Chris Alden, CEO and Chairman of Six Apart’s Board of Directors
Chris has a rich history founding companies in the online media space. Before joining Six Apart in September 2006, he was co-founder and CEO of Rojo Networks, Inc., an Internet company dedicated to helping information consumers effectively manage dynamic content. Before founding Rojo,... Read the rest of this bio »
Chris has a rich history founding companies in the online media space. Before joining Six Apart in September 2006, he was co-founder and CEO of Rojo Networks, Inc., an Internet company dedicated to helping information consumers effectively manage dynamic content. Before founding Rojo, he was co-founder and a former CEO of Red Herring Communications, Inc., which was launched in 1993. He was awarded the Business Leadership Award from the Anderson School of Business at UCLA in 2000. Show less of this bio «
David Tokheim , EVP & GM, Consumer
David is an Internet executive and videogame veteran with a unique blend of creative vision and operational strength. He has an accomplished track record of developing strategic marketing solutions for a long list of advertisers, including P&G, NBC, 20th Century Fox, Electronic Arts, Sony, Vivendi, and Microsoft.... Read the rest of this bio »
David is an Internet executive and videogame veteran with a unique blend of creative vision and operational strength. He has an accomplished track record of developing strategic marketing solutions for a long list of advertisers, including P&G, NBC, 20th Century Fox, Electronic Arts, Sony, Vivendi, and Microsoft. Before joining Six Apart, he was Senior Vice President of Client Solutions at Fox Interactive Media, responsible for the display product portfolio, advertising effectiveness analytics and vertical sales strategy. Before Fox, he worked at IGN Entertainment (before its acquisition by Fox), as their VP Marketing. While at IGN he was responsible for creating GamerMetrics, a marketing intelligence tool that is used today by the majority of videogame publishers, national retailers, and analysts.
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Andrew Anker, EVP, Corporate Development
Andrew is a Silicon Valley veteran with experience in two prior startups, including Wired Digital, a pioneering Internet news and media organization. Andrew was the co-founder and CEO of Wired Digital and built into it one of the 20 largest networks of Web sites with such properties as HotBot, Wired... Read the rest of this bio »
Andrew is a Silicon Valley veteran with experience in two prior startups, including Wired Digital, a pioneering Internet news and media organization. Andrew was the co-founder and CEO of Wired Digital and built into it one of the 20 largest networks of Web sites with such properties as HotBot, Wired News, and HotWired. Prior to joining Six Apart, Andrew was a general partner with August Capital where he invested in such consumer internet companies as Tickle (recently purchased by Monster) and Listen.com (creators of Rhapsody, now owned by Real Networks). Andrew spent his early career as an investment banker focusing on the media, technology, and communications industries. Show less of this bio «
Aaron Emigh, EVP & GM, Core Technologies
As EVP of Core Technologies, Aaron is responsible for evolving and extending Six Apart's technology platform. Aaron has been engaged in online communications since writing his first bulletin board software product in 1986. A prolific technologist, he has created networking, content discovery, storage, e-commerce, compression and multimedia products,... Read the rest of this bio »
As EVP of Core Technologies, Aaron is responsible for evolving and extending Six Apart's technology platform. Aaron has been engaged in online communications since writing his first bulletin board software product in 1986. A prolific technologist, he has created networking, content discovery, storage, e-commerce, compression and multimedia products, and has conducted original research in security, vision, machine learning and operating systems. He most recently served as CTO of Rojo Networks, Managing Director of Radix Labs, and CEO of CommerceFlow. A frequent speaker on online security and privacy topics, Aaron serves with several public-interest organizations such as the US Department of Homeland Security Identity Theft Technology Council, the US Secret Service Electronic Crimes Task Force, and Infragard.
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Tod Harmon, CFO
Tod C. Harmon is Six Apart's chief financial officer. In this role, Tod is responsible for managing all aspects of the company's financial and administrative functions, including finance, human resources and legal departments.... Read the rest of this bio »
Tod C. Harmon is Six Apart's chief financial officer. In this role, Tod is responsible for managing all aspects of the company's financial and administrative functions, including finance, human resources and legal departments. Prior to joining Six Apart, Tod was chief financial officer of Homegain, Inc. He has more than 20 years financial and operational experience with companies such as Excite, ROLM/IBM, Verisign and Zaplet.
