Randy Adams

Current

• Director/Co-Founder at Funny or Die
• Founder/CEO at Searchme.com

Past

• CEO at AuctionDrop
• CEO at Navitel
• CEO at Internet Shopping Network

• CEO at Appsoft
• Board of Directors at Yahoo
• Director of Engineering at Adobe Systems, Inc.
• CEO at Emerald City Software
• Software Engineer at Next
• Principal at Booz Allen
• Contractor at T/Maker
• CEO at IIAT
• Senior Associate at Booz Allen
• Expert Consultant at National Library of Medicine
• CIO at Jackson Laboratory

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Education

• Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Connections

210 connections

Industry

Internet

Websites

• Funny or Die
• SearchMe

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 2007 — Present (1 year 4 months)

• Founder/CEO

  Searchme.com

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

  June 2005 — Present (3 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.

• CEO

  AuctionDrop

  (Internet industry)

  2001 — 2005 (4 years)

• CEO

  Navitel

  (Internet industry)

  1996 — 2000 (4 years)

• CEO

  Internet Shopping Network

  (Internet industry)

  1994 — 1996 (2 years)

• CEO

  Appsoft

  (Internet industry)

  1990 — 1996 (6 years)

• Board of Directors

  Yahoo

  (Public Company; Internet industry)

  1994 — 1995 (1 year)

• Director of Engineering

  Adobe Systems, Inc.

  (Public Company; Internet industry)

  1990 — 1991 (1 year)

• CEO

  Emerald City Software

  (Internet industry)

  1988 — 1990 (2 years)

• Software Engineer

  Next

  (Internet industry)

  1986 — 1990 (4 years)

• Principal

  Booz Allen

  (Internet industry)

  1980 — 1990 (10 years)

• Contractor

  T/Maker

  (Internet industry)

  1985 — 1986 (1 year)

• CEO

  IIAT

  (Internet industry)

  1982 — 1985 (3 years)

• Senior Associate

  Booz Allen

  (Internet industry)

  1979 — 1982 (3 years)

• Expert Consultant

  National Library of Medicine

  (Internet industry)

  1979 — 1982 (3 years)

• CIO

  Jackson Laboratory

  (Internet industry)

  1974 — 1979 (5 years)

Randy Adams’s Education

• Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  BS, EE, 1970 — 1974

Additional Information

Randy Adams’s Websites:

• Funny or Die
• SearchMe

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