Randy Adams

Randy Adams

Entrepreneur, CEO

San Francisco Bay Area

Current
Past
  • Board of Directors at Yahoo!
  • Director of Engineering at Adobe Systems, Inc.
  • Senior Software Engineer (employee #15) at Next
Education
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Connections
314 connections
Industry
Internet
Websites

Randy Adams’s Summary

Founder/Chairman/CEO/President of seven high technology and retail corporations over a 25 year period. Accomplishments include:

• CEO and founder of searchme.com, next generation visual search engine
• Co-founded web's most popular comedy video site, Will Ferrell's funnyordie.com
• Director of Engineering for Adobe, conceived Acrobat and PDF formats
• Secured the initial venture funding for Yahoo, Inc. from Sequoia Capital
• Served on the Yahoo Board of Directors from inception to public offering
• Originated the eBay drop off store concept, founded AuctionDrop, Inc.
• Founded the first Internet Shopping site, the Internet Shopping Network

Randy Adams’s Specialties:

Internet Search, Visual Search, Internet Video, Hollywood/Silicon Valley crossover.


Randy Adams’s Experience

  • Director/Co-Founder

    Funny or Die

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

    April 2007Present (2 years 4 months)

  • Founder/CEO

    Searchme.com

    (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)

    June 2005Present (4 years 2 months)

    Searchme.com is a next generation web search engine, written from the ground up over the last three years. Helping the world Search, Organize and Share information on the web through a unique visual desktop, Searchme brings innovation to internet search.

  • Board of Directors

    Yahoo!

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; YHOO; Internet industry)

    19941996 (2 years)

    Introduced Jerry Yang and David Filo to Mike Moritz at Sequoia Capital and helped secure Yahoo's first round of finding - Was on the board of directors until the company went public.

  • Director of Engineering

    Adobe Systems, Inc.

    (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; ADBE; Computer Software industry)

    19901991 (1 year)

    In charge the engineering of all application products including PhotoShop, Illustrator, Acrobat, etc. Was responsible for the original concept of PDF and Acrobat for Adobe. Directed a staff of 200 engineers.

  • Senior Software Engineer (employee #15)

    Next

    (Internet industry)

    19861990 (4 years)

    Was responsible for the design and implementation of the original Objective C toolbox, which has evolved into the SDK for Apple Mac OSX.

  • Principal

    Booz Allen

    (Internet industry)

    19801990 (10 years)

  • Contractor

    T/Maker

    (Internet industry)

    19851986 (1 year)

  • CEO

    IIAT

    (Internet industry)

    19821985 (3 years)

  • Senior Associate

    Booz Allen

    (Internet industry)

    19791982 (3 years)

  • Expert Consultant

    National Library of Medicine

    (Internet industry)

    19791982 (3 years)

  • CIO

    Jackson Laboratory

    (Internet industry)

    19741979 (5 years)


Randy Adams’s Education

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    BS , EE , 19701974


Additional Information

Randy Adams’s Websites:

Randy Adams’s Interests:

randy@searchme.com

Randy Adams’s Groups:

Friends of Robert Simon


Randy Adams’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

  • career opportunities
  • consulting offers
  • new ventures
  • job inquiries
  • expertise requests
  • business deals
  • reference requests
  • getting back in touch

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