CEO at SuperSecret.com
San Francisco Bay Area
CEO at SuperSecret.com
San Francisco Bay Area
Entrepreneur focused on friendly and fun Internet consumer services.
CEO, Product Management, Engineering management, Product Marketing, Angel & VC fundraising, Consumer Products & Marketing, Rapid Prototyping, Software Development, User Interface & Product Design, Highly Secure and Scalable Internet Services, Digital Media
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)
June 2006 — January 2007 (8 months)
Marketing and business development for launch of Mova Contour (see www.mova.com). Co-developed business plan for a next-generation entertainment platform.
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; EK; Internet industry)
November 2003 — May 2005 (1 year 7 months)
Responsible for product roadmap planning, R&D resource allocation, user experience team.
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; aol; Internet industry)
April 1999 — July 2000 (1 year 4 months)
VP of Products for Shop@AOL, You've Got Pictures, AOL Calendar groups.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)
March 1998 — April 1999 (1 year 2 months)
Co-founder and CEO of When.com -- innovative web-based calendar company. Purchased in 1999 by AOL. Software is still basis of AOL's online calendar service.
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)
July 1996 — March 1998 (1 year 9 months)
Co-founded ActiveSite, a Web site development firm focused on highly-interactive, database-driven Internet and intranet sites. Clients included Bank of America, Netscape, Microsoft, Fenwick & West, Kinetix, Net-It Software, and Wizards of the Coast.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)
September 1993 — June 1996 (2 years 10 months)
Managed 20-person production team at PF.Magic. Produced Dogz, the first in a line of widely-acclaimed Windows/Mac entertainment products (3 MM+ units sold). Managed development of Sega and SNES versions of Ballz, a humorous, 3D fighting game for 8-14 year olds.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Hardware industry)
August 1992 — January 1994 (1 year 6 months)
Managed development and introduction of EO's Penpoint-powered products: EO 440 and 880 personal communicators. Management responsibility for three product managers overseeing next-generation CPU and communications hardware.
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; APPL; Computer Hardware industry)
August 1989 — August 1992 (3 years 1 month)
Managed product definition, pricing, forecasting, positioning, product introduction for Macintosh LC II, IIsi, and IIfx. Negotiated first Macintosh ROM licensing deal.
(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Management Consulting industry)
September 1984 — May 1987 (2 years 9 months)
Full-time team member on consulting engagements. Developed, wrote, and presented recommendations to senior client executives. Projects included feasibility study of a new cable television service for a national program provider, distribution consolidation investigation for an international consumer goods company, and sales force size optimization for a major U.S. pharmaceutical firm.
MBA, August 1987 — May 1989
BS, Computer Engineering, August 1982 — June 1984
BSE, Computer Engineering, 1980 — 1982
Sailboat racing, snowboarding, computer games, film-making, guitar. Married: 2 daughters, one son.
Product Development & Management Association (PDMA), Accion International, Hoover Institution, Cato Institute, Reason Foundation