2001 — November 2004 (3 years 11 months)
Developed and executed the company's broadband and subscriber acquisition strategy. Oversaw the company's global communications products (including Yahoo! Mail and Messenger), the broadband businesses (AT&T Yahoo!), and the bulk of the company's global subscription businesses.
(Public Company; Computer Software industry)
1998 — 2001 (3 years )
Seed-stage venture capital and advisory services for early-stage online businesses. Portfolio includes eGroups (Yahoo!), AvantGo (Sybase), when.com (AOL), Tucows, and On24.
(Privately Held; Law Practice industry)
1993 — 1996 (3 years )
Led the Internet practice at Venture Law Group, an entrepreneurial technology law firm, serving as counsel and advisor to pioneering companies such as Yahoo!, Hotmail, LinkExchange, Silicon Investor and eToys.
(Law Practice industry)
1988 — 1993 (5 years )
J.D. , Law, Law and Economics , 1983 — 1986
University of Chicago Law Review Managing Board
John M. Olin Fellow in Law and Economics
B.A. , Economics , 1979 — 1982