Sep 2016 – Dec 2023 · 7 yrs 3 mos · Greater San Diego Area

• Koji was acquired by Linktree - Dec 2023
• Koji allows software developers to rapidly reuse code and launch powerful "mini-apps" (web apps).
• These mini-apps are instantly available for millions of social media participants (creators) to add their link in bio (including Koji, Linktree, Jemi, etc.)
• There are over 200 mini-apps available, with new ones being added every week.
• More at http://withkoji.com
• Developer portal -- https://withkoji.com/developer
• Vision -- https://withkoji.com/company/vision
• Video demos below

Jun 2012 – Sep 2016 · 4 yrs 3 mos

• Responsible for :
• Social Graph
• People Discovery
• Content Discovery
• Kids Infrastructure

Jun 2010 – May 2011 · 11 mos · Beverly Hills, CA

• Ran Product and Engineering at MySpace Music.

Jan 2004 – Jan 2010 · 6 yrs · Greater San Diego Area

• Founded, and ran one of the largest online video services that competed with YouTube and Hulu. Raised $70 Million, grew services to over 28 Million Monthly Actives, and $12 million annual run rate, got sued by Universal Music for copyright infringement, won the case and two appeals, but company just couldn't thrive as UMG also sued our investors personally. Sold company. Testified in front of congress members on SOPA / PIPA proposal.
• Lots of information available on Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veoh

Apr 2000 – Nov 2004 · 4 yrs 7 mos · Greater San Diego Area

• As of August 15, 2008, Akonix Systems, Inc. was acquired by Quest Software Inc. Akonix Systems, Inc. provides instant messaging solutions, and policy and risk management products for instant messaging compliance, security, employee productivity management, and application integration. With over 2 Million licensed seats, the company's Akonix L7 enforcer provides security features that block file sharing on IM and P2P networks, such as Kazaa, Gnuetella, BitTorrent, and eDonkey; and Akonix L7 Enterprise provides the ability to manage and secure communications with public instant messaging networks.
• Akonix Systems, Inc. was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in San Diego, California.
• See more at: http://cs.franklin.edu/~smithw/ITEC495_Resources/Samples/WP_Sample2.pdf

Jan 1995 – Jan 1999 · 4 yrs

• Built and led the Web Development team that built the Fujitsu website, Intranet, and 3 Extranets. Won the CIO Magazine Intranet award. Streamlined the sales and sales engineering workflow to dramatically increase productivity of sales teams.