Technology Entrepreneur
San Francisco Bay Area
- Current
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- Founder at privacychoice.org
- Chairman and Co-Founder at Attributor
- Past
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- Senior Vice President, Communications and Consumer Services at Yahoo! Inc.
- Partner at Amicus Capital
- Partner at Venture Law Group
- Associate, Technology Practice at Morrison & Foerster
- Education
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- University of Chicago
- Claremont McKenna College
- Connections
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457
connections
- Industry
- Online Media
- Websites
Jim Brock’s Experience
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Founder
privacychoice.org
(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.
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Chairman and Co-Founder
Attributor
(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.
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Senior Vice President, Communications and Consumer Services
Yahoo! Inc.
(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.
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Partner
Amicus Capital
(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.
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Partner
Venture Law Group
(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.
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Associate, Technology Practice
Morrison & Foerster
(Law Practice industry)
1988 — 1993 (5 years )
Jim Brock’s Education
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University of Chicago
J.D. , Law, Law and Economics , 1983 — 1986
University of Chicago Law Review Managing Board
John M. Olin Fellow in Law and Economics -
Claremont McKenna College
B.A. , Economics , 1979 — 1982
