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Doug Ludlow, co-founder, Product Development
Doug is responsible primarily for product vision and development. Doug comes to ArtistExploder with extensive experience in government and politics, serving as a speechwriter and aide to California Lt. Governor Cruz Bustamante, and a writer and editor for the California Commission for Economic Development. Doug graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles with highest honors with a bachelor's degree in History with a minor in Political Science. |
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Johann Moonesinghe, co-founder, Business Development
Johann is primarily responsible for Artist Exploder’s business development. Johann previously worked as a network security consultant for various commercial and government entities in Washington, DC. Johann also has significant business experience, founding and managing one of the largest online Montessori retail stores, MontessoriConcepts.com. Johann graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles with a bachelor's degree in Computer Science, and is a CISSP.
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Dave Carlson, Frank Watervoot, and Rob Hooke, Eon Business
Founded in 1997 as an Internet marketing strategy and web development company, eonBusiness has assisted many entrepreneurs in launching, developing and growing various web-based businesses. Their early success assisting others prompted them to make direct investments in and to operate our their e-commerce businesses, beginning as early as 1999. Since that time, they have developed, invested in and operated several successful Internet service and e-commerce businesses, some of which have been acquired. They currently have several companies in their group in various stages of development, from start up to early growth.
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David Cohen, Executive Director, TechStars
David Cohen is the founder and Exective Director of TechStars. David is a founder of several software and web technology companies including Pinpoint Technologies (now ZOLL Data Systems) of Broomfield, Colorado. While at ZOLL Data Systems, David was also the CTO. The company was acquired by ZOLL Medical Corporation (NASDAQ: ZOLL) in 1999. David was also the founder and CEO of earFeeder.com, which was sold to SonicSwap.com in 2006.
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Jared Polis, The Jared Polis Foundation and Founder of BlueMountain.com and ProFlowers.com
Jared was still in college when he co-founded his first company, American Information Systems, an internet access, web hosting and application service provider. Growing up in the family's Boulder-based greeting card and publishing business, Blue Mountain Arts, he succeeded his grandmother as sales manager in 1996. Jared caught the attention of the e-business world by co-founding BlueMountainArts.com, an online greeting card website which he sold to Excite@Home three years later. In 1998, he launched a web company to sell flowers direct from growers to consumers (ProFlowers.com) that has expanded to become Provide Commerce, Inc. (PRVD), one of the fastest-growing and most successful online start-ups.
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Paul Berberian, Founder and CEO, Raindance Communications, and Founder Market Force Information
Paul is an experienced chief executive and entrepreneur who has founded and run high-tech companies over the last 12 years. Paul is the former CEO and co-founder of Raindance Communications (NASDAQ: RNDC), a web and phone conferencing services company. Paul also founded Market Force Information, an emerging information company with a vision to provide retailers, restaurants and consumer packaged goods companies with timely and reliable store-level information about their customers' experiences.
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