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Olivier Creiche, Vice President and General Manager of Europe, Middle East and Africa
As the General Manager of EMEA, Olivier Creiche is responsible for business operations in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Olivier has rich experience in sales and marketing at such companies as Danone, Pepsico, BBDO and DDB. He cofounded two companies, one of which was Ublog, a French bloging service acquired by Six Apart in 2004.... Read the rest of this bio »
As the General Manager of EMEA, Olivier Creiche is responsible for business operations in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Olivier has rich experience in sales and marketing at such companies as Danone, Pepsico, BBDO and DDB. He cofounded two companies, one of which was Ublog, a French bloging service acquired by Six Apart in 2004. Olivier joined Six Apart as the Business Development Manager for EMEA in 2004 and recently stepped up to the General Manager position. He received his Bachelor of Business Administration at the University of South Dakota and is a graduate of the Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris. Show less of this bio «
Nobuhiro (Nob) Seki, Executive Vice President and General Manager of Japan
Nobuhiro (Nob) Seki, Executive Vice President and General Manager of Japan, is responsible for the Japanese market. Previously, he was engaged in business development at Nikkei Business Publications after serving as Staff Editor contributing to Nikkei Computer for several years. Seki graduated from the University of Tokyo with a B.S.... Read the rest of this bio »
Nobuhiro (Nob) Seki, Executive Vice President and General Manager of Japan, is responsible for the Japanese market. Previously, he was engaged in business development at Nikkei Business Publications after serving as Staff Editor contributing to Nikkei Computer for several years. Seki graduated from the University of Tokyo with a B.S. in Engineering and received an MBA in Entrepreneurship from Carnegie Mellon University. Show less of this bio «
Mena Trott, co-founder and president of Six Apart
Mena Trott is co-founder and president of Six Apart, the company behind The Movable Type publishing platform, TypePad weblogging service and, after an acquisition in January 2005, LiveJournal, an online community organized around personal journals. Named one of Fast Company’s "Fast 50 for 2004" and PC Magazine’s "People of the... Read the rest of this bio »
Mena Trott is co-founder and president of Six Apart, the company behind The Movable Type publishing platform, TypePad weblogging service and, after an acquisition in January 2005, LiveJournal, an online community organized around personal journals. Named one of Fast Company’s "Fast 50 for 2004" and PC Magazine’s "People of the Year" for 2004, Mena has been involved in the weblogging space since she began publishing to her own weblog, dollarshort.org, in early 2001. She speaks regularly at industry conferences — having appeared at Supernova, AdTech, DEMO 2004 and The Wall Street Journal’s "D: All Things Digital." Mena can be found writing about weblogging and Six Apart at Mena’s Corner.She lives in San Francisco with her husband and co-founder of Six Apart, Ben Trott. Show less of this bio «
Ben Trott, co-founder and CTO of Six Apart
Ben Trott is co-founder and CTO of Six Apart, the creators of the TypePad service and Movable Type software, two of the leading tools for publishing weblogs. Named one of Fast Company’s Fast 50 for 2004, Ben contributes regularly to CPAN (the Comprehensive Perl Archive Network), and has written for... Read the rest of this bio »
Ben Trott is co-founder and CTO of Six Apart, the creators of the TypePad service and Movable Type software, two of the leading tools for publishing weblogs. Named one of Fast Company’s Fast 50 for 2004, Ben contributes regularly to CPAN (the Comprehensive Perl Archive Network), and has written for Perl.com. He has also contributed to "Essential Blogging," and writes regular posts to the Six Apart company weblog at sixapart.com. He lives in San Francisco with his wife and co-founder of Six Apart, Mena G. Trott. Show less of this bio «
Chris Alden
Chris Alden, CEO and chairman of Six Apart's board of directors.
Mena Trott
Mena Trott, Six Apart co-founder and president.
Dave Marquardt
Dave Marquardt, co-founder of August Capital, has served on more than 25 boards of directors including Microsoft, Sun, Seagate, Adaptec, and Grand Junction Networks.
David Hornik
David Hornik, general partner with August Capital, has worked with dozens of consumer Internet companies over the last decade including Yahoo!, Ofoto, Evite, Tickle, When.com and Sonique.
Jun Makihara
Jun Makihara, chairman of Neoteny, is a former managing director of Goldman, Sachs.
Reid Hoffman
Reid Hoffman, chairman and president of products at LinkedIn, is a founding member of PayPal.