CEO/President, SolutionSet (Internet Consultant)
San Francisco Bay Area
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- President at SolutionSet
- Past
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- President / Coo / Founder at Form Studios
- Managing Partner at Liquid Thinking
- Vice President at Intend Change
- Managing Partner at USWeb/CKS
- Education
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- Brandeis University, Lemberg - International Business School
- Brandeis University
- Brandeis University
- Palo Alto High School
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Alex Kaplinsky’s Summary
Alex Kaplinsky has been a leading figure in the web world since 1993, when he founded managed Networkers, an early internet consulting firm, and for the following decade has held key roles in innovative development companies, including USWeb, Intend Change, Liquid Thinking, and Form Studios, LLC. Alex has been the lead on a number of projects for clients such as John Kerry for President, McAfee, EFI, Yahoo, Hillary Clinton, and SFMOMA. He holds a Masters degree in International Economics and Finance and currently serves as founding president and managing partner of SolutionSet, a web development firm.
http://www.solutionset.com
Alex Kaplinsky’s Specialties:
Web development, back end development, UI design, print production. http://www.solutionset.com
Alex Kaplinsky’s Experience
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President
SolutionSet
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)
November 2002 — Present (7 years 1 month)
We at SolutionSet exist solely to make your business better. We make things work and make them work well. Maybe it’s a web site. Or mechanicals for print. It’s our job to choose the right people and the right tools to get your job done. On time and on budget.
And who better to manage the entire process than the ones who create it? Let us deal with the sub-contractors and vendors. Keep your internal resources greased. We’ll even maintain what we build. SolutionSet functions as an integral part of your organization. SolutionSet gives your ideas shape. We’ll sweat the tech stuff. You keep coming up with great ideas.
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President / Coo / Founder
Form Studios
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)
January 2003 — November 2005 (2 years 11 months)
Alex was the co-founder and ran all aspects of Form Studios, a leading internet development compnay. While at Form, Alex grew the company from 1 to 25 employees and $0 - $2M + in annual revenue in 2 years. Alex was the technical and production lead on all of Form's projects during this time period including Reuters, Yahoo, EFI, McAfee, CES, SFMOMA, Muzak, TiVo, Sun, and John Kerry for President.
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Managing Partner
Liquid Thinking
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)
July 2001 — September 2002 (1 year 3 months)
Managing Partner of Liquid Ventures, the venture arm of Liquid Thinking.
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Vice President
Intend Change
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)
March 2000 — June 2001 (1 year 4 months)
Alex served as Vice Presiden at Intend Change, an early internet incubator. While at Intend Change, Alex worked with a team that helped raise nearly $250 in venture funding for incubated companies such as Investmart, I-Generation, and Electron Economy.
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Managing Partner
USWeb/CKS
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; USWB; Internet industry)
June 1996 — March 2000 (3 years 10 months)
Alex served as managing partner of the Silicon Valley office from 1996 when his company, Networkers, was acquired by USWeb. Alex was promoted to manage all the bay area offices of USWeb in 1998. As Managing Partner Alex had over 350 employees and managed the largest and fastest growing P&L at USWeb.
Alex Kaplinsky’s Education
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Brandeis University, Lemberg - International Business School
MA , International Economics and finance , 1992 — 1993
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Brandeis University
MA , International Economics and Finance , 1989 — 1993
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Brandeis University
BA , Economics, Philosophy
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Palo Alto High School
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Brandeis Int'l Business School
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