Tuesday, March 20, 2007

Meet the AGLOCO Team

Development Team

Akshay Mavani : A.K. coordinates strategy and represents our Indian Members. He brings experience as an electronic engineer, and worked in sales and strategy in China and Hong Kong before attending Stanford's Graduate School of Business.

Allison Cui : Allison is AGLOCO's China specialist and represents our Chinese Members. She worked as a software engineer in Shanghai, China before attending the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Anne Sophie Mayos : Anne-Sophie handles AGLOCO's website and her sense of style makes sure it is always up to date. Originally from Paris, she designed media information sites for millions of online users at France's leading television channel.

Brian Greenwald : Brian works in business development at AGLOCO. A scientist by education, he worked in marketing and development for several biotech companies before attending Stanford's Graduate School of Business.

Cannon Bonar : Cannon is AGLOCO's ambassador within the teenage community. Currently a student at Central Middle School, he will represent our teen Members (and he tried hard to think of a cool-looking name for our company).

Dan Jorgensen : Dan is AGLOCO's Member recruiting coordinator. He worked in sports marketing and online advertising before helping AGLOCO create its network.

Javier Alvira : Javier is our in-house blogger expert. A native of Spain, he worked as an engineer in telecommunications around Europe before joining Stanford's Graduate School of Business.

Jim Jorgensen : Founder of AllAdvantage and Discovery Zone. Jim's experience of paying $100 million to members in 1999 and pioneering the “returning value to Internet users” idea, is an invaluable source in guiding AGLOCO's new Development Team members.

Moshe Pinto : Moshe is AGLOCO's resident lawyer, he negotiates and executes contracts. Prior to joining Stanford's Graduate School of Business, Moshe worked as a corporate lawyer and political strategist in Israel and the US.

Nick Punt : Nick advises AGLOCO's technological and community development. He worked as a video game designer and online communities' product manager prior to attending Stanford's Graduate School of Business.

Ray Everett-Church : Ray was the world's first corporate Chief Privacy Officer, pioneering the field of corporate privacy professionals. An attorney and technology expert, he is responsible for ensuring the privacy and security of AGLOCO's Member information and providing guidance on privacy and anti-spam issues.

Sam Flax : Sam is AGLOCO's Chief Architect for the design of our economic network. Sam's 30 years in Russia and then 20 years in the US give to AGLOCO a unique perspective on managing and implementing our database.

Steve de Bonvoisin : Steve coordinates AGLOCO's communication and strategy implementation. Originally from Belgium, he has lived and worked on four continents and brings experience in economic consulting and as a reporter for a leading economic newspaper. He is attending Stanford's Graduate School of Business.

Trey Reasonover : Trey is our in-house community dynamics specialist. He became a Web 2.0 addict after working as a strategy consultant, and attends Stanford's Graduate School of Business.

Contributors
We would like to acknowledge the past and current efforts the following people have made to the formation of AGLOCO:

Carl Anderson, CTA Holdings

Gil Penchina, Wikia
Tim Ehrlich, Latham and Watkins LLP

Zaw Thet, 4info
Greg Chin, Latham and Watkins LLP

Valerie Williamson, OSTG - Open Source Technology Group
Graham Winter, Richards Butler

Oliver Brock, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Guy Connell, Richards Butler

David C Martin, IBM
John Shoch, Alloy Ventures

Lars Nordwall, SugarCRM, Inc.
Dave Pidwell, Alloy Ventures

Thomas Hellmann, University of British Columbia
Dave Robertson, Collegiate Images

Bruce Lacey, CarrierIQ
Robb Watters, Madison Group

Johannes Pohle, Morgen Group
Justin Everett-Church, Adobe Systems Inc

Chad Balch, Ph.D., Stanford University
J.D. Brasesco, SAVVIS Communications

Lisa Busby, George P Johnson Company
Geoffrey Shenk – SEM Specialist

Victor Tsai, University of California, Berkeley
David Steinberger, Tickle Inc.

Jacques Clay, French Tech Tour
Alexandre Gourevitch, Science Po Paris

Richard Sze, Software Developer
Jennifer Jackson, Owners Advantage

Ira Ehrenpreis, Technology Partners
Allen Gaul, GreenPoint Financial

Murray Arenson, Matrix Equities
Mike Depatie, Kimpton Hotels

James Reed II, Plum Tree Technologies
Sam Ladah, Haas School of Business

Jean-Marc Mommessin, Stanford University
Greg Stebben, Radio Group

Ken Myers, Crushpad, Inc.
Brandon Blum, University of Michigan

Gary Capata, Capata and Co.
Dana Duggan, Vanderbilt University

Ilya Strebulaev, Ph.D., Stanford University