President & CEO, Doppelganger, Inc.
San Francisco Bay Area
- Current
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- Board Member at Appirio, Inc.
- Board Member at Longtail Advertising Solutions, Inc.
- President & CEO at Doppelganger, Inc.
- Chairman of the Board at Fios, Inc.
- Managing Director at Equity Development Partners, LLC
- Past
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- Board Member, Corporate Development at Bazaar Advertising Solutions, Inc.
- SVP, Business Services at Borland Software Corporation
- SVP, Business Development at Inktomi Corporation
- Attorney at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
- Education
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- University of California, Davis - School of Law
- University of Oregon
- Connections
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289
connections
- Industry
- Online Media
Tim Stevens’s Summary
President & CEO of Doppelganger, Inc., a leading online media and entertainment company targeted to the youth market. Doppelganger is a social entertainment company, and producer of the award winning vSide virtual world (www.vside.com). vSide is an immersive and connected virtual environment that complements and amplifies the interests of the youth demographic: music, pop culture, fashion, celebrities, self-expression, communication, community and social networking. vSide makes it possible for media partners and brands to connect with this influential demographic in compelling and interactive new ways through a vibrantly created, expertly targeted social entertainment world. Doppelganger is a private company with its studio offices located in San Francisco, California.
Tim Stevens’s Experience
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Board Member
Appirio, Inc.
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)
January 2008 — Present (10 months)
Appirio (www.appirio.com) delivers services and products that help medium and large enterprises accelerate their adoption of on-demand solutions. As a Services 2.0 pioneer, Appirio has a proven track record of designing and implementing complex and mission-critical systems using Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solutions such as Salesforce.com and Google Enterprise. Areas of expertise include CIO & Business Strategies, Customer Service & Support, Force.com Development and Google Apps Deployment & Integration.
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Board Member
Longtail Advertising Solutions, Inc.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
November 2007 — Present (1 year)
Longtail Advertising Solutions (www.longtailvideo.com) is a premier provider of video infrastructure and advertising solutions to long tail publishers on the Web. Longtail has thousands of customers across the globe using all or part of its solution set -- from media players, to content management systems, to ad network and delivery services, to video search solutions, to advertising and campaign management solutions. Longtail is a privately held company located in New York, New York.
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President & CEO
Doppelganger, Inc.
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Online Media industry)
January 2007 — Present (1 year 10 months)
Doppelganger is a social entertainment company, and producer of the award winning vSide virtual world (www.vside.com). vSide is an immersive and connected virtual environment that complements and amplifies the interests of the youth demographic: music, pop culture, fashion, celebrities, self-expression, communication, community and social networking. vSide makes it possible for media partners and brands to connect with this influential demographic in compelling and interactive new ways through a vibrantly created, expertly targeted social entertainment world. Doppelganger is a private company with its studio offices located in San Francisco, California.
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Chairman of the Board
Fios, Inc.
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
January 2000 — Present (8 years 10 months)
Outside board member for leading electronic discovery and content collection and management services. Served as interim CEO to support growth of the business. Appointed Chairman of the Board in connection with mezzanine round of financing. Primary architect of business strategy for the company. Fios is venture backed by 3i, Banyan Capital, Fluke Ventures, Digital Partners and FBR Co-Motion.
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Managing Director
Equity Development Partners, LLC
(Investment Management industry)
January 1997 — Present (11 years 10 months)
Angel investment, Board representation, strategic advisory services, and new business incubation services for innovative companies. Current portfolio:
3VR Security (backed by Vantage Point, Kleiner Perkins)
Absorbent Technologies (backed by angel investors)
Appirio (backed by Sequoia)
Architectural Devices (backed by angel investors)
Epic Advertising (backed by TA, Stripes)
Fios (backed by 3i, Banyan Capital)
Kadoink (backed by Sutter Hill)
Lattice Media Group (backed by angel investors)
Longtail Ad Solutions (backed by angel investors)
MarketBright (backed by Greycroft Partners)
Mesmo.TV (backed by angel investors)
Qumu (backed by Storm, Angels Forum, Garage.com)
RateItAll (backed by angel investors)
Spoke Software (backed by Sierra, Partech, Redpointe)
Tapulous (backed by angel investors)
Tumri (backed by Shasta Ventures, Accel, JP Morgan)
Xoopit (backed by Foundation Capital, Accel) -
Board Member, Corporate Development
Bazaar Advertising Solutions, Inc.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
September 2005 — September 2006 (1 year 1 month)
Corporate development specialist and Board member for fast growing Internet search and lead generation company. Managed all aspects of corporate development, including partnership development. Sold company to large east coast advertising network in fall 2006.
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SVP, Business Services
Borland Software Corporation
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; BORL; Computer Software industry)
October 2003 — June 2006 (2 years 9 months)
Joined as member of executive team to streamline business services operations, accelerate business and corporate development, and support transition of the company from provider of point development solutions to provider of enterprise software development solutions. Realigned customer and partner licensing programs to improve contract throughput and customer satisfaction, designed and implemented a customer compliance program yielding more than $20 million in revenue, and managed five acquisitions providing the company with critical new products in support of its enterprise strategy.
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SVP, Business Development
Inktomi Corporation
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; INKT; Internet industry)
July 1997 — March 2003 (5 years 9 months)
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Attorney
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
(Online Media industry)
1991 — 1997 (6 years)
Tim Stevens’s Education
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University of California, Davis - School of Law
JD, 1988 — 1991
- Activities and Societies:
- Order of the Coif
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University of Oregon
BS, Finance and Management, 1986 — 1988
- Activities and Societies:
- Summa Cum Laude
Additional Information
Tim Stevens’s Groups:
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Inktomi Alumni
